JUST SAY YES AND I DO”

PSALM 16:11 NLT

You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.

Psalm 23 ESV

23 The Lord is my shepherd;I shall not want.2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;He leads me beside the still waters.3 He restores my soul;He leads me in the paths of righteousnessFor His name’s sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,I will fear no evil;For You are with me;Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;You anoint my head with oil;My cup runs over.6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow meAll the days of my life;And I will dwell in the house of the LordForever.

DWELL - yaw-shav'

 remain, sit, abide, sit down, have one's abode, to cause to sit, to cause to abide, set, to cause to dwell, to cause (cities) to be inhabited, to make to dwell, to settle, to marry, establish, make to keep (house), seat, set(-tle),

HOUSE - bah'-yith

dwelling habitation, shelter or abode, place, house as containing a family, those belonging to the same household, family of descendants, descendants as organized body

THE LORD - yeh-ho-vaw'

 Jehovah = "the existing One," the proper name of the one true God

FOREVER - o'rek

 length, physical length, of time, long, to be long, prolong, to prolong (days), to make long (tent cords), to grow long, continue long

Forever - for all future time; for always, continually, for a limitless time, at all times, not temporary or changing, permanent

Ephesians 5:21-33 NIV

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—30 for we are members of his body. 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

FIVE PICTURES OF CHIRST AND HIS CHURCH THE BRIDE

1.   Chosen & Purchased

God the Father chose us, and Jesus paid the bride price with His blood.

2.   Betrothed & Sealed

We accepted Christ, and our relationship is sealed of which communion, communicates.

3.   Cleansed & Waiting

Like the Jewish bride, we are purified (baptism) and now wait for our Groom’s return.

4.   Jesus Prepares a Place

Christ has gone to prepare a home for us in His Father’s house.

5.  Awaiting the Wedding Feast

`One day, He will return, escort us home, and we’ll celebrate the marriage supper of the Lamb. Where and when we will be with Him forever!

Isaiah 54:1-10 NIV

 “Sing, barren woman,    you who never bore a child;burst into song, shout for joy,    you who were never in labor;because more are the children of the desolate woman    than of her who has a husband,”says the Lord.2 “Enlarge the place of your tent,    stretch your tent curtains wide,    do not hold back;lengthen your cords,    strengthen your stakes.3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;    your descendants will dispossess nations    and settle in their desolate cities.

4 “Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame.    Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.You will forget the shame of your youth    and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.5 For your Maker is your husband—    the Lord Almighty is his name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;    he is called the God of all the earth.6 The Lord will call you back    as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit—a wife who married young,    only to be rejected,” says your God.7 “For a brief moment I abandoned you,    but with deep compassion I will bring you back.8 In a surge of anger    I hid my face from you for a moment,but with everlasting kindness    I will have compassion on you,”    says the Lord your Redeemer.

9 “To me this is like the days of Noah,    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,    never to rebuke you again.10 Though the mountains be shaken    and the hills be removed,yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken    nor my covenant of peace be removed,”    says the Lord, who has compassion on you.