The happiness and prosperity of the married life depend upon the unity of both parties.
How can the carnal mind harmonize with the mind that is assimilated to the mind of Christ?
One is sowing to the flesh, thinking and acting in accordance with the promptings of his own heart;
the other is sowing to the Spirit, seeking to repress selfishness, to overcome inclination and to live in obedience to the Master, whose servant
he professes to be.
Thus there is a perpetual difference of taste, inclination and of purpose.

Unless the believer shall, through his/her steadfast adherence to principle, "win" the impenitent, he/she will, as is much more common, become discouraged and "sell" his religious principles for the poor companionship of one who has no connection with Heaven.

AH p.g 84

Op Your husband na unbeliever?

johnson232:
Op Your husband na unbeliever?

Hi Johnson232,
I'm not married...but if/when I do...he will absolutely be a "believer" in words and deeds.

MZLady39:


Hi Johnson232,
I'm not married...but if/when I do...he will absolutely be a "believer" in words and deeds.

Nice...

MZLady39:
The happiness and prosperity of the married life depend upon the unity of both parties.
How can the carnal mind harmonize with the mind that is assimilated to the mind of Christ?
One is sowing to the flesh, thinking and acting in accordance with the promptings of his own heart;
the other is sowing to the Spirit, seeking to repress selfishness, to overcome inclination and to live in obedience to the Master, whose servant
he professes to be.
Thus there is a perpetual difference of taste, inclination and of purpose.

Unless the believer shall, through his/her steadfast adherence to principle, "win" the impenitent, he/she will, as is much more common, become discouraged and "sell" his religious principles for the poor companionship of one who has no connection with Heaven.

AH p.g 84

You need to ask yourself what exactly you are looking for in a relationship.. if you current partner does not have most of your criteria, it is better to quit now

MZLady39:
The happiness and prosperity of the married life depend upon the unity of both parties.
How can the carnal mind harmonize with the mind that is assimilated to the mind of Christ?
One is sowing to the flesh, thinking and acting in accordance with the promptings of his own heart;
the other is sowing to the Spirit, seeking to repress selfishness, to overcome inclination and to live in obedience to the Master, whose servant
he professes to be.
Thus there is a perpetual difference of taste, inclination and of purpose.

Unless the believer shall, through his/her steadfast adherence to principle, "win" the impenitent, he/she will, as is much more common, become discouraged and "sell" his religious principles for the poor companionship of one who has no connection with Heaven.

AH p.g 84

Good piece!
If we must have responsible children, more attention should be on marriage and not parental training.
Faulty marriage will produce bad parental training just as you described!
God help us all! Amen!!

Correctly put together. That is why the scriptures say we shouldn't marry unbelievers.

MZLady39:
The happiness and prosperity of the married life depend upon the unity of both parties.
How can the carnal mind harmonize with the mind that is assimilated to the mind of Christ?
One is sowing to the flesh, thinking and acting in accordance with the promptings of his own heart;
the other is sowing to the Spirit, seeking to repress selfishness, to overcome inclination and to live in obedience to the Master, whose servant
he professes to be.
Thus there is a perpetual difference of taste, inclination and of purpose.

Unless the believer shall, through his/her steadfast adherence to principle, "win" the impenitent, he/she will, as is much more common, become discouraged and "sell" his religious principles for the poor companionship of one who has no connection with Heaven.

AH p.g 84

Just thought I should check your threads today and I saw this piece.

It is very pertinent to know that the twist and turn in the minds of man is solely responsible for the calamitous situation we find ourselves.

In the bible,we have a merge of romance and spirituality and the songs of songs is the most romantic and decent errotic book I have ever read but shall we say Solomon is of a carnal mind...definitely not.

The Bible makes us know what the fruits of the flesh are and until we find such manifesting in the life of our partner,we have no reason to doubt their faith or worry about their morality.

Galatians 5:19-21
"19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God"

We all have different passion which is never negatively jusxtaposed with our Faith except a certain line is crossed.

My 50cents.

My brother Toks2008,
Thank you for your insight. The key words...."never juxtapose particular things" & "don't assume". We are all "works in progress". I got you.
Not bad at all....and your comment was higher than $0.50. I'll give you $1.00...
By the way, good thread (the title really caught my attention) that you created over in "my neck of the woods" on Sunday.
The piece was pretty well balanced

MZLady39:
My brother Toks2008,
Thank you for your insight. The key words...."never juxtapose particular things" & "don't assume". We are all "works in progress". I got you.
Not bad at all....and your comment was higher than $0.50. I'll give you $1.00...
By the way, good thread (the title really caught my attention) that you created over in "my neck of the woods" on Sunday.
The piece was pretty well balanced

Thanks and remain blessed.