Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Thoughts in Worship 03.03.2018
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Thoughts in Worship 03.03.2018
Thoughts in Worship
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Sabbath, March 3, 2018
Audio Link: https://www.spreaker.com/user/reachmanyradio/thoughts-in-worship-03-03-2018
This is devotional thought number 27 in our devotional series titled, “Wisdom for the Ages.”
“Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well. Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas? Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife— a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always. But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman? For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord’s eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person’s paths.” (Proverbs 5:15–21, NET).
I am a fan of drinking water. There’s not a lot that causes me distress. Yes, I do have trials and tribulations that create negative stress, but they all are generally manageable, with God’s help. The one thing that frightens me is not having access to enough potable water; in particular, for drinking. This may not be an issue for those of you living in areas where municipal water is always in large supply. You pay your bill, the municipality sends water through your pipes. I have lived in areas, for the last 11 years where this is not as simple. I have learned to appreciate free-flowing supplies of water, and do not take it for granted. Water is life.
Our theme passage uses water as a metaphor for sexual intimacy in marriage. The counsel is for all who love marriage and wish to keep our vows before the Lord, that we should drink freely from our own private cisterns. I actually understand this concept, because one of our homes had a private well 200 feet below ground level, and we had a pump that pumped it up into a water purification and filtration system in the crawl space under our house. This was our own clean water supply. The text continues. Solomon asks whether the streams of water from our private cisterns should be flowing all in the street or elsewhere. I have also lived where people would hookup to unwary neighbor’s water supply and drain their wells when they were not at home. Are you getting the imagery here? Solomon said that our fountains of water should be for us, and us alone. Our sexual intimacy is reserved for husband and wife, to be refreshed, revitalized, and sustained as we face the trials of life. Water is life. Sexual intimacy within marriage keeps things alive. If you don’t believe it, let something go wrong. Let one or both spouses commit adultery. Let one spouse have a child outside the marriage, thereby publicly breaking the vow. Let a spouse bring a sexually transmitted disease into the family circle. Let a spouse rape or otherwise abuse the one whom they vowed to love, honor, and cherish. Let one or the other withhold sexual intimacy to manipulate the other into complying with some demand. Sexual intimacy in marriage, which really is a microcosm of complete intimacy, is life.
In the final thought of this passage, Solomon asks a very logical question. Why should we be captivated by adulterers and adulteresses? He implores his son to rejoice in, appreciate, love, and cherish his young wife. Why? All of our ways are being weighed before the eyes of our God. He see and knows all. He sees the vows we make and break. He sees when we love, honor, and cherish our spouses. He sees when we we dishonor and defile the marriage bed. He sees when we respect the covenant as a representation of our covenant with Him, which prepares us for life in heaven and the new earth. Therefore, we must honor our marital intimacy. For in so doing, we...
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Sabbath, March 3, 2018
Audio Link: https://www.spreaker.com/user/reachmanyradio/thoughts-in-worship-03-03-2018
This is devotional thought number 27 in our devotional series titled, “Wisdom for the Ages.”
“Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well. Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas? Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife— a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always. But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman? For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord’s eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person’s paths.” (Proverbs 5:15–21, NET).
I am a fan of drinking water. There’s not a lot that causes me distress. Yes, I do have trials and tribulations that create negative stress, but they all are generally manageable, with God’s help. The one thing that frightens me is not having access to enough potable water; in particular, for drinking. This may not be an issue for those of you living in areas where municipal water is always in large supply. You pay your bill, the municipality sends water through your pipes. I have lived in areas, for the last 11 years where this is not as simple. I have learned to appreciate free-flowing supplies of water, and do not take it for granted. Water is life.
Our theme passage uses water as a metaphor for sexual intimacy in marriage. The counsel is for all who love marriage and wish to keep our vows before the Lord, that we should drink freely from our own private cisterns. I actually understand this concept, because one of our homes had a private well 200 feet below ground level, and we had a pump that pumped it up into a water purification and filtration system in the crawl space under our house. This was our own clean water supply. The text continues. Solomon asks whether the streams of water from our private cisterns should be flowing all in the street or elsewhere. I have also lived where people would hookup to unwary neighbor’s water supply and drain their wells when they were not at home. Are you getting the imagery here? Solomon said that our fountains of water should be for us, and us alone. Our sexual intimacy is reserved for husband and wife, to be refreshed, revitalized, and sustained as we face the trials of life. Water is life. Sexual intimacy within marriage keeps things alive. If you don’t believe it, let something go wrong. Let one or both spouses commit adultery. Let one spouse have a child outside the marriage, thereby publicly breaking the vow. Let a spouse bring a sexually transmitted disease into the family circle. Let a spouse rape or otherwise abuse the one whom they vowed to love, honor, and cherish. Let one or the other withhold sexual intimacy to manipulate the other into complying with some demand. Sexual intimacy in marriage, which really is a microcosm of complete intimacy, is life.
In the final thought of this passage, Solomon asks a very logical question. Why should we be captivated by adulterers and adulteresses? He implores his son to rejoice in, appreciate, love, and cherish his young wife. Why? All of our ways are being weighed before the eyes of our God. He see and knows all. He sees the vows we make and break. He sees when we love, honor, and cherish our spouses. He sees when we we dishonor and defile the marriage bed. He sees when we respect the covenant as a representation of our covenant with Him, which prepares us for life in heaven and the new earth. Therefore, we must honor our marital intimacy. For in so doing, we...
