One Flesh

The speaker discusses the importance of being in union with God in marriages and relationships. They emphasize the need for communication, filtering one's words, and being mindful of the power of words. They also stress the importance of filtering one's eyes and seeing the beauty in their partner. Additionally, they discuss the significance of filtering one's heart and practicing forgiveness. The speaker encourages listeners to rely on God and seek his guidance in their marriages and relationships. Hey there, it's Anna with God's Podcast and today I know that this is a very powerful, important message that God wants me to get out as Satan tried to distract me and deleted my entire episode I had recorded yesterday. We need to be in union with God in what I am going to talk about because it is very important. Our foundation, our lives, our relationships, our marriages depend on it and that is what I'm going to talk about in this episode. Marriages, relationships, and even those that are single for their future relationships or marriages. But before we start, let's pray, friend. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Father, I come to you through your Son, Jesus Christ, and I lift up each and every person listening. I ask that you open their ears, their hearts, and their minds, Lord, that you give them the wisdom, the discernment from you, Father. Father, I want to lift up our spouses, our marriages, our relationships, and future relationships and future marriages to you, Father. I surrender them to you so that we can be in union with you so the enemy cannot destroy the foundation that you have made in us, created for us, the rock that is what makes our relationship so strong because it is united in you. Father, I just want to say thank you for giving me the opportunity to be your vessel so that they know that these are not my words but words from you so that they can get understanding and that they can be rooted in you. Father, I want to glorify you and thank you and give you all praise because without you none of this would be possible, and for that I am grateful. I love you, Father, and I pray all of this in Jesus' name. Amen. So like I said, friend, we're going to talk about marriage, relationship, and even those that are single, their future relationships and marriages. And if you are single, just be reminded that this is just a guide, a helpful understanding for your future, and that you also need to be in prayer for that future relationship or marriage. My goal today is that we can all take away from this episode feeling more confident by prayer and God for his guidance and love for us and over our relationships that we will defeat what Satan truly wants to destroy and has tried to since the beginning of time. In the very first book of the Bible, Genesis, it will be a reminder why it is so important for us to lift our significant others up to the Father so that Satan cannot use them to try to destroy what God has created, one union, one flesh, to complete each other and allow God to be the foundation, the rock that supports both of them, that where one is weak the other is strong and vice versa. And in Genesis 2, verses 22 through 25, it explains this. It says, God has pointed out to me a very important point from this chapter. Adam was incomplete when he removed his rib from his body, but when God created woman, Eve, he completed Adam and he gave Adam an extension of himself in his spouse, in his life. That void that he had of being alone was now complete. He was no longer alone but had a perfect companion to spend his life with in God, through God, and only from God. And he does the same for us. We are extensions of our spouses, of our significant others, of each other. Just as I represent my husband, he represents me. If he is happy or sad, that is a reflection of me. Or vice versa, we are extensions of each other. Wherever he may be, whatever he may say, whatever he may do, if he succeeds, he represents me. And vice versa, as we are one, in God, united, for the whole reason why he created man and wife, to live together. God gives us the ability to see our partner's weaknesses. And where one is weak, the other is wise. For when our partner is down, we lift them up. God brought you and your partner together for many reasons. But one reason is, he allowed you to see the things not meant for other people to see. This is God's way of telling you to cover that weakness. God made you specifically for your partner and your partner for you, to be one made in him. I want to give you some how to make your marriage and relationships, your future relationships, marriages, a success and successful through our Lord and Savior. This is me not being boastful and me knowing everything. But this is me sharing what I have learned over the past 22 years. And what God has given me the ability to understand through his word, and through the things and actions and life experiences that I have been through. This is me trying to help you be successful in a last full long marriage or relationship. So let's start with number one son, communication is key and healthy communication. So you need to soak in your mouth. And no, I'm not saying to not tell the truth or communicate your true feelings. I am saying what Ephesians 429 says, do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. In other words, words hurt. Words can be hurtful. Bottom line, even when you don't think you are being hurtful sometimes you are. So I want to remind you sometimes it is important to not speak, but to listen, to not speak out of anger, not to say things you cannot take back, because words can hurt. This is also a reminder to myself as IQ fail on this. Everything we may say creates a reality in our environment. Remember, just as God's words have power, so do your words. So you can create a good positive environment in your relationship, or you can create a negative destructive environment. It is up to you. Proverbs 1821 is a reminder of this. The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit, which God reminds