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Now that everyone is working from home due to the global pandemic, Christians may be wondering what it might look like to engage co-workers in a remote setting. As someone who has been forced to work remotely since March 2020, I’ve had to figure out what ministry in the workplace looks like now.
With everyone in the house “stuck” together, the close proximity makes spending meaningful time with your spouse a challenge. What can you do? Here are a few helpful tips for spending time together during a pandemic.
The Great Commission is not just a command to give the gospel. It is also a command to make disciples! I have found that a lot of churches are filled with Christian spectators, rather than disciplemakers. Each of us should evaluate our own life and ask the question, “Am I watching others do the work or am I personally doing the work?”
Because each marriage contains two selfish people who fundamentally desire their “own way” (Isaiah 53:6), conflict between a husband and wife is inevitable. When those conflicts surface, we often encounter one or both of the following temptations: to respond to the conflict in a fleshly manner or to reconsider our marriage vows. Fleshly solutions never solve spiritual problems between two selfish people. Instead, commit to God and your spouse that you will strive to deal spiritually with every sinful issue that surfaces in your marriage.
Our lives often resemble the congestion of a busy highway—people passing by us at lightning speed, while we tightly grip the steering wheel of life trying to make sure we stay in our lane and don’t crash into anyone on our way to our intended destination. But God put us on this earth for the purpose of touching people and sharing with them the good news of the Gospel on our way to Heaven, our final destination. How do we do that gracefully without it feeling like we are just crashing into people as we fly through life? By merging into their lane of life with the use of some good on-ramps, or relationships.
Spiritually strong marriages do not occur naturally or accidentally. They require focused attention on obedience to God in the things He has required of us in marriage. Today, I’d like each married couple to think of the following three things. May they be a help to each of us as we strive to have spiritually strong marriages that glorify God…
