Treasured Truth

Pastor Ford continues to encourage single women to really look deeply at a person before leaping into marriage with them.  As we conclude this study in Genesis 2, he will share 5 principles that can be used to evaluate a man before marrying him.

Pastor Ford reminds us God has choreographed our day.  His sovereignty is all over it.  So we need to understand He chose whatever we are going through for us specifically.  He’s got a purpose that He’s trying to work in us, so that we would not lose our joy, but so we would stand.

Before we say, “I do” in marriage, we should really seek to evaluate the person we are considering as a spouse.   Pastor Ford encourages us to find out if the person we want to marry is truly following Christ.  We should seek a person who is the whole package.  Beware of those who may look good on the outside, but may be a spiritual mess on the inside.

As we continue this message about what to do before you get married, Pastor Ford will explain that it’s easy to fall in love.  The problem always is managing to love Jesus more than our prospective spouse.  Pastor Ford asks us all the question—do we love Jesus or do we just have a crush on Him?

Pastor Ford warns single people who are considering marriage to not make a permanent decision based on the superficial evaluation that may come as a result of “falling in love.” To really ensure that you know who it is that you are marrying, you really have to look deep before you leap!

Pastor Ford explains today that the primary problem that causes divorce is not something that happens after marriage.  It’s caused by what didn’t happen before marriage.  In other words, too many singles are making a permanent decision based on a superficial evaluation.

As we finish up our series on church discipline and restoration, Pastor Ford will highlight an important truth for us today.  According to him, here’s the bottom line—if we are spiritual we will love our brothers and our sisters.  And if we love our brothers and our sisters, then we will not allow them to stay in the far country, living in sin and out of fellowship with the Lord.

As we continue our series on worship, Pastor Ford explains that when you bless God for what He’s done for you, that’s thanksgiving.  When you bless God for what He’s done, that’s praise.  But when you bless God for who He is, that’s worship.

We’re looking further today at church discipline and considering those sins that can capture someone quickly.  They didn’t expect to do it.  They didn’t want to do it, necessarily.  But it caught them by surprise and it overwhelmed them.  Paul tells us it’s those who are spiritual within the church, who should come alongside the ones who have fallen into this kind of sin like and seek to help restore them.

As we consider how easily sin can ensnare all of us, we realize that we never know when we’re going to need somebody to pick us up. So since we don’t need to be picked up right now, what we need to do is to get into a habit of trying to pick up other people and lift others up who need us to do so now.