The Princess

21st August 2011 Sunday

*God knows love best
*Knight (Jesus) is attracted to the princess worth dying for
*Princess (Church) is attracted to the knight she entrust her life to
*Knight feels loved when princess believes in him
*Princess feels loved when knight treasures her

*How do you become a princess worth dying for?
*How do you love your man?

*Ephesians 1:3-8: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. ⁴ For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love ⁵ he^[a] predestined us for adoption to sonship^[b] through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— ⁶ to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. ⁷ In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace ⁸ that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding,


*The love Jesus has for us

*Ephesians 2:4-10:  But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, ⁵ made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. ⁶ And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, ⁷ in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— ⁹ not by works, so that no one can boast. ¹⁰ For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.


*God uses us to do work on earth

*Ephesians 5:1-2: Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children ² and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.


*Example for men to love their wives
*Walking in the way of love
*Something to do with love
*Not waiting, but showing love for us

*Wives should respect men
*Men should love wives as themselves

*Princess worth dying for- because Christ entrust His love for us
*Easy to feel unworthy to be loved by Christ or our husbands but there is nothing that God considered (no guilt and shame)

*How important grace is on our relationship
*We should lower our expectations at times
*We might want to please ourselves rather than our partner
*We should learn how to deal our conflict and learn to listen
*Prepare to change and seek advice
*Partner may be there to reveal things about yourselves
*We should live out the gospel in our relationships
*Trust, faith, affirming and celebrating is normal in Christian relationship
*We have a deep understanding of love because Jesus is the best example of love in the world




**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**