WYC 2010:  In His Image

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GYC West

WYC 2010: Morning Devotions

Alan Parker

The Sand Reveals Its Secrets

The Four Laws of Marriage

George Jackson

Revelation’s 411 Foundation

Nicole Parker

The Valley of Achor

Father God, we want to thank you again for a beautiful morning.

Thank you for the opportunity to pray together, to study together.

As we enter upon this morning, devotional Lord, we pray that that spirit of worship that was begun in the singing will continue, that you will be present here, that we will experience anew the joy of your love as it is shed abroad in our hearts.

And now be with us as we consider your plan for marriage.

I must say I feel a little more awake this morning.

Yesterday I felt like I was sleepwalking, but some of you seem like you felt that way too.

So I hope we've all had a little more sleep, although I know if you're living in a dormitory kind of situations that that can be more challenging.

This morning what we're dealing with is marriage.

Because it is my sincere prayer that 1 day, those of you who are not married will indeed get married.

And this God has given you the gift of celibacy, and most people do not claim that gift.

And so I feel that God has a plan for marriage.

And often when we get to youth retreats, we talk about dating.

But we skip a very important aspect, and that is what is marriage all about?

Because eventually, when you finish dating, what do you hope to have?

So marriage is what we're going to be dealing with this morning, and the 4 laws of marriage.

We're going to begin in Genesis 1 verse 27.

And I'm going to, this is kind of a preliminary to the fall loss, but it's foundational.

Now it's very interesting, it begins with yes God makes a man and then He goes on and He makes male and female.

And in case you haven't noticed, men and women are different.

And I once dated a young lady who was very frustrated at the fact that I was not able to understand her.

To which the response was, yes, but I've no idea which page you're on.

So I needed an index to be able to read that book.

God created us differently, and yet we will see a plan.

Now of course, it's not quite that simple.

But there are differences, and I've spoken in the past, my wife has spoken about differences of being like waffles and spaghetti.

Men are like waffles, you know, they have little boxes.

And we have these little boxes that we have.

And the Boxes, when you're working in that box, that's the only place you're working.

So when you're dealing with something, that's what you're dealing.

And I'm like, yes, honey, what do you want?

And then I have to realize, no, she's a woman.

Everything is connected in her life, much like spaghetti.

Have you ever tried to follow a piece of spaghetti all the way through a plate of spaghetti?

It doesn't work because every piece of spaghetti touches every other piece of spaghetti.

And so men and women, God created us differently because a woman's brain is hardwired to be very interconnected.

Everything is connected to everything else.

I mean, what's happening at work is connected to what's happening at home.

And what's happening at home is what's happening in your spiritual life.

And the emotions connect all these different things.

And it's like this buzzing network of wires.

And God has created us differently for a purpose.

So He can put the 2 together because it says in the image of God He created them.

Both of us reflect God's image in different ways.

And so sometimes people are a little afraid.

How can you not have, You know, why are you saying that men have to be this way and women have to be this way?

But God has created us to be uniquely male and female.

And in a world of sin we don't know how to relate to our unique maleness and femaleness.

And God wants to do something special with marriage.

Now I found Ellen White giving a marriage sermon, isn't that a wonderful thing, to her granddaughter who was getting married.

And notice what she says in her sermon to her granddaughter.

But in that identity, there must be a unity.

God wants to take different identities and blend them into a unity.

There is constantly to be a development of the faculties that God has given you that you may, Notice what she says twice, improve, improve and you may indeed be looked upon by the heavenly angels with commendation.

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WYC 2010: Morning Devotions

The Four Laws of Marriage

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Attachments

Christian Purity

Defining Biblical Purity: God’s Better Plan

1h

Ten Commandments

7. Insatiable Desire

39m

Infidelity: A Moral Crisis Amid the Pandemic

58m

The Early Rain Evangelistic Revival

Digital Rooftops

51m

The Curse of the Culture

52m

Seminars

Sanctified or Sexualized

56m

Eric Walsh: Road Map to Heaven

Sex Lies and the Fight for Purity

57m

Broken but Bonded

46m

Love and Marriage

1h 4m

How to Know God's Will for My Life

How to Know God’s Will for My Relationships

48m

The Anatomy of a Relationship

1h 7m

Alan Parker ~ Biblical Holiness: A Guide for Sinners

Sacred Intimacy: Sex and Spirituality

53m

Sound Doctrine