Moments Together for Couples 5/12

by Dennis and Barbara Rainey

2 Corinthians 5:7
For we walk by faith, not by sight.

As a young man I realized that struggling over questions that can't be answered on this side of heaven's gate was a waste of time. Why spend life questioning every minute detail of the Christian life when there are so many obvious truths that cannot be ignored?

I knew the Resurrection was true. If Christ is still in the tomb then Christianity has little more to offer me than other world religions. But it is an irrefutable fact of history-Christ is risen.

I knew the Bible to be true. We have more evidence that today's Bible is what was originally written than any other historical document of its age.

Science and archaeology continue to prove (rather than disprove) the Bible's historical accuracy. And its central theme remains clear: God loves mankind and wants to redeem men and women to Himself.

It tells us how to live. It gives us hope in the face of death. And it contains the best set of blueprints for building a home (a marriage and family) that I've ever seen.

One additional truth helped erase my doubts: I knew that the risen Lord Jesus Christ lived in me. He came to change my life. As I focused on the facts of Christianity I began to see the scales of faith tip toward belief. I began to base my life on what I knew to be true.

What have been the results?

A life that is an adventure. Walking with God is electrifying.

A lasting sense of destiny and significance that isn't man-made or fake.

The privilege of being used by God for eternal purposes.

His Holy Spirit empowers me to deny my selfishness and enables me to love people.

A sense of peace, well-being and contentment that can only come when I obey Him.

The phrase "Seeing Is Believing" may work for a Christian optometrist, but if you wait to believe until you answer all your doubts and questions, you'll be waiting until it's too late!

Prayer:

If you've never done so, give God 100 percent control of your life right now. And if you've already done that, but have taken back ownership, you may need to reestablish who is going to be Lord of your life.

Discuss: What are the truths that you cannot escape? What impact should these truths have on your life and your marriage?

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