PASSAGE: Today I listened to a sermon about the marks of a godly man and woman based off of Scripture (the story of Isaac and Rebekah). The pastor is a hilarious but very convicting speaker--I suggest you listen to it! (These notes are on Part 1)
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MEMORY VERSE: "Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened." 1 Peter 3:13
NOTES: 7 Marks of a Godly Woman:
1) Part of God's family
(v.3) "I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living, but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac"
2) Willing to follow her husband
(v.5) "The servant asked him, 'What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?"
(v.8) "If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there"
3). Beauty
(v.16) "The girl was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever lain with her." [Ref verse: 1 Peter 3:3-6]
4) Purity
(v.16) "The girl was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever lain with her."
5). Servant's heart
(v.17-20) "Drink, my lord," she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink."
6). Desire to Become a Mother
(v.6) "And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you increase to thousands upon thousands; may your offspring possess the gates of their enemies"
7) Modesty
(v.65) After Rebekah sees Isaac: "Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?" "He is my master," the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself."
3 Marks of a Godly Man
1). Priest
(v.63) "He went out to the field one evening to medidate"
2) Provider
(v.67) "Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah" (provided her shelter
3). Protector
Chapter 26: Isaac fails at protecting Rebekah by calling her his sister because he feared for his life. But still, God showed him grace, and so did Rebekah: "Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold because the Lord blessed him" (v.12)
ACT OF LOVE: Today, I offered hand sanitizer to my groupmates during 1st period after we had a lab in Anatomy (since they didn't like the smell of the soap).
Also, stopped homework and prayed for a baby boy named Samuel & his family. Read the full story here & pray too: http://greglovesjesus.blogspot.com/
hmmm i dont know if i completely agree with everything he said. especially the thing he said about planning (concerning the "provider" one).
ReplyDeletebut i really liked his idea of not looking for the right person, but becoming the right person.
p.s. i think i've heard this guy before! if he's the guy i think i'm thinking about, he played rhythm guitar for a band named "telecast" when they released an album called "quiet revolution" i think in '08. he was also on a band called "seven places" first non-independent label release album called "lonely for the last time" back in '03. the bands he was in broke apart D= i liked those bands. you should possibly check them out =X.. personally i like seven places better but yeah. hehe.