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Marriage was designed by God for harmony, cooperation, vulnerability, and procreation / family. But more than that, marriage is a unique representation of the image of God. The POINT of marriage is to represent God, the result of doing so is joy! How do you represent God? It’s a one-sided, total abandon demonstration of love, as often as necessary.

In the sermon, I showed an excerpt from and made reference to this video:

Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: Various

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In the month of March we have a camping/Narnia room theme in KIDOPOLIS: City as we study conviction and would love to borrow your artificial Christmas tree for the month. If you would label your tree/tree box and bring it to the City after church next Sunday we would greatly appreciate it!

This past Sunday, I attempted to cover WAY MORE material than I actually had time for. 30 minutes into the message, I was just getting warmed up. So we rushed through the rest of the material, and I promised that I would post here or on my blog some more in depth thoughts on the issues.

Well, I’ve started that process, and if you want to join in the conversation, click here to get started.

http://jeff.mikels.cc/posts/boys-and-girls-part-1

I read this over the women to close out my message on Feb. 12, 2012.

Sister, you are so beautiful.

The light of the heavens shines in your gentle eyes.

God made you from the rib of another so that you would always know the depth of need for love, connection, and wholeness.

And you are whole. You are gifted to know yourself and others as they really are as whole people and to draw out of them their very best.

You are sensitive and compassionate, and you know the very heart of God who longs for reconciliation with those he loves.

And so, I call on you, sister, to live from a higher standard of beauty, to rise with a gentle spirit above the hollow and empty measuring stick of the magazine racks, to create beauty and harmony in the world around you, and to bring your whole person to everything you do.

And in all your interactions with men, display the beauty and harmony of a spirit so submissive to Christ that it respectfully draws godly leadership from your brothers.

I read this over the men to close out my message on Feb. 12, 2012.

Brother, you are strong.

You were made by God himself, fashioned from the earth and wired to be both responsible and capable.

You are the recipient of the highest respect from God himself who didn’t demand your allegiance before demonstrating his own worth.

You are a soldier enlisted to the highest calling in the highest army to do the greatest good for the greatest cause of the greatest Kingdom.

And so, I call on you brother to live with integrity, to lead with consideration, and to sacrifice yourself to lift others up.

And in all your interactions with women, may you display such strength in your connection to Christ that they, your precious sisters will know how treasured they are.