Before You Untie The Knot - Part 3 - When God asked for a divorce.

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Pastor Trevor Barnes Jr.
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God gets frustrated in His relationship with His people and asks for a divorce. But He changes His mind and renews the relationship. We examine the principles God uses to renew the relationship with His people.

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I hope you agree with that today that there is no sweeter name than the name of Jesus. I want to just also say that for you. I hope that you are agreeing with the song that said that Christ Alone must be our Cornerstone of hope that is the prayer of your heart today to make Jesus Christ the Cornerstone of your life and my prayer is today that somebody would say what must I do to be safe. I want to go right now into our scripture and then we're going to get right into the work. We're in Hosea chapter 2 today. We're in part 3 of our series and we're in Hosea the second chapter and we're going to read versus I believe 14 through first one. I believe than verse 14 through 15th. This is what the word of God says to us. Exactly verse 2 Hosea chapter 2 verse Here is what the word of God says to us today. It says but now bring charges against Israel bring charges against your mother for she is no longer my wife. I am no longer her husband then verses 14 through 16. It says but then I will win her back once again, I would lead her into a desert land and speak tenderly to her there. I will return her Vineyards to her and transform the valley of trouble into a valley or Gateway of hope she will give herself to me there as she did long ago when she was young when I freed her from captivity in Egypt. When that day comes says the Lord you will call me my husband instead of my master want to go back to the previous verse in verse 15 and says I will return her Vineyards to her and transform the valley of trouble the valley of achor into a Gateway of hope. She will give herself to me there as she did long ago when she was young when I freed her from have her captivity in Egypt today. I want to talk to you about the subject when God wanted a divorce when God wanted a divorce. Let's go to God help me Father Lord. We are coming to you today. And we are asking that you would speak to us right now Lord. We need to hear a word from you. I love we know that there are people who are struggling. And we need to have encouragement and strength at this moment and father. I pray. That you would take these frail frail lips and allow them to declare your glory and uplift your strength father. We prayed today that your name would be glorified. And father has the name of Jesus Christ is glorified my prayer right now. Is that all men and women boys and girls would be drawn closer to him the father we pray today that we would have a fresh spiritual experience with you father give us an experience that will revive us and refreshes for the journey that is ahead. I pray father that you would Breathe life into a marriage that is feeling lifeless. And I pray father that you would restore our marriages and ultimately restore our souls. Will you pray this in the name of Jesus the Christ? Amen?

Last week we learned that marriage was God's big idea. As a matter of fact, we learned in Genesis chapter 2 that it was God who said it is not good for man to be alone. Another words. It was not Adam's idea. We learn the Adam was alone. But Adam was not lonely Adam had no concept of loneliness because he was caught up in serving God and in what we learned is that if we are considering being married married we must do the same. We must find ourselves in service to God because it is in service to God where we find contentment. There should be no Ministry in church that is without. People who are active in those Ministries because we find our purpose we find our contentment. We find Our Hope when we give our lives in service to God and then we found out that that that God brought about the circumstances. He orchestrated the circumstances so that Adam would see that she needed somebody in his life. We found out that God made the animals out of the ground. This is different than when God spoke the animals into existence. This is a special creation that God did just for Adam. He brought the animals to Adam to buy 2 and when one atom start notice that those animals came in pairs to buy to that is when the scriptures inform us that Adam recognize that Keith did not have Help me and Adam began to say look. I want the thing that those animals had because because God has a way of hooking it up Adam begin to realize that he wanted somebody in his life. But but then we realized that that that Adam took the next step with God he rested in God that means he trusted and believed that the dog would bring the right individual to him. And and then we learn that God put Adam to sleep. He took a rib out of his side and he formed and he fashioned into a woman and and and then we noticed that the first face that Eve