What is a Promise Keeper? 1. A Promise Keeper is committed to honoring Jesus Christ through worship, prayer, and obedience to God's Word in the power of the Holy Spirit.2. A Promise Keeper is committed to pursuing vital relationships with a few other men, understanding that he needs brothers to help him keep his promises.3. A Promise Keeper is committed to practicing spiritual, moral, ethical, and sexual purity.4. A Promise Keeper is committed to building strong marriages and families through love, protection, and Biblical values. 5. A Promise Keeper is committed to supporting the mission of the church by honoring and praying for his pastor, and by actively giving his time and resources.6. A Promise Keeper is committed to reaching beyond any racial and denominational barriers to demonstrate the power of Biblical unity.7. A Promise Keeper is committed to influencing his world, being obedient to the Great Commandment (Mark 12:30-31) and the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) The Challenge The challenge comes to Christian men;The world demands new proof again.Material might, with ugly mien,Defies the power of things unseen. The church, the Book, must stand the test, To show the world God's truth is best.The cause of Christ must suffer lossIf Christian men bear not the cross. No longer words nor empty creeds; The world demands new proof in deeds.© Grenville Kleiser God Wants a Man God wants a man - honest and true and brave; A man who hates the wrong and loves the right; A man who scorns all compromise with sin,Who for the truth courageously will fight. God wants a man - in lowly walk or high,Who to the world by daily life will prove That Christ abides within the yielded heart, Fitting that heart for service and for love. God wants a man who dares to tell the truth, Who in the market-place will stand four-square; Whose word men trust - a man who never stoops To hurt his fellow or to act unfair.God wants a man of action and of faith, Whose life is something more than can't and talk;Who lives each day as though it were his last, And proves his faith by a consistent walk.© Anonymous Five Qualities of Healthy Couples 1. They had a clearly defined menu of expectations.2. They understood and used meaningful communication.3. They were involved in a small support group.4. They recognized their personal, emotional wounds and had learned to compensate for them.5. They were dependent on the Lord Jesus Christ for their quality of life. Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, His body of which He is the Savior. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her, to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the Word, and present her to Himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. (Ephesians 5:22, NIV)It affirms a new attitude of voluntary submission in love from each family member based upon Christian faith. It refuses to use other people as objects, and it understands authority as servanthood. In any family love is more important than riches. A good wife is a gift from God. Components of a Good Marriage & Home The home is not a house with furniture,but a house with people and God in the center.Dad is the head of the home.Mother is the heart of the home.Children are the hope of the home.Parents owe the children: love, discipline, and a good example.Parents owe each other: love, consideration, tenderness, and co-operation. (playing on the same team) The family owes God: A home built on Jesus, to have daily family prayer, family in church together, family tithes, working together, good communication, being thankful, and every member becoming a child of God. Putting the Lord first in your lives.Real love and not sexual attraction.Praying and studying the Word together. An understanding of bonded commitments. Talking and discussing openly and being honest.Building memories together.Being able and not afraid to say I'm sorry when you are wrong.Being able to express your true feelings. Keeping respect for your mate and not taking them for granted.Having one night a week set aside for the two of you to enjoy.Doing things together. Permitting your mate to be themselves.God's intention is marriage for a lifetime.Jesus honored celibacy as a valid life choice just as He honored marriage.God intended marriage to be a full physical and emotional union of a man and a woman, superseding prior human ties.Love in the marriage must be the real thing expressed in action, not merely in words. Our Marriage Prayer Lord, help us to remember when we first met and the strong love that grew between us. To work that love into practical things so that nothing can divide us. We ask for words both kind and loving and hearts always ready to ask forgiveness as well as to forgive. Dear Lord, we put our marriage into your hands. © 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 "Rise Up O Man Of God" Courtsey of Good News Midi Home This page hosted by Get your own Free Home Page
1. A Promise Keeper is committed to honoring Jesus Christ through worship, prayer, and obedience to God's Word in the power of the Holy Spirit.2. A Promise Keeper is committed to pursuing vital relationships with a few other men, understanding that he needs brothers to help him keep his promises.3. A Promise Keeper is committed to practicing spiritual, moral, ethical, and sexual purity.4. A Promise Keeper is committed to building strong marriages and families through love, protection, and Biblical values. 5. A Promise Keeper is committed to supporting the mission of the church by honoring and praying for his pastor, and by actively giving his time and resources.6. A Promise Keeper is committed to reaching beyond any racial and denominational barriers to demonstrate the power of Biblical unity.7. A Promise Keeper is committed to influencing his world, being obedient to the Great Commandment (Mark 12:30-31) and the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) The Challenge The challenge comes to Christian men;The world demands new proof again.Material might, with ugly mien,Defies the power of things unseen. The church, the Book, must stand the test, To show the world God's truth is best.The cause of Christ must suffer lossIf Christian men bear not the cross. No longer words nor empty creeds; The world demands new proof in deeds.© Grenville Kleiser God Wants a Man God wants a man - honest and true and brave; A man who hates the wrong and loves the right; A man who scorns all compromise with sin,Who for the truth courageously will fight. God wants a man - in lowly walk or high,Who to the world by daily life will prove That Christ abides within the yielded heart, Fitting that heart for service and for love. God wants a man who dares to tell the truth, Who in the market-place will stand four-square; Whose word men trust - a man who never stoops To hurt his fellow or to act unfair.God wants a man of action and of faith, Whose life is something more than can't and talk;Who lives each day as though it were his last, And proves his faith by a consistent walk.© Anonymous
2. A Promise Keeper is committed to pursuing vital relationships with a few other men, understanding that he needs brothers to help him keep his promises.
