Eternal Word Of Faith

*WHAT HINDERS UNITY IN MARRIAGE*  1. LACK OF VISION When you two have no vision rallying you as a couple, what will bring you together and keep you going? Vision creates a team 2. INTERFERENCE FROM PARENTS When you allow your parents to rule your home or undermine your spouse, their voices will break unity 3. UNFORGIVENESS Holding grudges pushes you two apart and can even lead to revenge instead of building together  4. SECRETS This keeps you from being fully one. Try your best to create an atmosphere where you both can talk about anything without fear or judgment  5. LACK OF SEX Do not underestimate the power of sex to form an unbreakable bond. Sex is emotional, physical, spiritual and mental 6. EGO When you only think about yourself you will struggle to celebrate your spouse, to listen to your spouse's opinion and to humbly receive correction; thus threatening unity 7. AFFAIRS Emotional or sexual affairs will distract you from fostering unity. A piece of you...

The Deceitfulness of Sin. Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin (Heb. 3:12-13). The Lord warned mankind to beware of the "deceitfulness of sin." The devil promises more than he delivers and other than he delivers. To Eve, the serpent promised, "Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil" (Gen. 3:4-5). Believing the serpent, Eve ate of the fruit. But the devil lied to Eve. Sin promised what it did not deliver. Sin brought physical and spiritual death, pain, heartache and sorrow. Sin has not changed in its nature nor has the devil quit deceiving men. Sin's allurements still promise what it cannot deliver. Consider some examples of the deceitfulness of sin. Sin Promises ...

"Blessed Are the Meek" Eugene Britnell Little Rock, Arkansas The Sermon on the Mount is truly the masterpiece of the ages. It was delivered by one whose ability, as a teacher was so great that he was frequently called "The Teacher." We cannot question the clarity, sincerity, practicality and authority by which he spake. Concerning this great sermon, the multitude said, "He taught as one having authority." (Matt. 7:29.) The thunders from the summit of Mount Sinai proclaiming the Ten Commandments form a striking contrast to the gentle voice of Jesus from the mountain in Galilee proclaiming the religion of blessedness. Jesus began this sermon with a series of blessings or "beatitudes." Our lesson is to deal with the third of these - "Blessed are the meek." Meekness Defined The Greek word "praos" translated "meek" in our text is thus defined by the authorities: "Meek, gentle, kind, forgiving, Matt. 5.5; mild, benevo...