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Husbands and Wives

So my husband gifted me with these yesterday… He often worries if he does enough. I always tell him that he’s MORE than enough.

Marriage is hard, I get that. And at times, the inevitable happens when both spouses aren’t dedicated to making the marriage work.

When I married my husband, he looked at me and said, “This is it. We’re not doing this again. We’re going to make this work no matter what. We’re going to keep Christ the center of this marriage, and love will always bind us: till rapture or death.”

I agreed.

As a Minister, I have done a great deal of marriage counseling over the years — and because this ministry encounters women more then men, I more often hear the complaints of women regarding their husbands.

However, no matter what type of situation is presented before me, the one question I always ask, ends with the same response: total silence.

That question is: “But have you done everything The LORD has instructed you to do as a faithful wife?”

Sometimes we can be so focused on what our spouse (husband or wife) “isn’t” doing, that we loose focus on what we’re suppose to be doing.

Two wrongs never make a right.

The advise I’ve given has never been wrong; it even played out in my previous marriage.

If you (husband or wife) are doing everything that The LORD has instructed you to do (this includes what is written in the word and whatever else God has told you to do in your prayer time), only one of two things are going to happen:

1. That spouse is going to come around, or

2. That spouse will be removed.

I’ve witnessed both happenings (in lives) multiple times throughout my sixteen years of ministry.

However, when neither of these two results occur, and you find yourself stuck in a miserable relationship, it is because The LORD wants you to learn something.

This is your wilderness and He wants to refine you. Until you allow Him to fix YOU, He will not move on your behalf.

Now, you can move according to your own flesh, because you have free will. But now you’ll be in rebellion.

And if that rebellion leads to your divorce, you’re only going to carry that same iniquity into another relationship for a repeat cycle.

As a woman, I’d like to add, “we” (as women) need to learn to lift our husbands up more.

Encourage him, compliment him, forgive him, pray for him, and give him space to grow. In other words, stop nagging him and don’t overpower him. Show him that you need and want him. This is important!

I despise hearing women say, “I don’t need a man.”

Yes, You Do! And men need us just as much….

Stop teaching your daughters to be Jezebels.

I taught my daughters to be better than me.

I taught them to save their bodies, value their wombs, know their worth before God, and to honor the seed (yes, the seed of men), because God blessed it.

I’ll be teaching my women’s group this afternoon.

Just thought I’d add a few public notes.

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Saving Our Children

As Christian parents, remember that you cannot “save” your children — that is not your job, it is God’s.

Your job is to plant the seed; show them the way through proper upbringing according to The Word of God (Proverbs 22:6, Ephesians 6:4).

In the process, you might get the opportunity to water or till, but understand, this may not always be the case.

When your children are young (under the age of accountability), you have the authority to break curses (generational), and close doors of the enemy. But once they are adults and responsible for their own soul, you cannot force on them what is not wanted.

Contrary to popular belief, you don’t own your children. Children are souls “lent” to us by God.

All souls are owned by Him, and those souls have individual conversations that we as parents don’t know about.

There’s so much to say on this subject. I’ve seen so many parents jaded in their parenting; and what was perceived as right, ended up pushing their children further from God.

I was a byproduct of this type of environment growing up: a sheltered, religiously-strict life only watered my rebellion.

Remembering this, I decided to do something different with my children (not wanting them to make the same mistakes I did), and you know what?

It worked. It’s called balance.

Nevertheless, the good seeds planted in me (through biblical upbringing) sprouted and grew. But it was not until I was in the darkness that I learned how to be light (are you hearing what I’m saying?).

Just because your children go through the motions of doing “what is right” doesn’t mean that their heart is sold-out to The LORD.

Recently, The LORD gave me a word for a small group of Christian parents, in which He had me to tell them that none of their teenagers knew His Voice. You should have seen the looks on their faces.

Many parents come to me for advice, and I often find myself saying this:

“If you want your children saved, let them go: let them fall so that God can catch them.
However, if you’re always the one to catch them, they will never learn to depend on the Most High.”

By constantly bailing out and/or coddling our kids (even the adult ones), we’re actually paving their way to hell.

Let me add this: no parent is perfect — and it’s important not to paint that picture for your children.

This too will cause them to stumble because it puts unrealistic expectations on them.

Instead, teach them not to serve “your God (mom and dad’s God)”, but to find Him for themselves because it’s an individual walk.

Unless baby birds leave the nest, they’ll never learn how to fly.

Spiritual Food for Thought…..

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Jesus Also Prayed For You!

“I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.” John 17:20-21

John 17 gives us the most intimate view of Jesus’ prayer life on earth. This chapter is the ‘true’ reflection of The LORD’s Prayer.

Knowing that His time on earth was coming to an end, Jesus saw it necessary to pray for the protection of His disciples; understanding the tribulation that laid ahead for them.

However, when we get to verse 20, we find that Jesus’ petition to The Father covered not only the Disciples, but ‘everyone’ who would come to know Him, because of the [good news] Gospel.

In simplicity; Jesus also prayed for you.

The specifics of His Request was that ‘we’ (His Church/ Bride) would be one (as Him and the Father are one), and this would be the effective witness of Him to the world.

Thus, the gates of hell would not prevail.

Yet, we ended up with a thousand different denominations, ALL of which are claiming to be right.

We’ve produced leaders that compete, slander, and condemn one another — and let’s not forget the five-thousand plus social media prophets, all telling different stories while the rest are so caught up in the sensationalism that they don’t even know the voice of YHVH-God for themselves.

So what in the world happened?

The Truth is, Satan has infiltrated The Church and its doctrine — and sadly, most will leave this world and stand before the King empty-handed, and with blank pages because their test on earth was filled with superficial answers that produced no fruit.

However, the good news is that the ‘True’ Bride of Christ has, and is, preparing herself for Her Bridegroom, that she may be presented before Him chastened and spotless; and they will be One.

For blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb! (Revelation 19:9)

 

Shabbat Shalom
~ Mena Lee Jones
Faithful Walk Healing Ministries

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Mena Lee Jones of Faithful Walk Healing Ministries operates in the office of a prophet, ministers, counsels, mentors and prays for anyone who is in need of Christ’s eternal love. Her purpose is to bring His {Jesus Christ} truth and light to a lost generation.

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