saw what the face of God in the first person she talked to was God, so he was able to spend time with God to find out her purpose and to be able to establish who she was in God before she was ready. He brought to a man and then when she was brought to Adam Adam saw the woman and when Adam saw the women, all he could say was one man. This is now bone of my bone. And this is Flesh of My Flesh. She is woman because she was taken out of me. That was the beautiful thing. We saw about marriage last week for today. What we want to talk about is what happens after marriage. The reality is that most novels and movies they deal with the relationship up to the engagement or they will deal with the relationship up to the point where the parties say I do. But but the reality is those of us who are married knows that the real relationship does not happen when you say I do. But the real relationship the Real Marriage happens. You say I do this after you say I do that it gets real. It's it's after you say I do that that that disagreements happen. It's after you say I do that that you begin to wonder what is going on. Why is there so much conflict then why am I having so many problems? It's after you say I do that. You may begin to wonder who in the world that I get married to you. You you you may have some Seasons where your spouse gets on your nerves and you better believe for sure that there are some Seasons where you get on your spouse's nursing. This is what happens after I do after you say I do there will be some Seasons went went went when the toilet off a cover is left. The toilet seat is left up or I wish I had a church in here to testify that that is what happens after you say I do after you say I do that. Crumbs will be left on the table and dishes will be left in the sick and and clothes won't be folded. And if they're folded they won't be put away. This is what happens after you say I do intend the problems that you can experience emotionally and financially the issues that you can have can be so overwhelming that statistics show that 43% of marriages end in divorce. This is the reality of what happens after you say I do I want you to know that that it's not just human beings who contemplate actually getting divorced. I want you to know the day that that God actually contemplated getting a divorce that came up point when God said enough. Is enough midnight there came a point when God himself said that I am fed up that that God said I'm through with this relationship. You remember that that that God lightens the relationship that he has with his people unto a marriage. He he liking that the only way for the best way to describe God's relationship with his people is through the relationship of a husband and a wife and so God uses this metaphor and what we've noticed in in in our first sermon is that God like it's himself to a husband and he Likens himself or his people onto a project and now it comes to a point where God is saying I'm through with my people out of them enough is enough. I want a divorce, I'm through with these phone. You don't believe me. We ready there in Hosea. Go to vs. Too. And I actually like the way that the new King James version says it the new King James version says it there in the Hosea 2 verse 2. I'm going to read it to you and your hearing because I read it from the New Living Translation earlier. But now I'm going to read it from the new King James version and this is what it says in the new King James version in Hosea 2 verse to this is what it says. It says bring charges against your mother bring charges because she is not my wife and I am no longer her husband and this is God's pecan. And I want you to know something here when it says bring charges. Do you know what that means in the original language in the original language? That's God saying bring me the paper. I'm ready to sign. He said bring me the papers because I'm tired and and I'm ready to sign them. She is not my what my people are no longer with me. I'm taking them. I'm rejecting them. I'm tired of them. What is going on with God did not God make a covenant agreement to stay in Everlasting relationship with his people. Yes, he did. But the problem is that something went wrong. The problem is that that that that that God says that my people are seeking satisfaction in all of the wrong things charged his people with adultery that mean that they were finding satisfaction in the wrong things up. His people were finding satisfaction in a Dollar Tree Davis. The Isles of Baal and ashtaroth and they State they went to bail thinking that it was in Vail that they have their Their Blessings. It was bailed that gave them their crops. It was a failed that gave them their rain. It was bailed that they celebrated it was Bill that they worship in and God got so frustrated with this that God I'm stupid dogs. It's like the but but but has the heart of a broken lever whose heart is broken because someone that he loves has turned his back. Anya God says enough is enough route is like that old saying says the more things change.

