From This Day Forward- “Seek God”

From This Day Forward
“Seek God”
8/3/25
Pastor Mark England

Lamentations 3:19-23 (CSB) Remember my affliction and my homelessness,
the wormwood and the poison. ²⁰ I continually remember them and have become depressed. ²¹ Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:

²² Because of the Lord’s faithful love we do not perish, for his mercies never end. ²³ They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness!

God is always willing to give you a .
We a “From This Day Forward” God.

Even if you have made some bad , and experienced , but… From Day Forward.
“I may have dated someone before you…”
“I may have done some things before you…”
That is My Past, And Now .

Are great marriages ?

, God wants to have great marriages.
But, it’s not very . The against you. (Even for Christians)

are the only decision in life where we take the risk of a shot of success.

God has a way to your odds and be like no one else and have a great marriage you must commit to…

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God

Matthew 6:33 (CSB) But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

“I’m for my one.”
“I have my one.”
“They just me.”

This is a flawed and dangerous concept because can you.

We often our “one” and see them as extraordinarily .
(First Dates, Honeymoon Phase, Beginning of Relationships)

Anything you other than you will eventually .
Ex. Your favorite sports team the moment they fail.

You cannot let be in a position that only God was intended to be.

The reason we have so many failed relationships is because we are from that only can give.
They cannot live up to .

The entire reason you are expecting it from “” is because you don’t have it in your .
If you had it in your , you wouldn’t need it from anybody else.

God is my and my spouse is my .

I will seek the One for my two.

I will seek the One my two.

A Harvard Study revealed that only one out of 1,246 couples got a divorce if they did just three simple things on a regular basis:

1. From this day forward, we will together.

James 5:16 (CSB) Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.

2. From this day forward, we will the Bible together.

Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (CSB) These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. ⁷ Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

3. From this day forward, we will together.

Don’t just attend church together but attend church together .
Make church a “” kind of thing.

This won’t just impact your marriage, but your .

parents don’t raise kids.

We want different , but are we willing to live a different ?

Luke 4:16 (CSB) Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. As usual, he entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.

What would happen if you made this a priority?
You your .

Psalm 127:1 (CSB) Unless the Lord builds a house, its builders labor over it in vain; unless the Lord watches over a city, the watchman stays alert in vain.

You and your effort may be great, but it’s . You need and it starts by seeking Him and making Him your .

The number one essential of healthy relationships is living a life.