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Rhoni 06-09-2007 12:39 PM
Word Preacher's idea
 
On another thread WordPreacher talks about allowing God to pick a marriage partner for you...how many people truly believe that God picks someone out for you?

*If so, how would you know?

or, how does He do it?

Blessings, Rhoni

P.S. I'll post my reply from the other thread.

Rhoni 06-09-2007 12:40 PM
The question is: How does God do this? He trusts you to learn from your elders, be taught by your church leadership, and learn from studying Godly/healthy relationships.

God gives you his spirit and when the person you are attracted to loves God like you love God, shows fruits of the spirt, is not led by lust of the flesh, lust of the eye, or pride of life, and you respect and admire her...good chances are...

Truth is: God doesn't wish on you someone you think is unattractive but he gives you sensitivity to the spirit, and when you live in the spirit you are better equipped to make a good decision for your life partner for yourself.

God doesn't have a couples list with your mate on it...he does though, see the future and knows the choices you will make.

Blessings, Rhoni

WordPreacher 06-09-2007 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Rhoni (Post 148206)
On another thread WordPreacher talks about allowing God to pick a marriage partner for you...how many people truly believe that God picks someone out for you?
He did for me.


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*If so, how would you know?
Well, God showed me my wife in a dream and He also told me by speaking to me. He has done this many many times with different things.

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or, how does He do it?
Dreams and audible words. He also gives you peace about it.

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Blessings, Rhoni

P.S. I'll post my reply from the other thread.
Well, that sounds mighty fine.

Rhoni 06-09-2007 12:58 PM
How do you know it isn't just you?

WordPreacher 06-09-2007 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Rhoni
The question is: How does God do this? He trusts you to learn from your elders, be taught by your church leadership, and learn from studying Godly/healthy relationships.
I didn't learn this from elders and I never sought their approval, because they are just men that can tell you the wrong thing. That's why I sought God on my own and had Him to pick my wife. It took years, but I know that my marriage and wife is God's will for me.


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God gives you his spirit and when the person you are attracted to loves God like you love God, shows fruits of the spirt, is not led by lust of the flesh, lust of the eye, or pride of life, and you respect and admire her...good chances are...
My story is much different and I can not tell it on here, because my wife would kill me, but it is something that God did, not me and not her. We just obeyed.

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Truth is: God doesn't wish on you someone you think is unattractive but he gives you sensitivity to the spirit, and when you live in the spirit you are better equipped to make a good decision for your life partner for yourself.
If Apostolics allow God to pick their mates, then God would pick the best mate for them. Humans never pick the best mate for themselves, but they pick what they see that they like, which isn't the best way to pick a mate.


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God doesn't have a couples list with your mate on it...he does though, see the future and knows the choices you will make.

Blessings, Rhoni

Like I said, I didn't choose my mate, but He did choose my mate for me. That's why I know my wife is God's will for me. I would not trust a human in something like that, especially myself.

WordPreacher 06-09-2007 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Rhoni (Post 148223)
How do you know it isn't just you?
Because I trusted God enough to pick my mate and if I married the one that I picked, I would be divorced now. I probably would of been divorced within six months.

Another way that I know that I didn't pick my wife is because we are total opposites, but we fit together like a glove. You would have to know how I am to understand how I didn't pick my wife. I left it up to God years ago and He chose the wife that He wanted me to have.

Rhoni 06-09-2007 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by WordPreacher (Post 148229)
Because I trusted God enough to pick my mate and if I married the one that I picked, I would be divorced now. I probably would of been divorced within six months.

Another way that I know that I didn't pick my wife is because we are total opposites, but we fit together like a glove. You would have to know how I am to understand how I didn't pick my wife. I left it up to God years ago and He chose the wife that He wanted me to have.

Wordpreacher,

Thank-you for sharing your experience. I don't doubt that you believe this but I have my doubts about why/how God would care to do such a thing. There are too many personal factors involved.

