Pray For Ian

I come by the blood,

I come by the cross,

where your mercy flows

from hands pierced for me,

for I dare not stand

on my righteousness

my every hope rests

on what Christ has done,

and I come by the blood

The gospel should pervade every part of our lives. I think we often tend to compartmentalize the gospel, trusting that God has forgiven our sins because of Jesus' death on the cross, but then not recognizing how that does and should affect every decision, every thought, every part of our being.

Our every hope for marriage rests on what Christ has done. We are both entering this marriage with extreme weaknesses, difficulties and challenges that most marriages never experience. But we have hope. We have hope because the gospel affects everything about our lives. And we have everything we need for life and godliness through Christ. Our affection for each other and therefore our marriage cannot thrive outside of the gospel. So we are hoping and trying to enter into this knowing that we stand on nothing else other than Christ. We are so weak but we have a great God, who works way beyond what we can understand.

I can only imagine how this makes way more sense to Steve now than it does to us.

Thank you for praying. We are so thrilled to get married.

I&L