{"id":3180,"date":"2012-11-02T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=3180"},"modified":"2013-01-24T22:20:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T03:20:05","slug":"winning-him-without-words-discoveryprayerweekly-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/02\/winning-him-without-words-discoveryprayerweekly-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning Him Without Words – Weekly Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week marks the halfway mark on our journey through Winning Him Without Words<\/span>. <\/i>What a ride it has been, as we have laughed, prayed, and learned new insights together about how to live our life before our husbands according to 1 Peter 3.<\/p>\n

Before we move on, may I share a scene with you of the Israelites on their journey to The Promise Land [Exodus 14]. Perhaps it will be an encouragement to us on our journey.<\/p>\n

Moses had just lead over six hundred thousand Israelites<\/span>, along with their herd of cattle, out of Egypt where they had been slaves for over 430 years.\u00a0 At last they were on their way to Canaan, the land God had promised was theirs to inherit.<\/p>\n

But Pharaoh, the Egyptian king and his army, came after them in hot pursuit.\u00a0 When the Israelites saw Pharaoh and his army coming, they began to cry out to Moses:\u00a0 \u201cIt would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die out here in The Wilderness.\u201d<\/p>\n

God spoke to Moses and said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tell the children of Israel to \u201cGO FORWARD<\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cGo forward?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cThe Red Sea is in front of us<\/span>!\u201d\u00a0 \u201cAre you sure, God?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

But God knew what do about The Red Sea.\u00a0 \u201cStretch out your hand over the sea,\u201d were His words to Moses.\u00a0 As Moses stretched his hand over the sea, the waters divided, the sea became dry land, and they crossed to the other side. The sea returned, and all the Egyptians drowned.\u00a0 Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hands of the Egyptians, and they continued on their journey.<\/p>\n

Now, one would think that after that miraculous delivery that the Israelites would never doubt that they could not make it to Canaan and receive the inheritance God had promised them.\u00a0 However, only two people of the original group, Joshua and Caleb, made it to Canaan.<\/p>\n

Why only two?\u00a0 Could it be that Joshua and Caleb made it into Canaan because they never lost sight of the vision<\/span> God had given them.\u00a0 Not only that, but they acted upon that vision <\/span>despite the circumstances they faced and the people around them who didn\u2019t believe it was possible.<\/p>\n

I believe that God is saying to us: GO FORWARD with the vision He has given us for our marriage!\u00a0 And yes, He can part The Red Sea in our life to get us there.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week, at our halfway stop in Chapter 5, Beverly, Jennifer, Donna, and Sarah gave us good insights to go forward by: Believing Our Marriage is Blessed<\/span><\/b>.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s review their points now.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday:\u00a0 Believe your Marriage is Blessed \u2013 The Way to\u00a0Mismatchdom<\/strong> – -Beverly points to the question that we who are in an unequally yoked marriage are often asked:\u00a0 \u201cDid you know he wasn\u2019t a Christian when you married him?\u201d<\/p>\n

In Beverly\u2019s case, she did know that her husband wasn\u2019t a Christian prior to marriage.\u00a0 But, as she points out, she could not then and even now after all these years change him.<\/p>\n

However, Beverly has learned powerful lessons in her spiritually mismatched marriage:<\/p>\n