LOVEBIRDS' DEVOTIONAL

Enriching Matrimonies

HUMBLE YOURSELF AND CONFESS YOUR FAULTS (PT. 2)

Scripture:
‘HE THAT COVERETH HIS SINS SHALL NOT PROSPER: BUT WHO SO CONFESSETH AND FORSAKETH THEM SHALL HAVE MERCY.’
(PROVERBS 28:13)

💕🌹When you’ve offended your Spouse but refuse to admit your faults and confess to them because you feel too big or too important to do so, you place your self in a very dangerous position. Why is this so? It’s because God is the Judge over all men and He judges all offenders: whether within a marriage or outside of it. He is the Great Arbiter and Avenger of the Universe(Romans 12:19; Psalm 94:1-2).

💕🌹His Word tells us what happens to those who harden their hearts, cover up their sins and refuse to ask for forgiveness:

“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.”(Proverbs 28:13)
The scripture verse above is very clear: when you wrong your Spouse(or any other person)and refuse to admit your fault and ask their forgiveness, you’re automatically thrown outside the divine covering of God’s Mercy. Consequently, the forces of poverty are given the authority to haunt and afflict you. And so your life becomes unexplainably difficult. Why? Because God’s Word says:
“the way of transgressors is hard”(Proverbs 13:25b) and there’s no peace for the wicked(Isaiah 48:22).

💕🌹Read the experience of the Psalmist when he refused to confess his sin:

“When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.”(Psalm 32:3-5).

💕🌹When we sin against our marriage partner, the Lord feels the severity of it’s sting too. And He’ll not be silent. Your only path to peace and safety is to quickly humble yourself, sincerely confess your faults to your mate and ask their forgiveness.

💕🌹When done rightly and genuinely, repentance of your wrong to your Spouse leads to the release of the mercy of God and the mercy of your Spouse upon you. Consequently, your marriage relationship becomes stronger. Your trust in each other is renewed and the bond of your love and matrimony strengthened.

💕🌹In conclusion, always watch against transgressing against your marriage partner. It’s costly to do so.
And whenever you do, as result of human weakness, be quick to humble yourself and ask for forgiveness from your offended partner. It’s never weakness to do so but wisdom, maturity and spirituality.

❤️💕 TONIGHT’S ASSIGNMENT IN THE BEDROOM
Reread the devotional piece just before bedtime and soberly discuss it.

📚📖QUOTES:
“God instituted Sex in marriage. He created both the Penis and the Vagina and none of them is evil or sinful. More importantly, they’re not meant to be used rarely in marriage. No. They’re to be used to the fullest extent within the holy confines of marriage.”(Anselm Ahman. From Lovebirds’ Devotional of May 21, 2024)

✝️ JESUS CHRIST IS CALLING YOU! COME TO HIM TODAY AND BE SAVED!!!

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