"We are very comfortable with our platitudes of being 'pro-family', but ironically only for those actually in families."
Captain Sensible writes: I was reminded of Debbie's words here in these past few days while I have been at a Christian exhibition here in the UK. One of the stands was taken by an organisation calling themselves "Promoting Marriage". Sounds great! So one of my colleagues paid them a visit and asked what they were doing to promote marriage amongst singles. Oh, came the answer, we don't work with singles, we only work with married and engaged couples!
What a misnomer "Promoting Marriage" is! They do nothing of the sort! They appear to "protect" marriage -- good work in itself -- but they in no way "promote" marriage. That just isn't allowed in the church anyway! Never must a pastor say anything to encourage singles to get married! Tut tut - that just isn't polically correct these days. No, we have to affirm singleness -- while at the same time bleat platitudes about being "pro family" and how terribly our society denigrates marriage.
Ha!
Why is it that the church is willing to acknowledge that Satan dislikes Christian marriages, doesn't want to see Christian families with Godly children thriving, and will seek to destroy them if he possibly can, yet is unable to make the small leap in logic that tells us Satan will also try to prevent these marriages from happening, and these Godly children being born, in the first place?
It seems unbelievably dumb to me.
But then, God has revealed that scales need to be removed from people's eyes, which would explain their spiritual blindness.
Everyone in agreement needs to pray for these scales to be removed.
God is great, great, GREATER than any tactic of the enemy!
But the church isn't supporting us in prayer over this issue, so we as individuals MUST do it alone!
Of course, even one individual plus God makes a pretty powerful army. ;) Certainly greater than any legion of demons. But let's not allow that to make us complacent or lazy about the need for urgent prayer in this matter!
What a misnomer "Promoting Marriage" is! They do nothing of the sort! They appear to "protect" marriage -- good work in itself -- but they in no way "promote" marriage. That just isn't allowed in the church anyway! Never must a pastor say anything to encourage singles to get married! Tut tut - that just isn't polically correct these days. No, we have to affirm singleness -- while at the same time bleat platitudes about being "pro family" and how terribly our society denigrates marriage.
Ha!
Why is it that the church is willing to acknowledge that Satan dislikes Christian marriages, doesn't want to see Christian families with Godly children thriving, and will seek to destroy them if he possibly can, yet is unable to make the small leap in logic that tells us Satan will also try to prevent these marriages from happening, and these Godly children being born, in the first place?
It seems unbelievably dumb to me.
But then, God has revealed that scales need to be removed from people's eyes, which would explain their spiritual blindness.
Everyone in agreement needs to pray for these scales to be removed.
God is great, great, GREATER than any tactic of the enemy!
But the church isn't supporting us in prayer over this issue, so we as individuals MUST do it alone!
Of course, even one individual plus God makes a pretty powerful army. ;) Certainly greater than any legion of demons. But let's not allow that to make us complacent or lazy about the need for urgent prayer in this matter!
posted by Captain Sensible at 2:12 AM
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