3. A Promise Keeper is committed to practicing spiritual, moral, ethical, and sexual purity.
4. A Promise Keeper is committed to building strong marriages and families through love, protection, and Biblical values.
5. A Promise Keeper is committed to supporting the mission of the church by honoring and praying for his pastor, and by actively giving his time and resources.
6. A Promise Keeper is committed to reaching beyond any racial and denominational barriers to demonstrate the power of Biblical unity.
7. A Promise Keeper is committed to influencing his world, being obedient to the Great Commandment (Mark 12:30-31) and the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20)
The Challenge The challenge comes to Christian men;The world demands new proof again.Material might, with ugly mien,Defies the power of things unseen. The church, the Book, must stand the test, To show the world God's truth is best.The cause of Christ must suffer lossIf Christian men bear not the cross. No longer words nor empty creeds; The world demands new proof in deeds.© Grenville Kleiser
God Wants a Man God wants a man - honest and true and brave; A man who hates the wrong and loves the right; A man who scorns all compromise with sin,Who for the truth courageously will fight. God wants a man - in lowly walk or high,Who to the world by daily life will prove That Christ abides within the yielded heart, Fitting that heart for service and for love. God wants a man who dares to tell the truth, Who in the market-place will stand four-square; Whose word men trust - a man who never stoops To hurt his fellow or to act unfair.God wants a man of action and of faith, Whose life is something more than can't and talk;Who lives each day as though it were his last, And proves his faith by a consistent walk.© Anonymous
1. They had a clearly defined menu of expectations.2. They understood and used meaningful communication.3. They were involved in a small support group.4. They recognized their personal, emotional wounds and had learned to compensate for them.5. They were dependent on the Lord Jesus Christ for their quality of life. Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, His body of which He is the Savior. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her, to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the Word, and present her to Himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. (Ephesians 5:22, NIV)It affirms a new attitude of voluntary submission in love from each family member based upon Christian faith. It refuses to use other people as objects, and it understands authority as servanthood. In any family love is more important than riches. A good wife is a gift from God.
2. They understood and used meaningful communication.
3. They were involved in a small support group.
4. They recognized their personal, emotional wounds and had learned to compensate for them.
5. They were dependent on the Lord Jesus Christ for their quality of life.
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, His body of which He is the Savior. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her, to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the Word, and present her to Himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. (Ephesians 5:22, NIV)It affirms a new attitude of voluntary submission in love from each family member based upon Christian faith. It refuses to use other people as objects, and it understands authority as servanthood. In any family love is more important than riches. A good wife is a gift from God.
The home is not a house with furniture,but a house with people and God in the center.Dad is the head of the home.Mother is the heart of the home.Children are the hope of the home.Parents owe the children: love, discipline, and a good example.Parents owe each other: love, consideration, tenderness, and co-operation. (playing on the same team) The family owes God: A home built on Jesus, to have daily family prayer, family in church together, family tithes, working together, good communication, being thankful, and every member becoming a child of God. Putting the Lord first in your lives.Real love and not sexual attraction.Praying and studying the Word together. An understanding of bonded commitments. Talking and discussing openly and being honest.Building memories together.Being able and not afraid to say I'm sorry when you are wrong.Being able to express your true feelings. Keeping respect for your mate and not taking them for granted.Having one night a week set aside for the two of you to enjoy.Doing things together. Permitting your mate to be themselves.God's intention is marriage for a lifetime.Jesus honored celibacy as a valid life choice just as He honored marriage.God intended marriage to be a full physical and emotional union of a man and a woman, superseding prior human ties.Love in the marriage must be the real thing expressed in action, not merely in words.
Lord, help us to remember when we first met and the strong love that grew between us. To work that love into practical things so that nothing can divide us. We ask for words both kind and loving and hearts always ready to ask forgiveness as well as to forgive. Dear Lord, we put our marriage into your hands.
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