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Monthly Archives: January 2017
Nary a Hiccup
Glorify.
John 17 (TLV) 17 Yeshua spoke these things; then, lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, so the Son may glorify You. source
A simple definition: To make glorious, or cause so to appear
So as I see this JESUS was asking the Father to cause it to be so that JESUS would appear (to the world, to us) as Who He really is.
And why did He want to do that?
Could it be so He would be enabled to cause the Father to appear as He is, you think?
Now.
Does not the Word say we, you and I, are to bring glory to GOD?
1 Corinthians 10:31 (NKJV) 31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. source
There it is in orange and white.
So everything you and I do – e v e r y t h i n g – even our eating and drinking, day-to-day stuff we have to do to live in this world stuff, all of it we are to do in such a way that we make GOD known doing it!
Now how in the world are we going to do that?!
Perhaps we should follow JESUS example; after-all He did get the job done without nary a hiccup!
This wordier definition of glorify helps me understand. I hope it will you too.
This is a lot to think on and I think it will take some practice (a lot of practice) but I think I need to. 
Five for Him, Four for Her
I’ve opened The White Stone page again today to share a couple inspirational sites I discovered a little bit ago.
5 Powerful Prayers Every Wife Needs to Pray over Her Husband
Praising God and praying His will for your spouse is guaranteed to be your most rewarding work as his wife. With these five powerful prayers, you will be arming your marriage with God’s Word and investing in his role as your spiritual leader.
Satisfaction in God Alone
I praise You, the God of all wisdom for husbands. Thank You, God, for knowing the longings of my husband’s heart far better than I do. You know why he hungers for ______ and ______. You know how these yearnings affect his decisions and how those decisions affect our marriage.
You are the God who satisfies the longing soul. You fill the hungry soul with good things. Here is _____’s heart and soul, Lord. I lift him up to You and ask You to fill him with the good You know He needs (Psalm 107:9; Matthew 6:8). Click HERE to read more.
And not to leave the men out:
4 Prayers Every Husband Needs to Pray over His Wife
You’ll never love your wife more than when you pray for her. Humbling yourself before an all-powerful God and asking Him to do what only He can in her life—that’s a level of intimacy beyond anything the world has to offer. Praying for her makes you realize how much of a treasure she is, the woman God gave you. You’re pouring yourself into her complete physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
Let these four prayers guide you as you cry out to God for her each day.
Protect Her Joy
Thank you, Father, for the gift of my wife. You are the giver of all good and perfect blessings, and I’m amazed how You show Your love through her. Please help me to cherish such an amazing gift (James 1:17). Click HERE to read more.
Good stuff.
In Us and Through Us
So here I am thinking of the Text about being content and I go looking for it.
For the life of me I did not remember it is smack dab in the middle of that chapter; that it followed that verse.
Hebrews 13.
5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6 So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” source
Do you know what comes before verse 5?
An admonishment to LET brotherly love continue.
To forget not to be nice to strangers, they might be angels.
To remember the prisoners.
And then —- MARRIAGE.
Well! Where is non covetous conduct more needed than in marriage? Where would contentment be more needed than marriage? Where would more problems be solved by contentment than in marriage? And where the greater need for His promise: I will never leave you nor forsake you than in our marriages!?
So! In all these things, brotherly and sisterly relationships; strangers and folks in bondage, AND in our marriages, in all these things, HE is our Helper! In all these things, with all these people, HE will not forsake us, so let us be content while He works on all these things in us and through us!
Well, I did not expect that. But I like it!
