Seek First

Relationship Status Week #2

Seek First

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33

 What is your plan to put Jesus first?

 Nobody has ever accidentally drifted closer to Jesus 

What do I do that helps you feel first or important in our marriage?

 3 things happen when you put your spouse at the center:

1. They will disappoint you 

2. You set your spouse up for failure

 Your spouse cannot handle the weight of your worship, only Jesus can 

3. Substitution 

When you put kids first:

1. Romance goes out the window 

Kiss me and kiss me again, for your love is sweeter than wine. 3 How pleasing is your fragrance; your name is like the spreading fragrance of scented oils. No wonder all the young women love you! 4 Take me with you; come, let’s run! The king has brought me into his bedroom. Song of Solomon 1:2-4

Strengthen me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am weak with love. 6 His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me. Song of Solomon 2:5-6

My lover is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies. Song of Solomon 2:16

You have captured my heart, my treasure, my bride. You hold it hostage with one glance of your eyes, with a single jewel of your necklace. 10 Your love delights me, my treasure, my bride. Your love is better than wine, your perfume more fragrant than spices. Song of Solomon 4:9-10

My lover has gone down to his garden, to his spice beds, to browse in the gardens and gather the lilies. 3 I am my lover’s, and my lover is mine. He browses among the lilies. Song of Solomon 6:2-3

How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O queenly maiden. Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a skilled craftsman. 2 Your navel is perfectly formed like a goblet filled with mixed wine. Between your thighs lies a mound of wheat bordered with lilies. 3 Your breasts are like two fawns, twin fawns of a gazelle. 4 Your neck is as beautiful as an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the sparkling pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is as fine as the tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus. 5 Your head is as majestic as Mount Carmel, and the sheen of your hair radiates royalty. The king is held captive by its tresses. 6 Oh, how beautiful you are! How pleasing, my love, how full of delights! 7 You are slender like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters of fruit. 8 I said, “I will climb the palm tree and take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like grape clusters, and the fragrance of your breath like apples. 9 May your kisses be as exciting as the best wine— Yes, wine that goes down smoothly for my lover, flowing gently over lips and teeth. 10 I am my lover’s, and he claims me as his own. Come, my love, let us go out to the fields and spend the night among the wildflowers. 12 Let us get up early and go to the vineyards to see if the grapevines have budded, if the blossoms have opened, and if the pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love. There the mandrakes give off their fragrance, and the finest fruits are at our door, new delights as well as old, which I have saved for you, my lover. Song of Solomon 7:1-13 

2. Your desire becomes to control your child’s life 

3. You set yourself up for long term frustration

 3 things that are true if you don’t know Jesus:

1. No joy

 2. No peace

 3. No hope 

Is Jesus first in your life?