"He laid down His life for us. We should also lay dpwn our lives for our brothers."- 1 John 3:16
Your either gonna love today or your gonna hate it. Why? Because it will be humbling and take time, effort and energy! Do you honestly realize the sacrafice Jesus made for you? Do you realize that no sacrafice can be done without love or compassion? No sacrafice should ever be done in a half-hearted way. It means nothing to the person on the receiving end. When you choose to make a sarafice that isn't done with your whole heart then it appears to be more of a burden. A 'sacrafice' is also done with a loving attitude....you don't want to defeat the purpose or question the motive.
So today, we will be discussing saraficing ourselves for our spouses. Sacraficing our needs to meet the needs of our husband or wife. First it literally takes,'laying down your life' (putting away all selfishness). The evidence of love is found in meeting the needs of others, then doing all we can to satisfy it. "For I was HUNGRY, and you gave Me something to eat; I was THIRSTY and you gave Me something to drink; I was a STRANGER and you invited Me in; NAKED and you clothed Me; I was SICK and you visited Me; I was in PRISON and you came to Me."- (Matthew 25:35-36)
Allow me to put this key verse into another perspective....these are the needs we should be meeting in our spouse. Today, ask yourselves these questions when it comes to laying down your life, do you honestly seek to meet any of these needs....?
1) IS HE "HUNGRY"- needing you sexually, even when you don't feel like it?
2) IS SHE "THIRSTY"- craving the time and attention you seem able to give to everyone else?
3) DOES HE FEEL LIKE A 'STRANGER'- insecure in his work, need home to be a refuge and sanctuary?
4) IS SHE 'NAKED'- frightened or ashamed, desperate for the warm covering of love and affirmation?
5) IS HE FEELING 'SICK'- physically tired and needing you to help guard him from interruptions?
6) DOES SHE FEEL IN 'PRISON'-fearful and depressed needing safety and intervention?
THE DARE: WHAT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST NEEDS IN YOUR SPOUSES LIFE RIGHT NOW? IS THEIR A NEED YOU CAN LIFT FROM THEIR SHOULDERS TODAY BY A DARING ACT OF SACRAFICE ON YOUR PART? WHETHER THE NEED BE SMALL OR BIG, DECIDE TO MEET THAT NEED IN LOVE.
I'm praying for all of you today and praying you will remember the sacrafice made for you on the cross. Remember how much Jesus loved you, despite your faults! God bless you....choose to start meeting those needs....don't leave your Spouse with any void.....
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