I've had dreams, prophecies that have been directed to me/at me, and I think I ate too much pizza...hence the dreams...and the spirit of the prophet is subject to the prophet. If he makes a miscall then he is not really a prophet.

The man and woman choose each other...I am not sure there is much 'spiritual' about it.

Doubting Rhoni:sshhh

"GL" 06-09-2007 02:05 PM
Rhoni, just because it has not been your experience does not mean it is not so.

WordPreacher 06-09-2007 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Rhoni (Post 148246)
Wordpreacher,

Thank-you for sharing your experience. I don't doubt that you believe this but I have my doubts about why/how God would care to do such a thing. There are too many personal factors involved.
Praying and fasting is the best way to know.

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I've had dreams, prophecies that have been directed to me/at me, and I think I ate too much pizza...hence the dreams...and the spirit of the prophet is subject to the prophet. If he makes a miscall then he is not really a prophet.
I have had dreams about my calling, but God has shown others who did not know me that told me about the calling that God has shown. It was just confirmation of what God shows me. I went to a trinitarian church that God used to tell me about my calling, plus He used Apostolics to confirm my calling.

Try praying and fasting to seek God about these things. I can tell you about some things that I have discerned about people and found it to be true. There were things that I thought it was something that I was thinking, but found out that it was discernment. Not all dreams are from God and you have to seek God about it to find out which ones are from Him.

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The man and woman choose each other...I am not sure there is much 'spiritual' about it.

Doubting Rhoni:sshhh
Well, that is why there are Apostolics getting divorced, because they chose each other and didn't allow God to choose their mate. That is why we humans fail miserably, because it is our flesh that chooses and the not allowing God to choose for us.

I believe that there would be less divorces with Apostolics if they allow God to choose the mate that He wants them to have, because God's will is the only sure way to do things. That's why I don't do anything without praying about it and making sure it is God's will. This is something that some Apostolics don't get, but it is so typical.

WordPreacher 06-09-2007 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by "GL" (Post 148253)
Rhoni, just because it has not been your experience does not mean it is not so.
Amen Bro!!! I have found out by experience that if I do God's will, then things usually go smoothly.

BTW, my son wants God to pick his wife for him, because that is what he believes in, which is so awesome.

Rhoni 06-09-2007 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by WordPreacher (Post 148262)
Praying and fasting is the best way to know.

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Absolutely agree on this!


I have had dreams about my calling, but God has shown others who did not know me that told me about the calling that God has shown. It was just confirmation of what God shows me. I went to a trinitarian church that God used to tell me about my calling, plus He used Apostolics to confirm my calling.

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This is also how God deals with me. He tells me then it is confirmed by others. It is always so awesome when he confirms it through someone I don't know and I know they know nothing about me...
Try praying and fasting to seek God about these things. I can tell you about some things that I have discerned about people and found it to be true. There were things that I thought it was something that I was thinking, but found out that it was discernment. Not all dreams are from God and you have to seek God about it to find out which ones are from Him.


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You know, God tells me things too...at first I was doubtful that it was God and just thought it was me...but God affirmed what I was thinking when I took a step of faith and acted on it. I guess it is easier to be sensitive to Gods dealing in regard to someone else than for me to think he would tell me the same things about myself...hummmmmmneed to digest that!

Well, that is why there are Apostolics getting divorced, because they chose each other and didn't allow God to choose their mate. That is why we humans fail miserably, because it is our flesh that chooses and the not allowing God to choose for us.

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I don't think Apostolics are getting divorced because they chose out of the will of God but I think they stopped believing that God to repair situations and failures.
I believe that there would be less divorces with Apostolics if they allow God to choose the mate that He wants them to have, because God's will is the only sure way to do things. That's why I don't do anything without praying about it and making sure it is God's will. This is something that some Apostolics don't get, but it is so typical.
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I don't think it is as easy as that...I think good solid Biblical teaching, counseling, and a consistent personal relationship to Christ makes the difference
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Blessings, Rhoni

Rhoni 06-09-2007 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by "GL" (Post 148253)
Rhoni, just because it has not been your experience does not mean it is not so.
I do not look to myself as the supreme authority, or the ultimate in knowledge...I look to Christ. So, I agree with you on this!

