Foxes in the Vineyard – Week 1 (1-7-23)
Foxes In the Vineyard
The Godless Fox
January 7, 2024
Song of Songs 2:15
Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes
that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.
Fox #1: The Godless Fox
If Christ is not at the center of our marriage something/someone else will be.
I am the greatest problem in my marriage
The root of every problem in your marriage is YOU!!!
The root of every problem in your marriage is THEM!!!
Fox #1 Baby’s
Blame & Selfishness
The Blame Game
Blame – the discharge of discomfort and pain.
Luke 6:43-45
“No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. 45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Two sinners have said “I Do!”
You are a sinner, married to a sinner in a broken world… but we have a faithful God
Kingdom of God vs. Kingdom of Self
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.Yes we are saved by the gospel but we also being transformed by the gospel
Philippians 2:1-8
Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
Before your marriage can be it’s best horizontally it must be focused vertically.
Commitment 1
I promise to surrender daily to Christ being transformed into the image of Christ.
Song of Songs 2:15
Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes
that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.
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