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The House in the Middle of the forest-BONUS · PAMOJA PODCAST | PAMOJA MINISTRY, A LIFE OF CHRIST INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES

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  Every marriage has a beginning, but not every
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  beginning has God. My story starts with a parable
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  my father told me, one that took me more than
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  20 years to fully understand. He said, marriage
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  is like discovering a beautiful house in the
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  middle of a vast forest. A man walks by, sees
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  the house, and he's immediately drawn to it.
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  Something about the beauty, the warmth, the laughter
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  inside, makes him want to enter. But the moment
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  he steps inside, he realizes three things. The
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  door only opens from the outside. The windows
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  are sealed shut. The house is warm, even uncomfortably
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  warm. And still, the couple living inside is
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  joyful. My father looked at me and said, if you
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  want your marriage to endure the heat, you must
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  know the foundation. The foundation of marriage
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  is not romance. It's not compatibility. It's
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  not desire. The foundation is God. Unless the
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  Lord builds the house, those who build it labor
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  in vain. Before I asked my wife to marry me,
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  I asked God. I prayed, I fasted, I waited. I
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  waited until the Holy Spirit opened my eyes,
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  until I heard in my spirit, she is the one. And
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  because God started it, God sustained it. When
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  storms came, when winds blew, when rain beat
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  against our marriage, It did not collapse because
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  it was built on bedrock. A strong marriage is
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  not built on feelings. It is built on a foundation
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  anchored in God's purpose. Lord, guide our marriages.
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  Be the foundation beneath our feet. Let your
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  spirit lead every decision we make. Because you
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  promised, the blessing of the Lord makes rich
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  and adds no sorrow. This is Pomoja. where we
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