HE IS RISEN | Coastal Church

Don't just let yourself go under and give up before crying out to him and saying help. Crying out to a counselor and saying, please. Ecclesiastes chapter four verse 12 says, a person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back to back and conquer. See where this is going? And then it goes even further, three are even better. For the triple braided cord is not easily broken. [01:18:32] (36 seconds)  #StrongerTogether

Here's the deal, like, why does the devil even care about your marriage? Can't he just leave you alone in that area? No. Because back in Genesis when the bible says we are made in the image of God, male and female. Right? He created us male and female. That's that's the oneness that points to the image of God. [01:09:18] (27 seconds)  #MarriageReflectsGod

I know some of you are fighting for oneness now. You're even your heads are sometimes going beneath the surface and you just kinda pop up for air on on Sundays and show up at church holding hands. Right? And you're struggling. You don't get back automatically. You get back to oneness by fighting. And sometimes fights need to happen in your marriage, but you need to learn to fight for your marriage. [01:15:57] (28 seconds)  #FightForMarriage

Satan doesn't want the image of God to be perfectly expressed in your marriage. He wants to steal, kill, and destroy for two reasons. Number one, because it points to to God. Number two, because you have a powerful purpose. As a married couple, your purpose is the same as a single like to be ambassadors, but now you have two. [01:09:44] (35 seconds)  #MarriageHasPurpose

Since we are in the spirit, let us follow the spirits leading. If the spirit is leading you, saying, hey, now's the time. You've drifted far enough from the lifeguard. Now's the time. You need healing. Come to me. You need treatment. Come to me. He's already on his way out to you. He's reached out his hand and he's waiting for you to say, yes. [01:20:01] (26 seconds)  #FollowTheSpirit

This third cord is the holy spirit in your marriage. Don't exclude the lifeguard. I wanna I want you to stand with me. We're gonna read Galatians chapter five twenty five. We're gonna have our prayer team come forward. If you've kind of drifted off from oneness or if you're still healing from some of those wounds, we are not the lifeguard, but we will walk with you to the lifeguard. [01:19:07] (38 seconds)  #HolySpiritInMarriage

Because if you don't focus on fighting for oneness, you are drifting. If you're hanging out, you're drifting. It takes work to move towards oneness and stay there. So what is it that's pulling us? Are we just messed up and can't have a good marriage? Kinda. But there's another power at work. His name is Satan. [01:05:11] (31 seconds)  #ResistTheDrift

But that feeling may be an indication I need to do something. I need I need to make sure I'm checking in. I need to get back to the umbrella Because emotional distance creates distance in so many other areas. Then there's parenting distance. We have to be on the same page. We have to parent one flesh. We have a rule in our family that if you start pitting us against each other, the answer is no. [01:12:11] (31 seconds)  #ParentAsOne