me you reap what you sow. Your words are like seeds, either of life or death, which God reminds me in Proverbs 1820 of this. From the fruit of their mouth a person's stomach is filled. With the harvest of their lips they are satisfied. So friend, pray about your communication and your words, that you are speaking with your significant other, that they may be words of life and not death, that they may be words of encouragement and not discouragement, that they may be words of love and not anger. Words can hurt and destruct a marriage, so please filter your mouths. Next, I feel is very important is we need to filter our eyes. We need to start looking at our marriages relationships for what it truly is. God brought us together to perfect one another, and in Proverbs 1822 it really explains this. He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord. The man who finds a wife finds a treasure. Our eyes need to be open to how our significant other completes us, how God brought you two together to pick up the other's weaknesses, why he set your eyes on them and all the beautiful gifts God gave to them. Your eyes need to be filtered out for any distractions of what the enemy may try to put in front of your eyes. Remember, you are their other half. You are made one through Christ and see the way that they complete you and complement you. Do not let Satan distract you. Filter your eyes. And my last suggestion, filter your heart. This may be the biggest filter that you need. When you put a filter on your heart, you will know how to forgive. In a marriage, there needs to be a heart of forgiveness. Filtering your heart will allow you to cover your heart, to soften your heart to your partner. But you will not take every negative action or word that they may say personally or a reflection of yourself. Filtering your heart will allow you to understand and see what Satan is trying to distract you from or destroy your marriage from. Forgiveness is not an emotion, but it is a decision. It allows us to end that period of pain in our lives. It takes away the power Satan has over your heart and your life. When you forgive, you do not bring it up again. You set it aside and move on. Just like in Matthew 18, when Peter asked Jesus, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times? Question mark. Jesus answered, I tell you not seven times, but 77 times. So move on after you forgive your spouse. Do not bring it up again because it is crucial that you forgive, truly forgive, for your heart will then be softened and you will align it with the Lord. Listen, friend, we all make mistakes and it is no different in our relationships or marriages. The strongest of marriages and relationships have problems, but it is the filters we put into practice of forgiveness, as Jesus said, 77 times in his verse. If we put that filter on our mouths and our eyes, we will see the treasure God has given us in our significant others. If you put these filters on daily, our marriages and relationships will be built on the strongest foundation, the strongest rock that no wind or storm can ever move our house because it is built upon Jesus Christ, our Savior. I also want to remind you that Satan does not want your marriage, your relationship to be built on God. He wants to see it destroyed and will use your significant other as his weapon. So you need to be strong in faith. See past Satan's lies, destructions, distractions, his schemes when he plots to use you against each other. Use your authority and rebuke him through Jesus Christ. Pray, be slow to speak, quick to listen, slow to anger and fill your heart with compassion and forgiveness. It is not going to be easy, friend. It actually is hard at times, but surrender it over to God and watch him work in you and in your marriage or relationship. Have faith, friend, and know that God wants you to have a strong marriage in him created on his rock. So if you are struggling and you are in a rough patch, please cry out to our Father for he listened and surrender your marriage to him. Keep praying, keep seeking God for he will get you through. I can go on and on about marriage and maybe we'll bring a couple more episodes in the future. But for now, I hope you enjoyed today's episode, friend, and you share it with someone else because we all need God each and every day. We never know what somebody's going through. We never know if our relationship with God and sharing it with someone else could be. So continue, please, to allow God to be in their lives and use you as a vessel. I appreciate each and every one of you coming and listening each and every week. I thank you for your support and I thank you for listening to God's word and allowing me to be his vessel to share it with you. So keep bibling, keep spreading God's word, and filter your mouth, your eyes, and your heart so your marriage can be based on God's foundation, God's rock, and it will be solid in him so that you can go through this life with your spouse in God and live a life as one flesh united in Christ. So until next time, friends, have a great day. Let's pray. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Father, I come to you through your Son, Jesus Christ, and I just want to say thank you. Thank you for giving me these words as we need you in our marriages. You are our rock and our foundation and we surrender our marriages to you. We lift up our spouses to you, Father, and ask you to use them to soften their hearts as well as our own so that we can come together united and live a life in you, Christ, just like you had created for us in the beginning of time. We are one body united in you and that we take those vows seriously and we lift each other up for where one is weak, the other is wise, just like you tell us. Father, I just want to say thank you. I want to glorify you for giving me the opportunity to be your vessel, to be used by you, to share your word with others so that they can get the understanding and turn back to you for discernment. Father, I just want to say I love you and I pray all of this in Jesus' name. Amen.