TODAY’S SCRIPTURE 3/10/14 You have left your first love (Revelation 2:4 NKJV). WHAT TO DO WHEN THE SIZZLE FIZZLES (3) The first of three Rs that work in our WALK with God - and in OUR marriage is REMEMBER. The second R for renewing your first love is REPENT; change your mind, direction, and actions. You cant SOLVE a problem with the same THINKING and BEHAVIORS that created it; new THINKING and actions are REQUIRED. If your relationship once SIZZLED, you still HAVE what is needed to make it SIZZLE AGAIN. You have been REMEMBERING what you were doing at the height of the relationship. You have ACKNOWLEDGED that those actions made the relationship EXCITING and FULFILLING, that you stopped DOING them, and that you left [behind] your first love. Now you are ready to REPENT (which means to turn around) and GO BACK to where you were when the FLAME of love BURNED brightly. The third R of renewal is REENACT; Do the things you did at first (Revelation 2:5 NIV). LIST the things you USED to do when the RELATIONSHIP was GREAT. Each of you should prayerfully and privately COMMIT to doing a couple of the LISTED ITEMS, WITHOUT telling your partner which ones you CHOSE. Try to catch your PARTNER REENACTING the things you did at first and let them KNOW how much it MEANS to you that they CARED enough to DO IT. You will get more of what you REINFORCE by GRATITUDE. But a word to the wise: at first it may feel STRANGE, even UNREAL, when you begin to REENACT those early behaviors. Be PATIENT. That will change. Just KEEP doing it. And dont WAIT till you FEEL like it. APPLICATION You can ACT your way into NEW ways of FEELING, even when you cant FEEL your way into NEW ways of ACTING. Do it UNTIL you feel it. Do it UNTIL the joy of your first love REIGNITES! --TWFYT— Have a Great and Blessed Day! JM
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:35:22 +0000