February 13, 2011 sermon by Pastor Beau
"But I have this complaint against you. You don't love me or each other as you did at first! Look how far you have fallen! Turn back to me and do the works you did at first!" Revelation 2:4-5.
How a Relationship Deteriorates:
Romance - Reality - Rut - Resentment - Regret
Romance Report Card:
Attention (intellectual intimacy)
"Don't look out only for your own interests, but take an interests in others, too." Philippians 2:4.
Affirmation (emotional intimacy)
"Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other." Romans 12:10.
Affection (physical intimacy)
"How beautiful you are, my love! How your eyes shine with love behind your veil. Your hair dances like a flock of goats bounding down the hills of Gilead. You teeth are as white as sheep that have just been shorn and washed. Not one of them is missing; they are still are perfectly matched. Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon; how lovely they are when you speak. Your cheeks glow behind your veil. You neck is like the tower of David, round and smooth, with a necklace like a thousand shields hung around it...What a magnificent young woman you are! How beautiful are your feet in sandals. The curve of your thighs is like the work of an artist...How pretty you are, how beautiful; how complete the delights of your love. You are as graceful as a palm tree, and your breast are clusters of dates. I will climb the palm tree and pick its fruits." Song of Solomon 4:1-4; 7:1, 6-8.
Adventure (recreational intimacy)
"Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun; for this is your reward in life and your toil in which you have labored under the sun." Ecclesiastes 9:9.
Accordance (spiritual intimacy)
"But if we are living in the light of God's presence, just as Christ does, then we have wonderful fellowship and joy with each other, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin." 1 John 1:7.
Happy Valentines Day!
"But I have this complaint against you. You don't love me or each other as you did at first! Look how far you have fallen! Turn back to me and do the works you did at first!" Revelation 2:4-5.
How a Relationship Deteriorates:
Romance - Reality - Rut - Resentment - Regret
Romance Report Card:
Attention (intellectual intimacy)
"Don't look out only for your own interests, but take an interests in others, too." Philippians 2:4.
Affirmation (emotional intimacy)
"Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other." Romans 12:10.
Affection (physical intimacy)
"How beautiful you are, my love! How your eyes shine with love behind your veil. Your hair dances like a flock of goats bounding down the hills of Gilead. You teeth are as white as sheep that have just been shorn and washed. Not one of them is missing; they are still are perfectly matched. Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon; how lovely they are when you speak. Your cheeks glow behind your veil. You neck is like the tower of David, round and smooth, with a necklace like a thousand shields hung around it...What a magnificent young woman you are! How beautiful are your feet in sandals. The curve of your thighs is like the work of an artist...How pretty you are, how beautiful; how complete the delights of your love. You are as graceful as a palm tree, and your breast are clusters of dates. I will climb the palm tree and pick its fruits." Song of Solomon 4:1-4; 7:1, 6-8.
Adventure (recreational intimacy)
"Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun; for this is your reward in life and your toil in which you have labored under the sun." Ecclesiastes 9:9.
Accordance (spiritual intimacy)
"But if we are living in the light of God's presence, just as Christ does, then we have wonderful fellowship and joy with each other, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin." 1 John 1:7.
Happy Valentines Day!
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