Principle of Reintroduction

We change as individuals based on our experiences that day.  In order to build a growing relationship as a couple, then, we must make time to "daily reintroduce"ourselves to each other.  We share the mundane and the profound.  We disclose what's going on in our own lives and genuinely inquire about each other's life.

That was easy when we were first married with few distractions. We had lots of time for meaningful dialogues, cups of coffee and sharing activities together.  But as children came along, and with added adult responsibilites, and tight schedules, this habit had slowly gone away unnoticed.

Where is the intimacy? where is the strong relationship? What happens? We need therefore to bare our lives with each other on a regular basis and feel convinced that we are "naked and unashemed" with each other.

Daily reintroduction habit will usually take the form of a long walk, an extended cup of coffee or a long phone call.

Keep this habit and live life to the fullest.

Repentance

Feeling guilty about our sin comes before repentance, but is not repentance itself.  No one repents unless they first feel guilty about their sin, but not all who feel guilty actually repent.

Some people are very sorry because of the consequences of their sin, or because they have been caught.  Many people are sorry, not for what they had done wrong, but for the penalty they receive in being caught.

"Godly sorrows leads to repentance that brings salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death" (2 Cor 7:10)

Hope For The Furture

The resurrection of Jesus gives us great hope for the future.  He is called 'the firstborn from the dead" (Col 1:18).  In His resurrection, he was opening the way for all those who would believe in Him to follow after Him - to also be raised from the dead!

One wonderful day in the future, Jesus Christ will return to the earth again--not as a baby this time, but revealing to the whole world Who He really is - the glorious God and Ruler of all Creation.  At that time, all those who have died, believing in Him will be raised to life again.

"If Christ has not been raised, your faith in futile, you are still in your sins.  Then those who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.  If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.
"But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead the first fruites of thos who have fallen asleep.
"For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man
"For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.  ...(1Cor 15:17-23)