Larry & Lorrie Russell Shepherds Heart Ministry 1

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1 Welcome to the MLR Roundtable Marriage & Ministry November 7, 2017, Founders Shepherds Heart Ministry May Adonai speak into your hearts today and empower you to balance your marriage and ministry Ministry has taken over our world! Many spouses feel their marriage is in conflict with the ministry God has given them. Their attitude often can be: If I really give to my marriage what all the books and counselors say I should, my ministry will suffer. Marriage is important, but my ministry is for Adonai, and He deserves 100 percent. Many spouses feel their ministry is in conflict with their marriage. Their attitude seems to be: I must give to my marriage what all the books and counselors say I should, and it is ok if ministry suffers. Ministry is important, but my marriage is ordained by Adonai and it deserves 100 percent. Shepherds Heart Ministry 1

2 Someone once said that the darkest place of any lighthouse is always at its base. The same can be said of our families. A Rabbi, pastor or ministry leader can shine a radiant beam out to the horizons, warning passing ships of dangerous waters while their own unmaintained plumbing floods the home. What is important in your lives? It all begins with Priorities Extended Family/Friends Work Deut 6:5 Love ADONAI your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. TLV Ex 20:3 You shall have no other gods before Me. TLV Matt 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. TLV Shepherds Heart Ministry 2

3 Gen 2:24 This is why a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife; and they become one flesh. TLV Mark 10:29 Matthew 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. KJV NT:9999 NOTE: inserted word (x); This word was added by the translators for better readability in the English. There is no actual word in the Greek text. The word may be displayed in italics, or in parentheses or other brackets, to indicate that it is not in the original text. (Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright 1994, 2003 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.) 1 Cor 7:32 34 But I want you to be free from cares. An unmarried man cares about the things of the Lord how he may please the Lord; but the married man cares about the things of the world how he may please his wife and he is divided. The unmarried woman, as well as the virgin, cares about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman cares about the things of the world how she may please her husband. TLV Shepherds Heart Ministry 3

4 Mark 10:29 30 TLV Amen, I tell you, Yeshua replied, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children.. Deut. 11:18 19 Therefore you are to set these words of Mine in your heart and in your soul. You are to bind them as a sign on your hand, and as frontlets between your eyes. You are to teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down and when you rise up. TLV 1 Tim 3: managing his own household well, keeping his children under control with all respectfulness. (But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God s community?) TLV Extended Family & Friends Mark 10:29 30 Amen, I tell you, Yeshua replied, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or property, for My sake and for the sake of the Good News... TLV Extended Family & Friends Work Shepherds Heart Ministry 4

5 The World s Priority System Husband Wife Extended Family & Friends Work Recognizing When We're Out of Balance Marriage Relationship Ministry Relationship with God Balance Wheel Extended Family Social Recreation Physical Self Care Shepherds Heart Ministry 5

6 How to Balance Marriage & Ministry Individual Identity Couple Ministry Family 1. Admit that you are part of the problem the hero. 2. Stop and consider what you are doing. 3. Ask your family and yourself some questions: 1. Is the frantic pace I m on worth it? 2. How will this continued pace impact my family, my health, my ministry? 3. Will these things matter in eternity? 4. Check your spiritual barometer. Process for Restoring Balance 1. Be decisive in what matters most... don t engage in activities that are not important. 2. Live with margin Sabbath 3. Never lose your focus... keep your eyes on what God has called you to do. 4. Concentrate on your gifts... wise up and say yes to the best that you can offer and give. 5. Eliminate the unnecessary... many of the things we engage in are not necessarily wrong they are simply not necessary. 1 Cor 11:14 15:... for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Thank you for allowing us to address a topic that is dear to all of our hearts... our marriages and our ministry! May God give you wisdom, healing, strength, and care as we learn to balance these two important areas of our lives. Shepherds Heart Ministry 6