Rekindling Our Passion Series

Sunday's message was entitled, Rekindling Our Passion For Love! The one thing that should set Christians apart from the rest of the world is Love!! It is the one defining characteristic that should enable us to be identified with Christ. In Ephesians 5, the Apostle Paul gives sound advice about how husbands and wives should treat each other. The guiding principle in this passage of Scripture is Love. As Christ loved the Church, husbands ought to love their wives. As the Church loves and submits to Christ's affection, so should wives love their husbands. It is an easy formula to understand, but often hard to follow.

Someone once told the story about a Husband Shopping Center where a woman can choose from among many men, for her husband. It is laid out in 5 floors, with the men increasing in positive attributes as you ascend up the floors. The only rule is, once you open the door to any floor, you must choose a man from that floor, and if you go up a floor, you can’t go back down except to leave the place. So, a couple of girlfriends went to the place to find men.

1st floor, the door had a sign saying "These men have jobs and love kids." The women read the sign and say "Well that’s better than not having jobs, or not loving kids, but I wonder what’s further up?" So up they go.

2nd floor says "These men have high paying jobs, love kids, and are extremely good looking" Hmmm, say the girls. But, I wonder what’s further up?

3rd floor: "These men have high paying jobs, are extremely good looking, love kids and help with the housework." Wow! say the women. Very tempting, BUT, there’s more further up! And up they go.

4th floor: "These men have high paying jobs, love kids, are extremely good looking, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak." Oh, mercy me. But just think! What must be awaiting us further on!

So up to the 5th floor they go. The sign on that door reads, "This floor is just to prove that women are impossible to please."

When the Holy Spirit guides our passion, we will soon realize that LOVE IS A WONDERFUL THING!