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With Your Apprenticeship Prayer Partners

Week of January 20, 2019

January 20, 2019

Reflect together on the following two quotes and the extent to which they describe your current experience and mindset in relationship. What could you do to be this kind of friend and, if applicable, this kind of spouse? Regarding Friendship: Maria Dinah: “…the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person – having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.” Regarding Marriage: Tim Keller: “Within the Christian vision for marriage, here’s what it means to fall in love. It is to look at another person and get a glimpse of the person God is creating, and to say, “I see who God is making you, and it excites me! I want to be part of that. I want to partner with you and God in the journey you are taking to His throne. And when we get there, I will look at your magnificence and say, ‘I always knew you could be like this. I got a glimpse of it on earth, but now look at you!’” “.…most people, when they are looking for a spouse, are looking for a finished statue when they should be looking for a wonderful block of marble. Not so you can create the kind of person you want, but rather because you can see the kind of person Jesus is making.”