The more they stay the same cuz the reality is today, we find satisfaction in all the wrong places. We to have Idols that we put in the place of God some of us put money in the place of God. We think that that that resources and money. Can you give a satisfaction? We we think that if we get the next good if we get there the new shoes if we get the new clothes if we get there.... That's a new house or the new car. We think the best thing will give a satisfaction we feel that we will get continue if we get that new thing, but what we come to realize is that money is only a cheap thrill it can never satisfy. There are some who who find satisfaction in Prestige week. We like the fact that we have a little something being behind on a month. Hello degree, that's behind our name and we think that our education can get us satisfaction. We think that if we are able to get a little bit higher on the ladder able to get that promotion, then we'll be able to be contempt and we chase after that promotion but when we get that new job when we get that promotion, we come to discover that there is no satisfaction in it. We find out that it is just a cheap thrill. It can never satisfy. Are we we we we not only do that, but there are some who actually find the satisfaction in religion. Truth is that there are some who like to hear people when they pass them on the back for them nice prayers and and Pat him on the back for the comments that they gave in the Sabbath School class. We can find a cheap thrill in religion because we can look all religious on me and we can look on hold and we like it when people think that we're religious and holy but we know the corruption that's in our hearts and the truth of the matter is if we are trying to find a powerful film and contentment in our Pious sniffing High. Holy we looking at how religious we are the matter Spirit of Prophecy. We can cope lyrics that we know we will find ourselves empty. Because none of these things can satisfy. So today just like they did during Jose his time. There are those who find contentment in some of everything except God. God says, you know, I'm through I'm done with this is the thing that I know about divorce if you've ever experienced the divorce or or or if you have a seen a divorce there is something that you know about a divorce a divorce can be nasty. And a divorce can be ugly and one of the reasons that a divorce is nasty and ugly. Why is a divorce nasty and ugly because because when there is a divorce what ends up happening is that the two parties they end up splitting the resources and when it comes to split in money and when it comes to splitting resources, it can get ugly and I want you to know this is the same thing that happens in Hosea chapter 2 Hosea begins to lay out what God says that he's going to take not want you to think about this for a moment when you are in a relationship with somebody and you decide to split and go separate ways and you begin to divide resources of thought, you know that it can get nasty. But but you know that there are some things that belong to you and and there's some things that belonged to him as a matter of fact went went went Jeff bezos's wife off when they split and they had a divorce immediately. Jeff Bezos his wife became the richest woman in the world overnight. She became she had billions to her name and she had this because they split the resources. I want to ask you this question. What happens when you separate from God?

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rate from You have left over when you separate from God. I'm going to take it off everything. I want to remind you that God owns the cattle on a thousand hills. I want to remind you that that that God said if I was hungry, I wouldn't tell you if I was thirsty. I wouldn't tell you because all of the silver is mine. All of her gold is not it so now he's separated from his people and he says I'm going to take it all he said you think that you have those nice Olive crops, right? You got those nice trees that you got going. You know what I'm going to do. I'm going to withhold the rain. I've been to the crops will dry up. There will be thorns and thistles everywhere. He said what will your ship eat? What will your cat eat? You used to like to go to all of the events and parties that used to go to you. Can you still like to go to the club into a nice but what's going to happen when I take the car away and when I take the clothes away from what's going to happen when I take it off. I want you to know something today my brothers and sisters. There are some times that we go through problems in life because God is saying I'm going to take it back. There are some time that we go through struggles with some times that we go through difficulties because God has says okay if you want to be that way, I'm going to take it back. I'm going to take back that car. I'm going to take back that house. I'm going to take back everything you give me you think your health is. I'm going to take your help. I'm going to take it back because God is simply trying to help us to recognize where all of our blessings come from. We think we've done it off please fix that with a reason that we have everything. We need to get some money management skills after why we're pay I want you to know today if it was not for the goodness of God. Where would you be if it was God who didn't allow you to be in the right mind. Let me tell you today that we need to give thanks to God for his goodness his mercy and his friends because where would we if it were not for the goodness of God, you see the truth is some of us don't recognize what we have. Until it's gone. The truth is I'm a say one more time. Some of us don't recognize what we have until it's gone. So sometimes God has to take those things back until it's got nuts why there are sometimes in life. Will you just have to let the relationship be what it is? Sometimes you have to let the relationship go just like God did because the people did not recognize what they had until God said, you know what I'm broke. I'm done with it. I'm moving on that's what I had to say. I had a friend one morning when I was in college came over to my house at 5 in the morning running on the doorbell. I'm waking up. I don't know what's going on. I run to the doorbell open the door and they're my friend is at the door and I'm wondering what's going on and I'll bring them into the house and we sit on the couch and he can hardly say anything and I'm like man what's going on what's going on? And then he finally tells me he says man. Two days ago. I just broke up with my girl and I just realized right now what I'm missing I want to let you know sometimes sometimes you've got to lose it for you to understand what you really have. And this is what happened with god with his people but check this out.

