Has Your Marriage Failed to Go According to Plan

HAS YOUR MARRIAGE
FAILED TO GO
ACCORDING TO PLAN?
You came into the marriage institution with
very big plans but you are realizing that things
are not going on well. Lets discuss the way
forward. You must learn to involve God in your
marriage at all times.
Saturday,November15,2014
1

Marriage doesn’t always go the
way we planned. Something
unexpected happens. We get really
frustrated that things are not
going the way we plan. There is
trouble at home with the wife.
Family members say things or do
things that hurt us.
Saturday,November15,
2014
2

Someone promises something
and then disappoints us. The
children can become a problem.
There will be lack of finances,
etc.
2014
3

Within the last two weeks I have
handled difficult marriage issues.
Some husbands have ran away
from their marriages. They have
give up. In one case, a wife has ran
away leaving her husband who is
now so frustrated. Things have not
worked well as per plans.
2014
4

One husband is almost giving up after he
lost millions of shillings in a deal that
went sour. Indeed he was conned. This is
affecting his marriage life.
I don’t know about you? May be issues
have come and are affecting your plans
and you are feeling very frustrated. My
advice to you is to put everything to God.
Learn to listen to Him for direction.
2014
5

The Bible doesn’t promise that
we will never have problems …
but God makes us a
POWERFUL PROMISE in
Romans 8:28 ‘…that ALL
THINGS work together for
GOOD to those that love Him
and are called to His purpose’.
2014
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The only way to love Him, is to
realize how unconditionally He
loves us!
GOD LOVES YOU RIGHT NOW
— HIS PLAN FOR YOU IS
ALWAYS GOOD.
AND THAT CHANGES
EVERYTHING IN LIFE AND IN
MARRIAGE!
2014
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THINGS NOT TO DO:
I want to share with you what
you can do when things don’t
go your way and you really
want to give up. FOUR THINGS
NOT TO DO:
2014
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1. DON’T GIVE IN TO ANGER.
Every one of us is tempted to get
mad when things don’t go our way.
But anger DELAYS the outcome we
want. Anger does not achieve the
righteousness of God.
2014
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James 1:19
‘So then, my beloved brethren,
let every man be swift to hear,
slow to speak, slow to wrath’;
(NKJV)
2014
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NOTICE: anger doesn’t ‘achieve’…
When you realize it won’t achieve
anything, anger loses its control over
you! We can’t control who knocks at
our door, but we CAN CONTROL who
we let in.
The temptation to live in anger
subsides when we know God is going
to work this thing out for our good.
2014
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2. DON’T QUIT.
If your prayer isn’t answered,
what happens? You might say,
“Well God, maybe it wasn’t YOUR
WILL for me to have this.” But if it
wasn’t God’s will for you to have
it, then why ask Him for it to begin
with?
2014
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SINCE GOD’S WORD IS HIS WILL, before
you ask for anything, simply find a
promise for it in Scripture.
1 John 5:14-15
‘Now this is the confidence that we have
in Him, that if we ask anything according
to His will, He hears us. And if we know
that He hears us, whatever we ask, we
know that we have the petitions that we
have asked of Him’.(NKJV)
2014
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The Bible tells us that if we ask
anything according to His will, we
can know that we have what we
ask for. It’s yours. It just hasn’t
shown up yet!
Resist the temptation to give up,
by knowing its God’s job and His
promise to bring it to pass!
2014
14

3.DON’T THROW AWAY YOUR
CONFIDENCE in the GOODNESS OF
GOD.
We may not understand all that
happens in our lives, BUT GOD IS
STILL A GOOD GOD. No matter what
has happened or hasn’t happened,
don’t let life’s problems dictate what
you are going to believe about God.
2014
15

Resist the temptation to throw away
your confidence that you “will see
the goodness of God in the land of
the living.”
Psalm 27:13
‘I would have lost heart, unless I had
believed That I would see the
goodness of the LORD In the land of
the living’. (NKJV)
2014
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4. DON’T PANIC.
God knows the future. He
knows what He’s doing. He has
already provided an answer, a
solution – AN ESCAPE.
2014
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God said in Jeremiah 29:11– “I
know what I’m doing. I have it all
planned out… plans to give you
the future you hope for!“ Message
When things don’t go your way,
take a leap of faith and relax. He
has a plan. Your future is bright. Its
going to get better!
2014
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You must learn to involve God
in your marriage at all times.
2014
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WHAT TO DO
SO WHAT DO WE DO TO AVOID
GIVING UP?
Now that you know WHAT NOT
TO DO, what should you do
when things go wrong?
2014
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1. TRUST GOD ANYWAY!
I will trust and I will not be afraid.
Trust is a choice to BELIEVE
WHAT HIS WORD SAYS. When
things don’t go our way, WE
TRUST HIM ANYWAY. When our
plans aren’t working out, WE
TRUST HIM ANYWAY.
2014
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Isaiah 12:2
‘Behold, God is my salvation, I
will trust and not be afraid; 'For
YAH, the LORD, is my strength
and song; He also has become
my salvation."‘ (NKJV)
2014
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Trusting God means believing
He will keep His promise to us,
even when things don’t make
sense – when we don’t see
things working out… we believe
God is still turning things in our
favor.
2014
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2. GIVE GOD TIME.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
‘He has made everything beautiful
in its time. Also He has put
eternity in their hearts, except that
no one can find out the work that
God does from beginning to end’.
(NKJV)
2014
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He makes ALL THINGS
BEAUTIFUL IN HIS TIME. Time
is on YOUR SIDE because God
created time! And He is
on YOUR SIDE!
2014
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There is ALWAYS enough time for
God to work. No matter what bad
decisions you’ve made or what the
enemy has stolen from your life over
the years, GOD CAN RESTORE IT
ALL!
IN ONE MOMENT, God can make up
for years of loss or frustration in your
life and in your marriage!
2014
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This is YOUR MOMENT! God promises
He will turn EVERYTHING that
happens in our life into
something GOOD.
 Romans 8:28
‘And we know that all things work
together for good to those who love
God, to those who are the called
according to His purpose’. (NKJV)
2014
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Don’t give up in your marriage
even when your plans don’t
succeed. You must learn to adjust
your plans. Don’t be rigid.
Sit, relax and trust God to allow
His plans to work out in your
marriage. Learn to adjust your
plans to God’s plans and you will
enjoy your marriage.
2014
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