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Summer of Sizzle - Capture His Heart
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Monday, July 29, 2013
Capture His Heart with these 3 Steps
Capture His Heart with these 3 Steps
by Kim Hawkins
1) Make Hubby’s Priorities Your Priorities
My husband’s
main Love Language is Service. When I focus on him by serving him and following
through with what is important to him, he feels loved. So, when I prepare our
home for his arrival with a hot dinner, he feels valued and honored.
As
disappointing as a my husband recently accidently breaking his leg two days
after us booking our vacation was to us, it became a huge blessing in disguise.
I became his right hand (wo)man.
Not only did God reveal to me
how little I normally help him (before the boot and crutches), but how much I
really enjoyed serving him.
Make a point each day to fill him up
with your words, actions, positive body language, facial expressions, and tone of voice with
pure love and acceptance. Take this challenge and the fruit will most certainly
follow!!!! Lord, guide us as to how to serve our beloved ones, In Jesus name,
amen!
“Do nothing from rivalry or
conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Philippians 2:3
2) Respond without Reacting or Retaliating
The way we
treat those we live with is our legacy, it’s the sermon we preach and how we
will be remembered. Gentleness, God spoke to me after
I totally overreacted over something, in retrospect, IT was so very
small.
It’s as
simple as treating others the way we want to be treated. As I tell my kids, and
God has reminded me of the same principal, “You are only responsible for YOUR
behavior.” Commit to walk upright with a pure heart and His fruit will
always follow!
“Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” Galatians 5:25
“Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” Galatians 5:25
3) Purge habitual sin:
Pride? Humble
yourself before God and your husband. A controlling
woman/wife/mother is NOT led by the spirit. Plus, it's so very
unattractive! Repent and be free.
Envy?? Do
not allow yourself to compare yourself or husband to another. Ever! Look at
yourself and your hubby through God’s eyes. God forgave me and he opened
my eyes to all the beauty and gifts we both were given. I now truly
adore and delight in my gift from God, my husband. Confess and live in
fullness.
Unforgiveness?? This
will hinder you like no other!! Not only does holding onto hurt open doors up
for enemy activity in your life, it will separate you emotionally from others as you will undoubtedly will start to operate in self-protection. Release all pain/hurt and nail it to the cross and
allow God to be your defender. Lighten your load and
improve your overall outlook (and your looks…Sin shows on your
appearance), pray and ask the Lord what is hidden deep in your heart that needs
to come to the light today!
“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:23-24
Song of Solomon - Summer of Sizzle Wk 9
Song
of Solomon - Summer of Sizzle
Bible
Study Week 9
Capture
His Heart
By
Carri Pratt
“You have captured my heart...”
Song of Solomon 4:9
This week read Song of Solomon
4:1-11
Click
here to read on BibleGateway.com
Is it
just me or does verse 4:9 make your heart race too? The very thought of a man telling a woman she
has captured his heart is the stuff romance novels, movies, and songs are made
of!
I
understand real life is so much better than romantic movies, and we
shouldn’t put pressure on our spouse to be like the fantasy men we see on
television, however, who wouldn’t love to hear their spouse say the line from
Jerry Maguire, “You Complete Me” chill bumps!! We see
in this week’s passage that the Shulammite woman has totally captured King
Solomon’s heart.
He speaks of her
beautiful eyes, hair, teeth, lips, neck and breasts. He expresses how beautiful he perceives her
to be and he could quickly spot her face in a crowd of a thousand
women. He sees her as truly unique. She was the only girl for him.
What
is it about the Shulammite woman that could so impress such an impressive
king? Looking back over the entire text
the reader finds many keys to her influence:
She is assertive (v.
1:7)
She is attractive (v.
1:8)
She is suggestive (v.
1:16)
She is a friend (v. 2:3)
She is sensual (v.
2:4-6)
She is anticipatory (v.
2:15)
She is in love (v. 2:16)
She is self-confident (v. 3:1-2)
She
is flirtatious (v. 5:3)
She
admires her man (v. 5:10)
She
is creative (v. 6:2-3)
She is imaginative (v. 7:11)
She is dedicated (v. 8:6)
She is
pretty amazing and King Solomon can see what a remarkable wife this woman is to
him.
As I
look over this list I can easily see that it is quite intimidating. What the Proverbs 31 woman is to home-making
this woman is to love-making. Put them
both together and watch the sparks fly!
One main thing the Shulammite woman was NOT - she was not distracted from her objective, she was focused on her man. She was NOT too busy to "sit in his shade" 2:3. A huge disadvantage 21st century women share is the amount of obligations we have and the potential for less than perfect time management skills.
So
what does this mean to me personally?
How could I ever live up to either one?
How can I compare?
More
Indepth Study / Personal Reflection
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THE FUN STUFF…Weekly Challenges
Pray for your marriage, your
spouse, and yourself
Reflect over the qualities God has
revealed in Song of Solomon that increases your ability to capture your man’s
heart
Choose one quality to work on this
week
Be the best that you can be by
relying on and trusting in God
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