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Salvation is from our side a choice; from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our “accepting” and “willing” are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God.
A.W. Tozer

Theology: 1. What do you believe about...everything? 2. [What is your view on] various biblical doctrines. 3. Discover how you form your views. What is the reasoning-believing process? 4. How do you handle the Bible? Worship and Devotion: 1. How important is corporate worship? Other participation in church life? 2. How important is it to be part of a small accountability/support group? 3. What is the importance of music in life and worship? 4. What are your daily personal devotional practices? Prayer, reading, meditation, memorization. 5. What would our family devotions look like? Who leads out in this? 6. Are we doing this now in an appropriate way: praying together about our lives and future, reading the Bible together? Husband and Wife: 1. What is the meaning of headship and submission in the Bible and in our marriage? 2. What are expectations about situations where one of you might be alone with someone of the opposite sex? 3. How are tasks shared in the home: cleaning, cooking, washing dishes, yard work, car upkeep, repairs, shopping for food, and household stuff? 4. What are the expectations for togetherness? 5. What is an ideal non-special evening? 6. How do you understand who and how often sex is initiated? 7. Who does the checkbook – or are there two? Children: 1. If and when, should we have children? Why? 2. How many? 3. How far apart? 4. Would we consider adoption? 5. What are the standards of behavior? 6. What are the appropriate ways to discipline them? How many strikes before they’re...whatever? 7. What are the expectations of time spent with them and when they go to bed? 8. What signs of affection will you show them? 9. What about school? Home school? Christian school? Public school? Lifestyle: 1. Own a home or not? Why? 2. What kind of neighborhood? Why? 3. How many cars? New? Used? 4. View of money in general. How much to the church? 5. How do you make money decisions? 6. Where will you buy clothes: Department store? Thrift store? In between? Why? Entertainment: 1. How much money should we spend on entertainment? 2. How often should we eat out? Where? 3. What kind of vacations are appropriate and helpful for us? 4. How many toys? Snowmobile, boat, cabin? 5. Should we have a television? Where? What is fitting to watch? How much? 6. What are the criteria for movies and theater? What will our guidelines be for the kids? Conflict: 1. What makes you angry? 2. How do you handle your frustration or anger? 3. Who should bring up an issue that is bothersome? 4. What if we disagree both about what should be done, and whether it is serious? 5. Will we go to bed angry at each other? 6. What is our view of getting help from friends or counselors? Work: 1. Who is the main breadwinner? 2. Should the wife work outside the home? Before kids? With kids at home? After kids? 3. What are your views of daycare for children? 4. What determines where you will locate? Job? Whose job? Church? Family? Friends: 1. Is it good to do things with friends but without spouse? 2. What will you do if one of you really likes to hang out with so and so and the other doesn’t? Health and Sickness: 1. Do you have, or have you had any, sicknesses or physical problems that could affect our relationship? (Allergies, cancer, eating disorders, venereal disease, etc.) 2. Do you believe in divine healing and how would prayer relate to medical attention? 3. How do you think about exercise and healthy eating? 4. Do you have any habits that adversely affect health?
John Piper

Bible – English_World – Psalms Chapter 107:1-43.

Index: World English Bible

 

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107:1 Give thanks to Yahweh, For he is good, For his loving kindness endures forever.

107:2 Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, Whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

107:3 And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.

107:5 Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.

107:6 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,

107:7 He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city to live in.

107:8 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men!

107:9 For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

107:10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,

107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, And condemned the counsel of the Most High.

107:12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help.

107:13 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.

107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And broke their bonds in sunder.

107:15 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men!

107:16 For he has broken the gates of brass, And cut through bars of iron.

107:17 Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, And because of their iniquities.

107:18 Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.

107:19 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, He saves them out of their distresses.

107:20 He sends his word, and heals them, And delivers them from their graves.

107:21 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men!

107:22 Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.

107:23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business in great waters;

107:24 These see Yahweh’s works, And his wonders in the deep.

107:25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, Which lifts up its waves.

107:26 They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.

107:27 They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end.

107:28 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, And he brings them out of their distress.

107:29 He makes the storm a calm, So that its waves are still.

107:30 Then they are glad because it is calm, So he brings them to their desired haven.

107:31 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works for the children of men!

107:32 Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.

107:33 He turns rivers into a desert, Water springs into a thirsty ground,

107:34 And a fruitful land into a salt waste, For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

107:35 He turns a desert into a pool of water, And a dry land into water springs.

107:36 There he makes the hungry live, That they may prepare a city to live in,

107:37 Sow fields, plant vineyards, And reap the fruits of increase.

107:38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their cattle to decrease.

107:39 Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

107:40 He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

107:41 Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, And increases their families like a flock.

107:42 The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

107:43 Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.