View all episodes
By Message Magazine
3
22 ratings
Thoughts in Worship
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Sabbath, March 3, 2018
Audio Link: https://www.spreaker.com/user/reachmanyradio/thoughts-in-worship-03-03-2018
This is devotional thought number 27 in our devotional series titled, “Wisdom for the Ages.”
“Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well. Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas? Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife— a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always. But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman? For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord’s eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person’s paths.” (Proverbs 5:15–21, NET).
I am a fan of drinking water. There’s not a lot that causes me distress. Yes, I do have trials and tribulations that create negative stress, but they all are generally manageable, with God’s help. The one thing that frightens me is not having access to enough potable water; in particular, for drinking. This may not be an issue for those of you living in areas where municipal water is always in large supply. You pay your bill, the municipality sends water through your pipes. I have lived in areas, for the last 11 years where this is not as simple. I have learned to appreciate free-flowing supplies of water, and do not take it for granted. Water is life.
Our theme passage uses water as a metaphor for sexual intimacy in marriage. The counsel is for all who love marriage and wish to keep our vows before the Lord, that we should drink freely from our own private cisterns. I actually understand this concept, because one of our homes had a private well 200 feet below ground level, and we had a pump that pumped it up into a water purification and filtration system in the crawl space under our house. This was our own clean water supply. The text continues. Solomon asks whether the streams of water from our private cisterns should be flowing all in the street or elsewhere. I have also lived where people would hookup to unwary neighbor’s water supply and drain their wells when they were not at home. Are you getting the imagery here? Solomon said that our fountains of water should be for us, and us alone. Our sexual intimacy is reserved for husband and wife, to be refreshed, revitalized, and sustained as we face the trials of life. Water is life. Sexual intimacy within marriage keeps things alive. If you don’t believe it, let something go wrong. Let one or both spouses commit adultery. Let one spouse have a child outside the marriage, thereby publicly breaking the vow. Let a spouse bring a sexually transmitted disease into the family circle. Let a spouse rape or otherwise abuse the one whom they vowed to love, honor, and cherish. Let one or the other withhold sexual intimacy to manipulate the other into complying with some demand. Sexual intimacy in marriage, which really is a microcosm of complete intimacy, is life.
In the final thought of this passage, Solomon asks a very logical question. Why should we be captivated by adulterers and adulteresses? He implores his son to rejoice in, appreciate, love, and cherish his young wife. Why? All of our ways are being weighed before the eyes of our God. He see and knows all. He sees the vows we make and break. He sees when we love, honor, and cherish our spouses. He sees when we we dishonor and defile the marriage bed. He sees when we respect the covenant as a representation of our covenant with Him, which prepares us for life in heaven and the new earth. Therefore, we must honor our marital intimacy. For in so doing, we...
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Sabbath, March 3, 2018
Audio Link: https://www.spreaker.com/user/reachmanyradio/thoughts-in-worship-03-03-2018
This is devotional thought number 27 in our devotional series titled, “Wisdom for the Ages.”
“Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well. Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas? Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife— a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always. But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman? For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord’s eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person’s paths.” (Proverbs 5:15–21, NET).
I am a fan of drinking water. There’s not a lot that causes me distress. Yes, I do have trials and tribulations that create negative stress, but they all are generally manageable, with God’s help. The one thing that frightens me is not having access to enough potable water; in particular, for drinking. This may not be an issue for those of you living in areas where municipal water is always in large supply. You pay your bill, the municipality sends water through your pipes. I have lived in areas, for the last 11 years where this is not as simple. I have learned to appreciate free-flowing supplies of water, and do not take it for granted. Water is life.
Our theme passage uses water as a metaphor for sexual intimacy in marriage. The counsel is for all who love marriage and wish to keep our vows before the Lord, that we should drink freely from our own private cisterns. I actually understand this concept, because one of our homes had a private well 200 feet below ground level, and we had a pump that pumped it up into a water purification and filtration system in the crawl space under our house. This was our own clean water supply. The text continues. Solomon asks whether the streams of water from our private cisterns should be flowing all in the street or elsewhere. I have also lived where people would hookup to unwary neighbor’s water supply and drain their wells when they were not at home. Are you getting the imagery here? Solomon said that our fountains of water should be for us, and us alone. Our sexual intimacy is reserved for husband and wife, to be refreshed, revitalized, and sustained as we face the trials of life. Water is life. Sexual intimacy within marriage keeps things alive. If you don’t believe it, let something go wrong. Let one or both spouses commit adultery. Let one spouse have a child outside the marriage, thereby publicly breaking the vow. Let a spouse bring a sexually transmitted disease into the family circle. Let a spouse rape or otherwise abuse the one whom they vowed to love, honor, and cherish. Let one or the other withhold sexual intimacy to manipulate the other into complying with some demand. Sexual intimacy in marriage, which really is a microcosm of complete intimacy, is life.
In the final thought of this passage, Solomon asks a very logical question. Why should we be captivated by adulterers and adulteresses? He implores his son to rejoice in, appreciate, love, and cherish his young wife. Why? All of our ways are being weighed before the eyes of our God. He see and knows all. He sees the vows we make and break. He sees when we love, honor, and cherish our spouses. He sees when we we dishonor and defile the marriage bed. He sees when we respect the covenant as a representation of our covenant with Him, which prepares us for life in heaven and the new earth. Therefore, we must honor our marital intimacy. For in so doing, we...