Love & Marriage

Diana L Houk
© October 19, 2007

My Personal Statement

* I believe in Jesus Christ & that he is the son of the almighty God.

* I believe we are all born for one purpose & this is to serve God (Jesus).

* This means to Love Jesus with all your heart, soul, & mind.

* I believe the greatest gift on this earth is to find your soul mate “true love” marry them, & spend your life in Love with them.

* I believe that as you put Jesus head of everything in your life he will direct your path & bless your marriage. So if you have a personal “born again” relationship with Jesus your Love for your companion will grow stronger, & you will know what true Love is.

Marriage is a holy sacred unity, one that God has ordained

To leave & cleave together as you become one is the greatest unity God ordained. God ordained the unity of marriage with Adam & Eve before he ordained the church.

Love is something that brings two people together as they choice to be married & this is an honorable institute of God.

To share your Love (life) with another person is a “Great Responsibility” one THAT should not BE taken lightly.

Love is something you do, it is an action word.

John 3:16-18

For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.

For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.

He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation--he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ's name.] (Amplified)

For this is the greatest Love Gift of all! So as we are looking for, falling in Love with, or planning our lifetime commitment to & with another person think on the Love God had that he gave up his Only son for us.

The world we live in is so perverted with saying FREE LOVE—or just live together & see if it works out, & there are many other excuses people make to try to justify the lifestyle they have chosen to live.

Genesis 2:18: And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. (Wife)

Genesis 2:21&22&23: And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Genesis 2:24, 25: Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. (All KJV)

(Man & Woman) (They were created to be as they were born, Man, or Woman) (Man with Woman & NOT MAN WITH MAN OR WOMAN WITH WOMAN!) This WAS not Gods plan with creation, never was, & never will be!

Psalms 102:18: This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. (KJV)

"We were created in the likeness of God, to serve God, and God only!" So as you are planning this new life to be joined together in Love with another person stay in touch with your heart!

Walk in Love is the best advice I can give — the Love walk is never becoming a door mat to be walked on & misused, but to find your soul mate & have LOVE in your life. Love will make you happy & will get you through any situation in your life. There is POWER IN TRUE (REAL) LOVE.

The Light of Jesus

Jesus is the bright and beautiful light that shines brighter than the sun!

The light of Jesus will drive out any darkness in the life of any who just believe!

He is the way! The only way! He is the Love that the whole earth groans for!

The Love of Jesus is greater than any sorrow you may have! Jesus shine your light (Love) in, and through all who read this and show (guide) them to the cross. Your Love will forgive all who come to the cross, and ask you to come into their heart, and shine your Love in them in Jesus name I pray!

The Force

The force of faith when exercised (like an athlete) will carry one to higher levels of the spiritual realm (even as an athlete enters in higher levels of a physical zone through practice and exercise).

So keep your Faith in practice Trusting in, Leaning on, Hoping for, those things you have believed God for and this will grow and develop your Faith like the force.

Faith is a super natural Power, when it is exercised it will be a force that the Universe can’t touch or change!

Love & Marriage

My Personal Statement

* I believe in Jesus Christ & that he is the son of the almighty God.

* I believe we are all born for one purpose & this is to serve God (Jesus).

* This means to Love Jesus with all your heart, soul, & mind.

* I believe the greatest gift on this earth is to find your soul mate “true love” marry them, & spend your life in Love with them.

* I believe that as you put Jesus the head of everything in your life he will direct your path & bless your marriage. So if you have a personal “born again” relationship with Jesus your Love for your companion will grow stronger, & you will know what true Love is.

Marriage is a holy sacred unity, one that God has ordained.

To leave & cleave together as you become one is the greatest unity God ordained. God ordained the unity of marriage with Adam & Eve before he ordained the church.

Love is something that brings two people together as they choice to be married & this is an honorable institute of God.

To share your Love (life) with another person is a “Great Responsibility” one THAT should not BE taken lightly.

The Road of Life

The Road of Life your traveling on is it the road to Peace, Joy, Happiness, Fulfillment, & Life Eternal in Heaven with Jesus Christ?

For Jesus is the way, the truth, & the life & the ONLY way to the Father (God) is having a personal born again relationship with Jesus Christ!

Today is your day! Repent! And ask Jesus Christ to come into your heart & forgive you of ALL your SINS! He will come into your heart & start to show himself BIG to you as you allow him to by spending time with him in the word of God (BIBLE).

Be Blesses as you embark to travel on this NEW journey of life! Jesus Bless you, Keep you, & may his face shine upon you I pray in the name of Jesus & I seal it with the BLOOD OF Jesus!

There Is A Secret Place

There are times when you feel you’re all alone in this world with your own set of problems. Loneliness, Sickness, Loss of a Loved one, Financial Distress, Downhearted, Abandonment, with NO Hope & the list goes on.

The depression sets in, the mind becomes cloudy & your thoughts are all focused on the problems.

The fear of the unknown is overwhelming, and the thoughts of the problem allow YOU to go into a place of doubt & unbelief. This is an arena of whenever your focus has to change & your Beliefs have to kick into overdrive!

There is ONLY one place of ABSOLUTE. It found in the secret place of the most high.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Psalm 91

HE WHO dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand].

I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust!

For [then] He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.

[Then] He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler.

You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day,

Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday.

A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you.

Only a spectator shall you be [yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High] as you witness the reward of the wicked.

Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,(A)

There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.

For He will give His angels [especial] charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways [of obedience and service].

They shall bear you up on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.(B)

You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent shall you trample underfoot.(C)

Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name [has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness--trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no, never].

He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.

With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation.

This is as good as it gets! Our Hope, our Trust, & OUR FUTURE (ETERNITY) ARE IN HIS HANDS AS WE LEAN ON HIM KNOWING HE IS THE ONLY ANSWER TO ALL OUR PROBLEMS! IT IS THAT SIMPLE!

Seasons Of The Heart

You cannot judge a person by only one season of their life: the essence of whom they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.

If you give up when it's Winter,

You will miss the promise of new birth and the beauty of the Spring,

The warmth of your Summer,

The splendor and beauty of your fall,

Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the other seasons of your life.

Don't judge life by one difficult season.

Persevere through the difficult times in your life and better times are sure to come soon (or the next season).

Live Simple, Love Generously, Care Deeply, Speak Kindly,
Allow the Love in your life to shine through you to be shared with others.

Let the Joy of the Lord give you strength.

Learn to Rest in the peace of God presence.
Be Happy it keeps You Sweet.
Trials keep You Strong and develop character.
Sorrows keep You Human.
Failures keep You Humble.
Success keeps You Glowing and growing.
But Only God keeps You Going!

We all have different seasons (disappointments, & hardships) of our life when we think no one has ever experienced this season but me. So I have learned if we embrace each season we will enjoy and experience the splendor of that season, and we will know a new season is coming soon.

So as we keep our eyes (focus) on the one who created (God) us he will make every season of your life an experience that will develop your charter and make you in his likeness and image so all things (seasons) work together for the good of those that love and serve and are called of God.