God takes away. I want you to read Hosea chapter 2 this afternoon. Check this out his people for everything but he has a purpose check this out when you read Hosea chapter 2. He says I'm going to take away everything so that they will act because it is God's. They will see that things are actually better with me.

Dog, I'm going to strip everything away from my people so that they can see that it was not bad who bless them and it was not an actual who plus I'm going to take it all the way because in my heart, I really still want a relationship with my people call repeat a guy today. I don't know if they're awesome people today who I just thankful that in spite of it all off though. You've done wrong volume messed up stupid stupid dirty You've Done Dirt. Phil wants you back all glory be to God today that his mercy and his love endures forever. He still loves Sinners Lauren.

Oh, I think I added a for his glory and for his Mercy that he does not forsake Sinners. He does not turn his back on us, but he loves us In Spite of Ourselves. He patrols himself to us and even when we mess up, He still says I want you glory be to God. And at the end of the store when you read Hosea chapter 2, you'll notice that God actually renews a covenant relationship with his people. He says I'm going to take you back like it was into the Garden of Eden and he saying just how I was faithful to make a covenant with the sun. In other words. We we don't even look at it this way but God has made a covenant with a son. That's what the Bible the way the Bible describes it. What is God's covenant with the sun God's covenant with the sun is a promise. Remember that I Covenant it's really a promise and this is what God has done. God says that I'm going to cost the sun to come up in the day and the moon to come out at night dolphin just as I made a covenant with the sun. I'm going to renew a covenant with you another word that what I'm going to do if I'm going to be a space. Sunrise in the morning and be that faithful to have the Sun, the moon to come out at night. I'm going to be that faithful to you again. He says I'm going to renew my love to you as it was in the Garden of Eden. That is what God's promise is to his people. Are you lots of how he loves us all but check this out. How in the world does God go from saying I want a divorce and I'm through. To renewing a covenant relationship with his people. How in the world does that happen? How does God go to a place where the marriage is renew the marriage that was falling apart? How does it get life again? And I want you to notice what God does to renew his relationship with his people because I believe that there are some free samples that God lays out. Remember God is the ultimate lover and I want you to notice the principles that God lays out to renew the relationship with his people because I believe that these are principles that you and I can use to renew our marriages to that marriage that's on the edge. I want you to listen to the principles that God uses to restore and to renew the love in his marriage relationship with his people because these principles are principles that you and I can use in our marriage to restore our relationship. The first thing that we see is that God. is brutally honest You ever heard that old saying? That honesty is the best policy. I want you to know that God believe that and God is brutally honest with his people. Check it out. You'll notice that inverse three. Straight up sesson. God says you are committing adultery on me. Just flat-out honest. He does not avoid the issue. He does not undercut the problem. Keep goes direct and he says what is bothering him and I would like to submit to us today that this is a principle that you and I need to learn because when there is something that bothers us we need to be honest about what bothers us. We need to say to our spouse. This is what is going on. You see too often what you and I have done is what we do is we have instituted relationship policies that are learned from the ostrich. You know, what an ostrich ostrich does a ostrich simply buries their head in the sand they act like it's not going on and too often you and I act like the thing is not bothering us we act like there's not really a problem. But when we avoid