Wedding Charges To Pray For Me!

I was honored to perform the wedding ceremony this morning for BJ and Ashley Eason, both of whom were formerly students in my youth group. As if my four children haven't already made me realize I'm getting old!

Here are several of the biblical charges I gave to them. Would you please take a moment to pray that these realities would be true in my own marriage (and yours)!

1. Realize that our marriage is mainly about Someone far greater than the two of us...namely, the name, character, and reputation of God
2. Be deliberate, therefore, to always be aiding one another to make progress in personal holiness
3. Be deliberate to aid my spouse to grow in love to Christ
4. Be deliberate to aid my spouse to grow in obedience to all of Christ's commands
5. Strive together to grow in godliness and Christlikeness
6. Always be engaged together in ministry--both in recognized, and unrecognized forms
7. Intentionally hold Jesus high in our marriage
8. Pray together...regularly, passionately, spontaneously, and persistently
9. Worship Jesus together daily in our home
10. Engage faithfully in family worship
11. Creatively and simply challenge one another constantly to grow in grace
12. Enjoy one another at every level: relationally, physically, emotionally, spiritually
13. Me: Soak in the Lord's commands to husbands as found in Scripture and obey them
14. Tracy: Soak in the Lord's commands to wives as found in Scripture and obey them
15. Be my partner's choicest intercessor
16. Be impossible to offend
17. Be overflowing with patience
18. Be generous when wronged
19. Be aware of my own limitations, and seek to improve upon them
    
20. Always be fighting pride, self-promotion, self-centeredness, and self-exaltation
21. At every turn, every day, look together to the gospel as the power of God, not only for justification, but also for daily sanctification and joy
22. Don't make an idol out of one another, but together, be resolute that our only God is God
23. Seek the Lord and His strength, seek His face continually