Last night i was staying at home, and suddenly my mum past a very old and long cassette-preaching by Joseph Prince. My sister took the tape and suggest to us all, "eh..come. Why not we listening to this tape". I know about the existing of this tape for years but never listen to it. Since yesterday, i was in situation quarreling with my best friend (which i shouldn't). We were quarreling since noon, pointing to each other and arguing with each other until evening. Than, i decided to give up the fight and just sit down in our living room, listening to the preaching.
Here is some points, key points i manage to jot down while listening to the preaching. Maybe i miss some of it, i am very sorry; but i hope with this few notes, i could help us all in our BGR and in our decision making. Pastor Prince was preaching about BGR:
When Abraham tell his servant to find a wife for Isac, the servant pray for "Kara", which is in Hebrew mean being in the right place at the right time. So, as a Christian we should pray to God for Kara. We pray that as we search for life partner, pray for Kara which is we may be in the right place at the right time for life partner. Many of us when we look for life partner is very desperately and sometime we simply decide and end up with broken heart. So, What the servant did is to pray for "Kara" (and not the women by name Kara). So, the servant went to the place, obviously not the Canaanite as per instruct by Abraham.
The question normally asked by few people, why can't we marry the non Christian? Well, God surely and want the best for you and the best for non Christian too. If we couple or marry with non Christian, we hinder them to come to Christ. It is not that we did not love them, or God did not love them. Instead, God love non Christian. God come and died and resurrected is for non Christian, and they become Christian. If we marry the non Christian we will lose their respect to our God and to our self. The risk when we marry non Christian is, if they did no respect and love the beautiful and lovely god we have, what more we which is not beautiful and not lovely? when they hate us, or don't agree with us, surely they will dump us. So, don't ever put spouse, BF or GF above God. The main reason we are urge to find partner which is same faith and also a Christian is we have that Agape love. Agape love is on everyone who is already accepting Christ and have the Holy Spirit in them.
Some may say, a non Christian also have a love. Wait! Remember, Love consist of many type. Stoge, Eros, Phileo and Agape. The non Christian may love us, but it is not an Agape Love. It is Stoge or Eros or even Phileo. Agape love is different compare this three. Agape love is the Father's love, Godly love, incomparable love and love which is not selfish. Find a Christian partner! Doesn't matter they from which church or so call denomination. As long as they are Christian, for Holy Spirit is for Christian and live in all of Christian. That's what Abraham mean by "do not take a girl from Canaanite for my son" which also refer to different faith or belief.
Few thing we need to know and aware of. Never let Dreams, Sign or Prophesy to direct us to marry someone. The truth about Apostle ministry in new commandment is "Confirmation" not directional. Meaning, sometime we believe dreams, prophesy and signs direct us to this girl or guy. And we believe is he or she is the one! Pastor Joseph Prince ever encounter this issue before. Before he married his wife now, attach to two girls and ask for the main of God that time to decide which one is for him. But the truth is, even after that he did not marry either one of the girl, but the one came after, which is his current wife. When we speak about dreams, signs and prophesy we tend to hear it from some one else, rather than we listen to God our self.
May of us may say, "I got a sign this girl wearing red shirt too!" and Pr Prince explain, that is just a coincidence that many people like to wear red shirt. If we believe too much in dreams, we tend to not fall in love with the girl, but to our own dream. God says, Let no one give you new commandment which is against the teaching but Him alone. This refer to false prophet. False prophet tend to give new commandment which is against Him or the truth! Let us come to Him and listen to Himself, rather than we listen to so call prophet who give us dreams, sign and prophesy that direct or decide for us who to marry! If really God giving us that dreams, signs and prophesy He should work in the other side, girl or bf. God is gentleman person. He will not let us have the dreams, sign and prophesy only without He also work in the other side, the girl or guy of our dreams, sign or prophesy. That is why the ministry of Apostle is to confirm if our choice is correct or not, if it is according to God's heart or not, and if really the dreams, signs and prophesy is valid or not.
It is also shared by Pr. Sam Surendran in his section on BGR. He agree that all the signs, dreams and prophesy have to be tested deeper to affirm and confirm it. We can't straight away believe in it, and go to the person and say "Hai. Last night i dreamt about us. And God say you the one for me" What if the person already have a girlfriend or boyfriend? What if the person is already engage? What if the person is someone's wife? What if the person is non Christian? So we better pray for Kara to find a truly and life partner.
This is the first part of my writing regarding Choosing a life partner. I will soon update with the second part, Deciding a Life Partner. Maybe this is short, well; i still have 2 more cassettes to listen to tonight and will share it all to us later. Any comment and question regarding this, please let me know and i try my best to provide you the answer.
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