the issue, what ends up happening is that we end up sitting on a ticking time-bomb. Our marriage literally becomes a ticking Time Bomb you all know. That in the country of Lebanon. There was a huge explosion a few weeks ago an explosion that decimated the city and here is the amazing thing about that explosion that everybody knew there was a problem. Everybody knew that 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate be in the middle of the city was a bad idea everybody knew it, but nobody wanted to talk about everybody knew it but no one wanted to do anything about it. Everybody knew it but everybody kept their head in the sand and what ended up happening is that there was a little fire that happened somewhere over here that had nothing to do with the ammonium nitrate. But what ended up happening is that little fire that was over here ended up touching the ammonium nitrate. The thing that was swept under the rug and then all of a sudden there was a huge explosion that end up decimating the entire city because this is what happens when we just sweep our issues under the Rock. When we sweep our issues under the rug the problem is still there. And then when there is another little problem that arises what ends up happening is it can detonate the major problem that's been sitting there for some time and what it can do is it can explode and blow up on Marriage? And so if we want our marriage to work we must learn from God we must be brutally honest with our spouses. Without spouse about what is bothering us, but then there's something else in verse 14. We see in verse 14. God says love guess what I'm going to do. I love the way the NIV says this I'm going to speak tenderly to her. He says I'm going to speak tenderly her to a lure her the King James version says in the NIV says it says I'm going to speak tenderly to her because I'm going to allow her that word Allure means but I'm going to speak to her heart. In other words, you know how it was when you just started the relationship and you're trying to woo that person. Will you trying to win that person? You're you're you're good you're trying to flirt and throughout the cool Vibes in order to win that person. God says I'm going to communicate in a wave that is going to When her back I want to submit to us today that this is how you and I must communicate in other words. It's not communicating in a wave to win the argument. It's not communicating in a way to say that I'm right and you're wrong. It's not communicating like that. It's communicating so that the traffic embarrassment in the person who can save face in the relationship so that the relationship can be restored because what's more important is not to be able to say that I'm right and you're wrong what's more important is to be to be able to have the relationship restore. This is what God. Does he communicates in a way? What he Woos and wins back the heart of his people, you know, it's not just enough to be able to say that I said it. Sometimes we say and we may say it with a little bit too much net in it. Come on. Now. We may say it and we may say it in a way that's insulting. We may say it and we may say it in a way that puts the other party down. But but but the real way to communicate because communication can either build or break your relationship. And God says what I'm going to do is I'm going to communicate in a way that builds up instead of tearing down. You see the truth of the matter is that that that we've got a follow what scripture actually says in another place in Proverbs chapter 15 verse 1. I want you to look this up when you get an opportunity Proverbs 15 verse 1 the wise man says that this way he says a soft answer. What it does is it actually turns away wrath in other words the way that you and I communicate can either make the situation more difficult. Where can make the situation more harmonious that we communicate can either hair down or it can build up. We have the choice when we communicate to either build up or to tear down and I want you to notice this heat. This is it this is it I want you to get this thing right here. onus I'm the person who needs to communicate in a way that builds up instead of tearing down is the person who's in the right? Not the person that's in the wrong.

