Savoring the Scripture

The Bride and Bridegroom Psalm 45 God instituted marriage, and He also honored it… That elevates marriage to a place of excellence and thereby obligates us to seriously consider how we regard it, how we enter into it, and how we live in it, as well as how we honor the marriage vow, the marriage bond, the marriage bed, and the marriage relationship. If marriage is honorable, then we should seek to enjoy and preserve its honor as well as live in our marriage to the glory of Him who made it honorable. Beeke and La Belle, Living in a Godly Marriage We are approaching the wedding season. Weddings are full of beauty, gladness, and hope. For believers, the commitment to one another is especially meaningful as we know our marriages should be a reflection of the union of Christ and His church.  Our psalm today, Psalm 45 is a love song, a wedding song, sung at the wedding of a royal couple (VanGemeren). There are also those who look at this Psalm as a song of Christ and His bride. We do see ...

Psalm 18 Praying for Your Spouse, part 2 Our marriages are signposts pointing toward or away from the glory and nature of God’s relationship with his bride. Aaron Sironi and Lauren Whitman We are continuing to go to the Lord for our spouses and our marriages, praying through  Psalm 18. Walking Blamelessly 18:20-24 The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me. For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his rules were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me. I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt. So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.  Let’s pray: ▫️The Lord’s rules, statutes, and word would be the daily bread for us and for our spouses, a habitual act of drawing near to the Lord. He would open our eyes to see wondrous things from His law. ▫️We and our spouses wo...

Psalm 18 Praying for Your Spouse, part 1 Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things, above all that we ask or think. Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and how He delights to hear the prayers of His redeemed people. Think of your place and privilege in Christ and expect great things!  Andrew Murray  Let’s pray for our spouses and our marriages today and expect great things from our great God. The Lord is All We Need 18:1-3 I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.  Let’s pray: ▫️Our spouses would love the Lord heartily.  ▫️They would be strong in the Lord and in the p...