H7 Story: Love One Another
By Beth Anne Liebert
In Re|engage, we believe that taking to heart Christ’s command in John 13:34, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another” leads to transformed marriages. Christians who abide in the love of Christ, knowing that their deepest needs have been met through His sacrificial love, are able to love their spouse well and become a means of Christ’s love to their spouse.
In Re|engage, we walk along side each other as God teaches us, through His Word and through His Spirit, to receive and give love to our spouse as He intends, for His eternal Kingdom purposes.
In Re|engage, we believe that taking to heart Christ’s command in John 13:34, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another” leads to transformed marriages. Christians who abide in the love of Christ, knowing that their deepest needs have been met through His sacrificial love, are able to love their spouse well and become a means of Christ’s love to their spouse.
In Re|engage, we walk along side each other as God teaches us, through His Word and through His Spirit, to receive and give love to our spouse as He intends, for His eternal Kingdom purposes.
“Re|engage has helped me love Amos better as I have learned to extend God's grace to my husband by realizing that most of my disappointments I had in him were because of my own unspoken expectations, sinful nature, and flaws. Coming to terms that it was on me and that God didn't intend for me to change him, nor could I, helped me begin loving Amos for who God made him to be; and as I worked on myself, I began to love him deeper and on a spiritual level.”
—Abby Myers
—Abby Myers
“Re|engage has helped me to love Abigail better as I have learned that I need to forgive her just as God forgave me. I've learned that forgiveness is between me and God, independent of Abigail. I am called to love her just as Jesus loves the church. I am called to lead our family toward God and to ensure little William and our unborn daughter have a relationship with Jesus. I am called to treat Abigail as more important and put her needs before my own (which is very difficult).
—Amos Myers
“One of our biggest takeaways from re|engage is the practice of identifying and communicating our individual expectations, which has been helping us avoid frustration and disappointments. Communicating our expectations has allowed us to bless and serve each other well as we practice putting one another's desires ahead of our own.”
—Jared and Hollie Bigham
—Amos Myers
“One of our biggest takeaways from re|engage is the practice of identifying and communicating our individual expectations, which has been helping us avoid frustration and disappointments. Communicating our expectations has allowed us to bless and serve each other well as we practice putting one another's desires ahead of our own.”
—Jared and Hollie Bigham
Hollie continued to share that “Re|engage provided a tool to help identify my pattern of negatively interpreting Jared’s words and actions, and rework my mindset to better understand his heart behind what he does, and to know that while he doesn’t always speak and act perfectly, he loves me, we are on the same team, and he is not out to get me.”
What Jared and Hollie learned is also blessing their family! “Our verbiage with our kids has changed, especially when it comes to repentance and forgiveness. We are looking forward to seeing how this impacts our family as a whole as we are more clear with our expectations of our kids and ourselves as parents, and as we instill hearts of forgiveness, making amends, and reconciliation in our children from young ages.”
We celebrate how God is teaching each couple to love one another well, and are especially excited for the impact this will have on their children and future generations. That’s because a “happy” marriage, in and of itself, should never be the end goal! In learning to love their spouse out of the overflow of Christ’s love for them, Amos and Abby and Jared and Hollie are fulfilling the purpose of that love directly to their children: “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35). What better way for these children to know the character, nature, and love of God than by watching their parents love each other as God, in Christ, has loved them.
Join us for the next session that begins Monday, Jan 8, at fccgreene.org/marriage!
What Jared and Hollie learned is also blessing their family! “Our verbiage with our kids has changed, especially when it comes to repentance and forgiveness. We are looking forward to seeing how this impacts our family as a whole as we are more clear with our expectations of our kids and ourselves as parents, and as we instill hearts of forgiveness, making amends, and reconciliation in our children from young ages.”
We celebrate how God is teaching each couple to love one another well, and are especially excited for the impact this will have on their children and future generations. That’s because a “happy” marriage, in and of itself, should never be the end goal! In learning to love their spouse out of the overflow of Christ’s love for them, Amos and Abby and Jared and Hollie are fulfilling the purpose of that love directly to their children: “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35). What better way for these children to know the character, nature, and love of God than by watching their parents love each other as God, in Christ, has loved them.
Join us for the next session that begins Monday, Jan 8, at fccgreene.org/marriage!