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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

I am convinced that prayerlessness: 1. Is a sin against God (1 Sam. 12:23). 2. Is direct disobedience to the command of Christ (“watch and pray,” Mt. 26:41). 3. Is direct disobedience to the Word of God (“pray without ceasing,” 1 Thes. 5:17). 4. Makes me vulnerable to temptation (“watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation,” Mt. 26:41). 5. Expresses independence – no need for God. 6. Gives place to the Enemy and makes me vulnerable to his schemes (Eph. 6:10-20; Dan. 10). 7. Results in powerlessness. 8. Limits (and defines) my relationship with God. 9. Hinders me from knowing His will, His priorities, His direction. 10. Forces me to operate in the realm of the natural (what I can do) versus the supernatural (what He can do). 11. Leaves me weak, harried, and hassled. 12. Is rooted in pride, self-sufficiency, laziness, and lack of discipline. 13. Reveals a lack of real burden and compassion for others.

Nancy Leigh DeMoss

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Dry Carpet Cleaner

January 22, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Household, Better	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Baking soda
1/2	c	Cornstarch
4		Bay leaves, crumbled, to 5
1	tb	Ground cloves

INSTRUCTIONS

CHEAPER AND BETTER
** The results are worthwhile, a very clean, fresh-smelling carpet and the
vacuum cleaner smells extra nice the next time you turn it on.
Mix all and store airtight. Keep out of the reach of children.
To Use: Plan on leaving on your carpet overnight if possible. Shake cleaner
and then sprinkle liberally all over carpet to be cleaned. Close doors to
the room so that pets or children don't get at the carpet, then vacuum
thoroughly the next day. 20 oz
Big savings.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #196
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 18:32:40 -0400
From: Dan Schamber <dansch@haven.ios.com>

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