Blessings, Rhoni

Felicity 06-09-2007 02:25 PM
I believe that God had a plan for my life before I was ever even thought of or conceived in the womb of my mother.

I believe the same thing in regard to my husband who has the call and anointing of God on his life.

I believe that God put us together in order that His will, plan and purpose would be carried out specifically.

I don't believe in "coincidence" in regard to the will of God when two people are sold out to God and when He has called and "chosen" and marked them for service to Him.

I believe that if you are praying for the will of God and are submitted to the plan and purpose of God in your own life that God will bring 2 people together so that their lives will blend, harmonize and be spent for the kingdom and for the achievement of the purpose of God.

WordPreacher 06-09-2007 02:27 PM
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I don't think it is as easy as that...I think good solid Biblical teaching, counseling, and a consistent personal relationship to Christ makes the difference
I do think it is as easy as that, because I have had experiences where I had to trust God completely no matter what and that is something that many Apostolics don't do. Now, that is easier said than done, but I know when I have trusted Him completely, that God has always brought me through.

It takes a special kind of faith to trust God completely.

WordPreacher 06-09-2007 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Felicity (Post 148282)
I believe that God had a plan for my life before I was ever even thought of or conceived in the womb of my mother.

I believe the same thing in regard to my husband who has the call and anointing of God on his life.

I believe that God put us together in order that His will, plan and purpose would be carried out specifically.

I don't believe in "coincidence" in regard to the will of God when two people are sold out to God and when He has called and "chosen" and marked them for service to Him.

I believe that if you are praying for the will of God and are submitted to the plan and purpose of God in your own life that God will bring 2 people together so that their lives will blend, harmonize and be spent for the kingdom and for the achievement of the purpose of God.
Amen on that!!!

Trouvere 06-09-2007 04:38 PM
I agree with Felicity on this on.
My husband had a dream years before we met.He saw himself in a conference
with a woman(didn't see her face) behind the pulpit playing guitar.His girlfriend at the time played guitar a little but she was not a minister.When he met me he did not know I play guitar.He found that out later.lol.In general discussion of the call of God on our lives it was brought out that God had given us a burden for the
same area of the world.We are working on that burden presently.
I do think God puts people together.I don't think it means that there isn't a plan
B if it fails though.

Rhoni 06-09-2007 04:44 PM
Plan B
 
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Originally Posted by Trouvere (Post 148415)
I agree with Felicity on this on.
My husband had a dream years before we met.He saw himself in a conference
with a woman(didn't see her face) behind the pulpit playing guitar.His girlfriend at the time played guitar a little but she was not a minister.When he met me he did not know I play guitar.He found that out later.lol.In general discussion of the call of God on our lives it was brought out that God had given us a burden for the
same area of the world.We are working on that burden presently.
I do think God puts people together.I don't think it means that there isn't a plan
B if it fails though.
Hey, I'm all for Plan B!:hug3

WordPreacher 06-09-2007 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Trouvere (Post 148415)
I agree with Felicity on this on.
My husband had a dream years before we met.He saw himself in a conference
with a woman(didn't see her face) behind the pulpit playing guitar.His girlfriend at the time played guitar a little but she was not a minister.When he met me he did not know I play guitar.He found that out later.lol.In general discussion of the call of God on our lives it was brought out that God had given us a burden for the
same area of the world.We are working on that burden presently.
I do think God puts people together.I don't think it means that there isn't a plan
B if it fails though.
Well, I think there is only one plan with God and that is plan A, there is no plan B, because God is perfect and He doesn't need another plan. God has plan A and carnality of people have plan B. That is why there are so many divorces today with Apostolics.


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