Does the word right there? I want you to take this outfit logically. Look at the text. The text is God is saying that I'm going to learn her. I'm going to speak tenderly to her. I want you to understand something that theologically God is not in the wrong. Theologically. God is always in the right. God has never made a mistake. It's the one who sang. I'm going to speak tenderly. I'm going to speak in a way that scar in other words when we are the one that's in the right when we are the one who can hold it over our spouses head. That's the time when we've got to speak tenderly. In other words there comes a point. But we can't hold it over our spouse there comes a point, but we can't beat them down because of what they've done. We've got to speak tenderly because when we speak tenderly to the one who's done wrong, when we speak tenderly when we know that it's right and it will go a long way a soft answer will turn away Wrath. But the next thing that we see in the passage and this is in verse 15 where we see in the passage that that that God is is telling us that in order for the relationship to be restored. There must be a sacrifice. I'm in the new King James version. It is used as the actual words. We read from the New Living Translation which which doesn't go into the original language. But but the new King James version it says that what will happen is that the valley of achor will become a place of hope now the truth of the matter is that that that that that most of us are familiar with this Valley of achor. We we actually know the story surrounding the valley of achor, but most of us if we were giving a Biblical quiz right now we wouldn't be able to say what the value of a core is but let me just break down to you what the valley of achor is. You remember that when the children of Israel came into the promised land that they attacked the city of Jericho and they destroyed the city of Jericho and they were told when they were going into the city of Jericho not to take anything. They were told to destroy everything. Jericho but my main man Aiken he went up into the city of Jericho man. He saw some flower LeBrons that were up on the wall, man. He said he bought some some some some some some cool Gator that look pretty good. And he saw some gold chains that he knew would look really good on him. Keep the peace awesome look really fly in his ear. And so what he did is he took all of this because he wanted them and he place them underneath his tent then a couple of days later the children of Israel went to go fight again, and they went to this tiny city the city called AR and when they went and fought a are they got whooped. Luke came back crying and wondering what in the world happened in what will why was it that they lost a r and they did an investigation and when they did that investigation they discovered that Aiken had stolen some Babylonian garments and he had stolen some gold and silver from from the city of Jericho. And what ended up happening is that they took akin to the valley of achor and they stoned him. And his family. I have a question. When I read this how in the world can the the valley of achor this place that has such a horrible story associated with it. How can this place has become the valley of Hope? How can this this this place with such a catastrophe become the place of hope? It's very simple because this is the place of atonement. This is the place of sacrifice. This is the place where our payment was ultimately made for the children of Israel sinned and you'll notice when you read the story of Joshua after the atonement was made that children of Israel go from there to be able to capture the entire Promised Land. It was this up Stoneman that propelled them to higher levels to be able to capture the Tireland a penis and for each tribe to be able to have a land that was designated to them and God is simply trying to tell us today in order for our marriages to be blessed bear must be sacrificed, and we noticed we know that there must be sacrificed because the truth is we know that when a spouse is mad. We all go out and get some roses. I want to let you know that's a sacrifice when we know that that that she's a little upset up or when he's a little upset. We might go out in it and just get a little peace offering. That's a sacrifice. We understand that it for a relationship to be restored. There must be sacrificed, and I don't know what needs to be sacrificed in your relationship today, but I tell you today that damn must be sacrificed in order for your relationship to be restored. Maybe the sacrifice. Needs to be your pride may be the sacrifice needs to be your your your your dog at it next when you're not willing to listen to your spouse. Maybe you're just sacrificed happy the way you talk to your spouse needs to take. I don't know what it is, but for your relationship to be restored, there must be a sacrifice. So today you must search your heart and you must ask what needs to be sacrificed. I want you to know today that guy that they need to be a sacrifice that sacrifice took him to a cross that sacrifice put them there where he was hanging up on a tree and he said father forgive them for they know not what they do. That was the Valley of the what the valley of achor pointy tooth and pointed to a tree and to a Hill Called Calvary where Jesus and shed his blood up for you and for me so that we can get back into a covenant relationship with him glory be to God that he made a sacrifice for you and for me so that we once again to be his spiritual bride, but then the final thing That we see in the text. the god he tells his people. I want you to remember.

