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Marriage 101 Newsletter Yes we Can!
Yes we Can!
Saturday, 01 November 2008 00:00 |
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Dear Reader,
It is a new day for the world in which we live. But it is also a new day for those of us who are Christians. What happens in the physical world also happens in the spirit world. What does that mean for us? Selah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
YES WE CAN!
It is a new day. A New Era as stated in all the major newspapers. On November 4th the citizens of this country elected a new president who has promised CHANGE! Barack Obama united a country. People of all races and backgrounds came together for the vision of CHANGE. This is just the beginning. It reminds me of a quote by Henry Ford, "Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success." We are all responsible for the CHANGE we want to see happen in our country. Everyone has a part to play to achieve success.
What does this time mean for Christians? Can this be a new day, a new era for us as well? Can we be the change the world is looking for? The world is still dark and the enemy who is the ruler of this world is still out there seeking those whom he can devour. The immorality of this world still exists and continues to get worse daily. What is our role in all this? Jesus is the only man that can CHANGE the world. As Christians, we have a responsibility to hear from God on the changes that we need to make then make the change. Barack Obama should not be the change we can believe in. But the change we make within ourselves allows God to be seen and that is what the world should believe in.
We have seen, in this awesome time in American history, that all things are possible to him that believes. As I am writing this month's newsletter, I am hearing the song by Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror" playing in my head. The words of the chorus are: "I'm looking at the man in the mirror...If you want the world to be a better place then look at yourself and make the CHANGE!"
How can we make a change? James 1:22-25 tells us how, "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it-he will be blessed in what he does." Now ask yourself, are you ready to look at yourself through the perfect law of the bible to be blessed in what you do? Make a commitment today to no longer look at someone else for the change you expect. Here are a few quotes that summarize this idea. "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself" by Leo Tolstoy. Mahatma Gandhi said, "Be the CHANGE you wish to see in the world."
I am encouraging you to be disciples of God. Preach and teach biblical principles with your life and not just with your words. Can we become who God created us to be - which is in His image and likeness? The answer is...YES WE CAN!
God Bless You
� 2008 by Jewell R. Powell is a marriage coach, entrepreneur, inspirational teacher, and author with a heart and passion for helping couples have great marriages and helping women live purposeful lives. For more information on marriage enrichment and/or premarital classes, call 301-743-5654 or email Jewell at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHANGE IS A PROCESS
How can I change? Romans 1:2 instructs us, "Do not be conformed to this world (this age), but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].
I have listed four practical ways that you can start immediately to begin your transformation process into the image and likeness of Jesus.
1st Renew your mind with the word of God. "The only way to change our lives is by changing our minds." Ross Cooper
2nd Read the Word and understand what it says. For example, Matthew 22:37-39 says "Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself'. It is saying that you must FIRST love God and SECOND love others. My conclusion is that I can't truly love others until I first love God.
3rd Do what the word of God instructs you to do. Therefore, I must develop an intimate relationship with God who will in turn teach me how to love my spouse and others.
4th Doing helps us to become like Christ. "For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he [Jesus] might be the firstborn among many brothers [us]. Jesus also told the disciples who were his brothers and sisters, "And he answered and said unto them, my mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it." Luke 8:21 Here are some additional scriptures that we should implement in our lives daily to become like Christ.
Ephesians 4:29, "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. In other words, don't curse at one another, or say things that are mean. If you do not have anything nice to say, shut up.
Mark 11:25, "And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. It is not an option to forgive unless you do not want God to forgive you.
Ephesians 4:26, "In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry." Basically, do not go to bed angry and not speaking to your spouse or anyone else for that matter.
Will it be a challenging to do what God is requiring you and I do as Christians? Yes. Will it be hard? Yes, at first. Can you do it? Not in your own strength. But it is not by your strength or by your might but by His Spirit that will help you because greater is He that is in you. Allow the Holy Spirit to guide your thoughts and mind. Make a decision to do what God is speaking to your heart and then do it, even when you don't won't to.
� 2008 by Jewell R. Powell, www.marriage101.us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My prayer for you is taken from Ephesians 3:16-20, I pray that out of His glorious riches that He will strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ's love may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you will be rooted and established in love and get a glimpse of how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and that you will not only know this love that surpasses knowledge but that you will be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to God who is able to do immeasurably more than all we can ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us.
In His Service
Jewell R. Powell
Author & Marriage Coach
www.marriage101.us [
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Featured Article
I've been with Lewis for 16 years and I realized after 15 years that it is God's love within me that allows me to love my husband. Our thoughts and experiences of love are so minimal and conditional. That is why it is so important to really love God, not just in words "I Love God' but sincere by doing His commandments. Even when I reached, what I thought was a deal breaker in our relationship, God's love was so deep within me that I was able to forgive and love as if nothing happened. That is when you know that you have been CHANGED. Doing what the word of God says transforms us into the new person He desires
Dear Reader,
It is a new day for the world in which we live. But it is also a new day for those of us who are Christians. What happens in the physical world also happens in the spirit world. What does that mean for us? Selah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
YES WE CAN!
