We do good because we love others as we love ourselves. So, whoever doesn’t love themselves doesn’t do good to others 🤷
Right?
Matthew 22:36-37,39 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “ 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' … And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
⚪️ The knowledge that it has been done, and can be done is found in 🆃🅷🅴 🅱🅸🅱🅻🅴. For example, if you want 20-20 vision at your age, “Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.” (Deuteronomy 34:7)
Isaiah 34:16 KJV Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
Daniel 9:2 KJV In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
⚪️ Tell God what you want after you see that He has done it before, or told you that it can be done - pray, reminding Him of what you saw in 🆃🅷🅴 🅱🅸🅱🅻🅴.
Isaiah 43:26 KJV Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
⚪️ Praise Him as you remind Him, telling Him how only He can do what you seek. Remember, you read in 🆃🅷🅴 🅱🅸🅱🅻🅴 that He can do it.
Isaiah 51:9-10 NKJV Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD! Awake as in the ancient days, In the generations of old. Are You not the arm that cut Rahab apart, And wounded the serpent? Are You not the One who dried up the sea, The waters of the great deep; That made the depths of the sea a road For the redeemed to cross over?
⚪️ Wait for God’s response. It will definitely come in His sovereign way!
Psalm 37:34 KJV Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land…
👆🏼𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵, but those who wait on the Lord get to renew their strength.
NB When waiting on God in prayer, fasting, worship, praise… listen for His instruction.
DON’T mistake waiting for doing nothing. His instruction is key to victory.
2. Return with a heart that’s deeply sorry, wholly desirous of returning to a love that’s unconditional.
3. Return knowing He loves you regardless.
4. Return because it’s the better choice between life (living an abundant life), and death.
2 Chronicles 30:9 KJV … the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
Luke 15:17-18 KJV And when he came to himself, he said, … I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
Deuteronomy 30:19 KJV I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
John 10:10 KJV … I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
He knows the number of hairs on our heads; He knows us by name.
Luke 12:6-7 MEV
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, even the hairs of your head are all numbered...
He is 𝙀𝙡 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙝 - The God of knowledge
Isaiah 40:28 MEV
Have you not known? Have you not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not faint, nor is He weary? His understanding is inscrutable.
Worried that someone says you can’t make it; you won’t get it done; you’re no good?
Well God says with man it’s impossible, but with Him, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. Mark 10:27 MEV Jesus, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God. For with God all things are possible."
Sit with every word, chew them slowly, let ‘em sink in, regurgitate ‘em BUT keep chewing slowwwwly. Wait till you get that 💡 moment. All things are possible with God.
🚩 They tell, and show you they will not change anything for the relationship.
🚩 They talk down on you, or yell at you in public.
🚩They constantly break promises.
🚩 They tell you they’ll call, but don’t, and do not apologize when and if they do call.
🚩They expect you to always give, and give you nothing.
🚩 They constantly talk about others derogatorily.
🚩They tell you they will become spouse-material when they see you are serious - when you propose. 🙄
🚩They can’t hold a conversation with you, but talk more on the phone with others.
🚩They always point out your mistakes, and recall them over and over.
🚩They have friends that you find questionable.
Women sometimes ask, “how can I tell if he’s the right one?”
I say, look out for signs that he loves you as much as he loves himself. If they do, you will know. Perfunctory acts of dating (taking you out, calling once or twice a day) are not a sign that a man is the right one for you. Look closer, look closely.
The next question shows her deepening confusion. “How? How can I possibly know?”
I sigh 😞
You have to look for signs that he is considerate of what could affect you negatively. He would steer clear of things that would make you sad; he’d try his very best to make you happy, and comfortable.
And, woman… you have to be respectful
by being courteous, considerate, and supportive.
No loving wife speaks hurtful words - nor does a loving husband. No loving husband leaves all chores to his wife. No loving spouse puts parents, or siblings before their partner. Indeed, no loving husband puts his mother first.
Psalm 45:10-11 NASB Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father's house; Then the King will desire your beauty. Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.
When reading this Psalm, it struck me that the call to marriage is such a sacred journey. But, the Bible as usual, gives us life’s answers.
I found one strategy for wives who intend to have success in marriage. I say it’s an unusual strategy because today’s times throw up issues such as feminism (great when applied at the right time - for there is a time for everything), and gender empowerment (also wonderful at the right time).
It’s plain and simple.
If a wife ‘forgets’ where she is from, her husband will desire her beauty. Basically, when a wife puts her husband first, he can trust her.
And, (some are likely to rebel at this) a wife should defer to her husband… “Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.” Deferring to him could mean that wives gently push him to agreeing what they both decide. It could also mean that she lets him steer the ship while looking out for, and pointing out hazards.
It’s that simple.
Of course, as simple as this strategy is, wisdom is profitable to direct the woman
to ‘see’ and choose the right husband;
to apply Biblical and other strategies at the right times (there is a time for everything);
to be confident in the choices she makes, without being unduly influenced
If you’re a wife or intend to be one, in short if you’re female, read this Psalm from the verses up here till the end. God promises victory for the King’s daughter.
Oh, and before you say, “what about the man?” this post is not about men. It’s that simple. 😉