The good old days he talks about how they were in Egypt and how he brought them out of the land of Egypt where he saw his people and he redeem them at that point ask is very broad as his people and he brought them out of the children of out of Egypt and he brought them into the Wilderness and that is where they made a covenant relationship with him that is where that they think they spiritually were tied together as a husband to a wife that is where it happened in the wilderness. And God says, I want you to remember the good old days. Remember when I brought you out of slavery remember how it was when I drown pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea. I want you to remember how I dropped all of those plagues on Egypt Turn off redeemed you with a mighty hand. Remember how it was in the wilderness. I want you know that couples. You need to remember the good old days. Remember when you first met? What you need to remember the smile that was on your face. When you thought of the one that you love you remember those good old days rap remember that first date that you went on. Did you remember how how how how much Nicholas you were about choosing what you were you you wanted to choose the right dressing and you wanted to be in the the right gear you you make sure that your shoes were shiny gift. Did you can make sure that that that that you took a little extra brush to those teeth and I thought you got your hair or shine it down really good. Come on. Do I need to remember those times? I remember how you felt remember where your aunt remember where you went in the beginning of your relationship. Remember the first time that you held hands? Remember when you said I do remember how you felt when you walked down when she walk down those hours or when you ask that lady walk down those that all and you were given away. You need to remember those good ol Days. God says I want you to remember when you were in the wilderness. Remember that love that you have. In the wilderness you see in the wilderness. God was with his bride. You can play some music for me in the wilderness. God was with his bride and how she was with his dad in the wilderness. I want you to know what was happening. In the wilderness, you really don't have a lot. You're the one that's actually you don't have a lot of resources in the wilderness. You ain't got nothing but but snakes and scorpions and thistles, that's all you got in a woman, but it was asked if God and the children of Israel will say, you know ain't nothing much out here. But guess what we got each other that would most heat and want nothing but man in the world and what they were saying, even though if there's only manner that's out here. Guess what at least we've got each other today. I want you to know. you and I need to remember those good old days have the spark of love come back within our relationship. We need to remember those today my brothers and sisters. We need to be honest in all communication. If there is going to be Revival of what needs to happen after we say I do if we need to be honest in our communication, but we don't need to just be honest and I'll communication not not only do we need to be honest, but we need to speak tenderly. We need to speak to the heart to win the hearts. If it's not just enough to the say what's going on. We need to say it in a way that will be able to win the heart of a Donnelly. Then we need to be willing to make whatever sacrifice is necessary. And you know what that sacrifice is that you need to make today in order for your relationship with Rob if you remember those good old days if you remember the time when you fell in love if you remember the time when you first met God says that just like his relationship with restore not believe that your relationship can be restored. If not, then it can be restore just follow these principles today today. I pray that you do this in your marriage. I pray that you take some time this afternoon to talk to your spouse and you remember those good times and I pray that you'll have some honest communication to restore the relationship with each other. But I pray that you also do this with God because the truth is that we need to make sure that our relationship is also right with that. There are some of us need to be honest with God and tell God how we feel there are some of us remember those times that we've had over the years with God. We need that relationship to be restored and we need to have an open and honest time with God There's some of us are going through some things because we have forsaken, We've kicked to the curb. But now is the acceptable time. Now is the season when we need to renew the relationship that we have with God and if you know that this is the time if you know that this is the season would you need to have your relationship restore without simply put what I want you to do is to Simply message me on on Facebook. If you're on Facebook message me on messenger. If you are on YouTube go to our church Facebook page and send me an email to say hey, look I recognize that. I need to get my relationship back with God knows that you're going through some things because you know that your relationship is not right with God and God takes something away from you. And God is SimpliSafe. I've taken those things away so that you're recognizing your desperate need for me. so my prayer today is if you would take this opportunity to make things right with God. That you would renew your relationship with him. Today is the acceptable time now that they are selfish if you would take this opportunity to make your life. We come before you. Father I pray first of all, I'll be half of every marriage that's represented in our church for those who are watching online afraid that you would renew that these marriages that Compass Park. Kindled in their relationships father. I pray father that I'd be able to go through that emotional experience that you went through work where you would like your ready 2 forsaken me about the relationship with your people to be able to renew the Covenant with your with your people are afraid that marriages that are on the edge would be brought back from the edge of the father in a mighty way to reestablish love in the relationships and Archer across this country with you and everyone would we connect with you in a mighty and special way today? I pray father that they would not let today go back. Let the next moment go by without making sure. All right with your father we're having a baptism next week. Maybe there is someone today who sing that that they need to be baptized. They need to have their relationship right with your father today. I pray that you would move on that person's heart trouble them until they surrender their all. This is an Earnest prayer in this is Arkansas in the name of Jesus. The Christ we do pray Loving You Always and then

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