We now find ourselves in the middle of New Membership classes at a new "Missionally Focused" church that meets in the center of our city, 30 minutes for our property. The end of January 2009 we felt very confident to leave the church we had been attending for 7 years. It was so neat how God defined our leaving within one single moment. It was an answer to prayer that God let us see beyond a shadow of a doubt to understand that our teaching and leading to the fact the marriage is a VERY spiritual institution, became the polar opposite of the way the church we were attending saw ministering to marriages. Are they wrong? Not necessarily, we just were confident God was taking us out.
Since leaving behind the marriage ministry that God allowed us to build at a local church 20 couples thus far, have called, emailed or come to us asking for marriage help. Help either in premarital coaching, direction, mentoring or most of the time, "crisis" help. Many marriage have come to us on their last leg. Many very close to ending. It has been no only a privilege but a blessing to see some of the marriages we have worked with see actual miracles happen in their marriages. God has helped us to help them unlock hearts and reconnect them in a way only Jesus forgiveness and abundant grace and healing can repair.
Isaiah 58:8 (New International Version)
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard
With that being said, (A true Mark Driscoll cliche') we have been doing lot's a marriage mentoring. We are also working slowly toward starting a faith based non-profit marriage ministry. We hope this ministry will help serve our very first vision..."To see the decrease of divorce in our local communities." PRAISE God he is directing our path. More news to come.
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