Maranatha Messenger

WHAT TO DO
WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO

ASKING ALL THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
(Part 4)

QUESTIONNAIRE

1. Where in the scriptures does God command me to love my spouse?
□ Men _______
□ Ladies _______

2. Does Jesus Christ love me unconditionally?
□ Yes
□ No
Explain: _____________________________________________________________

3. What is unconditional love?
Explain: _____________________________________________________________

4. What should MY focus be?
□ The faults of my spouse?
□ Or my own personal responsibilities?

5. As a spouse, where do I focus my attention?
□ My personal faults?
□ Or the faults of my spouse?

6. As a spouse, what does God command?
□ I am called to change my spouse?
□ God has command me to love my spouse? Warts and all!!!!

7. Do you ever say mean things to your spouse?
□ Yes
□ No
□ Sometimes

Ephesians 4:29-32 29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. {to...: or, to edify profitably} 30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

IF IT DOESN’T EDIFY DON’T SAY IT! ASK YOUSELF, “WOULD I SAY THIS TO JESUS?”

8. Would your spouse consider you to be longsuffering? Do you keep a record of wrong doing?
□ Yes
□ No

1 Corinthians 13:4 “Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, {vaunteth...: or, is not rash}.”

9. Do you keep a record of wrong doing?
□ Yes
□ No

1 Corinthians 13:5 “Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;” The literal rendering of logizomai ou kakos {thinketh no evil} is “keeps no record of wrongs.”

10. Does love ever give up and lose hope?
□ Yes
□ No

1 Corinthians 13:7-8 “Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8 Charity never faileth:”