Encounter Night
Sermon Note
- Pastor Prince
God loves you and because He loves you, all His plans are good for you.
Marriage is God’s idea.
God’s way is always looking to Him
There is a place for faith. Not 100% sure.
Every marriage needs a third party, His name is Jesus.
All things are held together by Christ Himself.
There is a force that holds atoms together.
In Christ all things are held together.
When Christ is in your mind, your mind is held together.
When Christ is in your marriage, your marriage is held together.
Christ number 1, local church number 2, Israel number 3
We are the wild olive tree and God crafted us in.
Once the centre is right, all things are held together.
God called those things that are not as though they are.
Covenant name of the Lord is Yahweh
God revelation is ever brighter and brighter unto perfect day.
The righteous by faith will live.
Gift of the Spirit and God is restoring
Hei is grace
Yud is hand
Is the hand of grace nailed in grace
Our Lord Jesus Christ
Genesis 17:15-16
Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.”
Abraham was 99 years old and Sarah was 89 years old
Abraham name means exalted father
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
What is the point in being a high person in society but not a blessing? We need Him to be in our lives.
Blessing to all the nations of the earth.
God has 2 hei.
First hei He gave to Abraham and he became fruitful
5 is the number of grace.
The value of the yud is 10.
Sar is like a boss. Prince of Peace. Sar Shalom
Every time Abraham called his wife, is my lord.
Yud becomes possession
God took the 10 away, yud is the value of 10.
God took the law away and gave her grace.
The name become princess.
Without grace, no marriage can succeed.
If you look at someone, you are looking whether does this person can be your life partner.
What makes a man attractive ? And God’s idea of attractive
Proverbs 19:22 NASB
What is desirable in a man is his kindness,(hesed-grace)
And it is better to be a poor man than a liar.
God always does the extra. Goodness does the extra.
Birds don’t have to sing. But God makes birds to sing.
He did it for you and I. So that our ears can hear singing of the birds.
In the midst of the storm at night, a song writer wrote hide me in the bosom
Hide me in your bosom.
God makes beautiful flowers. Beauty for the sight and smell for the nose.
Nightingale sings in the storm.
God gives us senses to enjoy. Bitter, sweet, salty
God gives us things to enjoy.
What is wrong when we overeat?
Live after it as though we are animals.
God gave sex.
God ordain sex to be enjoyable.
Look at the guy who is very picky about spending money. Does not go extra miles. He does not have hesed.
God made Adam and Eve.
God made male and female.
Look at God’s original plan
Marriage is between husband and wife.
When God ordained it, He sees them as one.
Man sometimes more attached to parents more.
You are now a man.
Genesis 2:23-24
And Adam said:
“This is now bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
One flesh is more than sex.
The word flesh is inspired.
Sex is not something to be celebrated outside marriage.
One flesh means they cleaved so much. Once u have sex, something is imparted.
Whatever that is of the person is imparted to you.
Sex is holy and powerful. It is meant to seal the marriage. Ladies if you are married and you don’t like sex, this is for you.
Every man thinks of sex almost everyday. Women accept this.
Women don’t want sex actually. It is not on their minds for days, weeks and months.
Women want ℓσνє. They want expression. They want your words.
Man gives these words and show affection and get sex.
What does a man want in a woman?
He wants beauty.
Proverbs 19:14
Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent (sakal) wife is from the Lord.
A woman whose mouth is a well of wisdom.
Many times guy wants someone to be like sounding board. Guys go through stress. But when you have wife who is prudent, the idea sounds so good.
Prudent and wisdom. God always put beauty after wisdom.
Genesis 2:23-24
And Adam said:
“This is now bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman (Ishah),
Because she was taken out of Man (ish).”
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
1 Samuel 25:3
The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And she was a woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance; but the man was harsh and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb.
Good understanding (sakal) come first.
Beautiful appearance
Having sakal makes her beautiful in appearance.
God put extra grace in woman.
A woman that is weak looking, can inspire a man who is so strong. She is supposed to point man to the tree of life.
Yud is God’s name
Hei is God’s name
Yah (God)
God ordain marriage.
English said husband and wife.
It is not in the original.
The original –
She is my woman
He is my ish. (Man)
In the Greek it is the same.
Husband loves your wife
Man loves your woman.
The word husband and wife become dutiful.
When the wife has an affair, the man’s affection becomes alive.
See your husband as a man.
Adultery is great evil. It will break your heart.
Realising your partner is a candidate for adultery, makes you see your partner the right way
Genesis 24:10-16
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, for all his master’s goods were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor. And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water. Then he said, “O Lord God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham. Behold, here I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. Now the young woman was very beautiful to behold, a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up.
When husband and wife are one, there is power (koach) to get wealth.
If u want a life partner, be in a place where there is well. Living water here.
The house of God a lot of prudent women here.
By the beach, Pastor asked God what about “God’s perfect choice”
Qarah – right moments. Right happening.
Business people, pray for qarah
Time and chance happen to them all. It is not about the fastest
Only God can give u Qarah moment.
Cause the right girl to turn up.
Show hesed.
Camel don’t stop drinking until they are full.
The woman who was willing to go extra.
Genesis 24:14
Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
Is there a perfect choice? If that perfect choice died, u cannot marry another.
No, ask God for His wisdom and direction. Don’t get so spiritual.
God is inside you. Devil is outside.
There is no God’s perfect choice but there is God’s appointed one.
For those who lost a loved one, does not mean you cannot remarry again. God has appointed someone for you.
In a multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Good understanding and beautiful
God design marriage. God knows exactly what it takes.
Don’t ask your worldly friends for advise.
Live your lives for the Lord.
Life is passing by and you are enjoying it.
You are not out to impress people anymore. It is stressful to keep impressing people.
Man is man and we need God’s grace.