It is a new day. A New Era as stated in all the major newspapers. On November 4th the citizens of this country elected a new president who has promised CHANGE! Barack Obama united a country. People of all races and backgrounds came together for the vision of CHANGE. This is just the beginning. It reminds me of a quote by Henry Ford, "Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success." We are all responsible for the CHANGE we want to see happen in our country. Everyone has a part to play to achieve success.
What does this time mean for Christians? Can this be a new day, a new era for us as well? Can we be the change the world is looking for? The world is still dark and the enemy who is the ruler of this world is still out there seeking those whom he can devour. The immorality of this world still exists and continues to get worse daily. What is our role in all this? Jesus is the only man that can CHANGE the world. As Christians, we have a responsibility to hear from God on the changes that we need to make then make the change. Barack Obama should not be the change we can believe in. But the change we make within ourselves allows God to be seen and that is what the world should believe in.
We have seen, in this awesome time in American history, that all things are possible to him that believes. As I am writing this month's newsletter, I am hearing the song by Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror" playing in my head. The words of the chorus are: "I'm looking at the man in the mirror...If you want the world to be a better place then look at yourself and make the CHANGE!"
How can we make a change? James 1:22-25 tells us how, "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it-he will be blessed in what he does." Now ask yourself, are you ready to look at yourself through the perfect law of the bible to be blessed in what you do? Make a commitment today to no longer look at someone else for the change you expect. Here are a few quotes that summarize this idea. "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself" by Leo Tolstoy. Mahatma Gandhi said, "Be the CHANGE you wish to see in the world."
I am encouraging you to be disciples of God. Preach and teach biblical principles with your life and not just with your words. Can we become who God created us to be - which is in His image and likeness? The answer is...YES WE CAN!
God Bless You
� 2008 by Jewell R. Powell is a marriage coach, entrepreneur, inspirational teacher, and author with a heart and passion for helping couples have great marriages and helping women live purposeful lives. For more information on marriage enrichment and/or premarital classes, call 301-743-5654 or email Jewell at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHANGE IS A PROCESS
How can I change? Romans 1:2 instructs us, "Do not be conformed to this world (this age), but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].
I have listed four practical ways that you can start immediately to begin your transformation process into the image and likeness of Jesus.
1st Renew your mind with the word of God. "The only way to change our lives is by changing our minds." Ross Cooper
2nd Read the Word and understand what it says. For example, Matthew 22:37-39 says "Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself'. It is saying that you must FIRST love God and SECOND love others. My conclusion is that I can't truly love others until I first love God.
3rd Do what the word of God instructs you to do. Therefore, I must develop an intimate relationship with God who will in turn teach me how to love my spouse and others.
4th Doing helps us to become like Christ. "For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he [Jesus] might be the firstborn among many brothers [us]. Jesus also told the disciples who were his brothers and sisters, "And he answered and said unto them, my mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it." Luke 8:21 Here are some additional scriptures that we should implement in our lives daily to become like Christ.
Ephesians 4:29, "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. In other words, don't curse at one another, or say things that are mean. If you do not have anything nice to say, shut up.
Mark 11:25, "And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. It is not an option to forgive unless you do not want God to forgive you.
Ephesians 4:26, "In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry." Basically, do not go to bed angry and not speaking to your spouse or anyone else for that matter.
Will it be a challenging to do what God is requiring you and I do as Christians? Yes. Will it be hard? Yes, at first. Can you do it? Not in your own strength. But it is not by your strength or by your might but by His Spirit that will help you because greater is He that is in you. Allow the Holy Spirit to guide your thoughts and mind. Make a decision to do what God is speaking to your heart and then do it, even when you don't won't to.
� 2008 by Jewell R. Powell, www.marriage101.us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My prayer for you is taken from Ephesians 3:16-20, I pray that out of His glorious riches that He will strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ's love may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you will be rooted and established in love and get a glimpse of how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and that you will not only know this love that surpasses knowledge but that you will be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to God who is able to do immeasurably more than all we can ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us.
In His Service
Jewell R. Powell
Author & Marriage Coach
www.marriage101.us [
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Featured Article
I've been with Lewis for 16 years and I realized after 15 years that it is God's love within me that allows me to love my husband. Our thoughts and experiences of love are so minimal and conditional. That is why it is so important to really love God, not just in words "I Love God' but sincere by doing His commandments. Even when I reached, what I thought was a deal breaker in our relationship, God's love was so deep within me that I was able to forgive and love as if nothing happened. That is when you know that you have been CHANGED. Doing what the word of God says transforms us into the new person He desires
by Jewell R. Powell, The Marriage Coach and author of Marriage 101: Building a Life Together by Faith. Visit us at www.marriage101.us
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