Wedding pictures by the non-professional. My younger brother took the professional wedding pictures.
John and Sarah
My son, Jon, in India was deeply missed.
parents-in-law and wife and husband
Sarah and dad
Today, before Yahveh the Creator of heaven and earth, and witnesses, we join together in the covenant of marriage. We both with Yahveh's help commit to loving, serving and building each other up.
John and Sarah
Tuesday June 25, 2013
Deu 6:4 “Hear, O Yisra’ĕl: יהוה our
Elohim, יהוה is one!
Deu 6:5 “And you shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and
with all your might.
Deu 6:6 “And
these Words which I am commanding you today shall be in your heart,
Psa 19:7 The
Torah of יהוה is perfect, converting the soul: The testimony of יהוה is trustworthy, making wise the simple;
Psa 19:8 The
statutes of יהוה are right, rejoicing the heart; The command of יהוה is pure, enlightening the eyes;
Psa 19:9 The fear
of יהוה is clean, standing forever; The judgments or right-rulings
of יהוה are true, They are righteous altogether,
Psa 19:10 More to
be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and
the honeycomb.
Psa 19:11 Also,
Your servant is warned by them, and in guarding them there is great reward.
Psa 1:1 To be
envied with desire is the man who does not walk after the plans or counsels of
the wicked nor remains standing in attendance with those who sin
habitually, nor sits in assembly with those who mock Elohim. But he takes joy
in the Torah of Yahveh and nourishes his mind upon it day and night
M Race
translation
Psa 1:3 And he
shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his
fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth
shall prosper.
Gen 2:15 And יהוה Elohim took the man and put him in the
garden of Ěḏen to
work it and to guard it.
Gen 2:16 And יהוה Elohim commanded the man, saying, “Eat of
every tree of the garden,
Gen 2:17 but do not eat of the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil, for in the day that you eat of it you shall certainly die.”
Gen 2:18 And יהוה Elohim said,
“It is not good for the man to be alone, I am going to make a helper for him,
as his counterpart.”
Pro 18:22 He who
has found a wife has found a good thing, And receives favour from יהוה.
Pro 31:10 Who does
find a capable wife? For she is worth far more than rubies.
Pro 31:11 The
heart of her husband shall trust her, And he has no lack of gain.
Pro 31:12 She
shall do him good, and not evil, All the days of her life.
Pro 31:25 Strength
and splendour are her garments, And she rejoices in time to come.
Pro 31:26 She
shall open her mouth with wisdom, And on her tongue is the Torah of kindness.
Pro 31:27 She
watches over the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness.
Pro 31:28 Her
children shall rise up and call her blessed; Her husband too, and he
praises her:
Pro 31:29
"Many daughters have done nobly, But you have risen over them all."
Pro 31:30
Loveliness is deceptive And prettiness is vain, A woman who fears יהוה is to be praised.
Pro 31:31 Give her
of the fruit of her hands, And let her works praise her in the gates.
Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, as Messiah also
did love the assembly and gave Himself for it,
Eph 5:26 in order to set it apart and cleanse it with
the washing of water by the Word,1 Footnote: 1Rev. 19:8-9.
Eph 5:27 in order to present it to Himself a splendid
assembly, not having spot or wrinkle or any of this sort, but that it might be
set-apart and blameless.
Eph 5:28 In this way husbands ought to love their own
wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Eph 5:29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but
feeds and cherishes it, as also the Master does the assembly.
Eph 5:30 Because we are members of His body, of His
flesh and of His bones.
Eph 5:31 “For this cause a man shall leave his father
and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
Psa
127:1
If יהוה does not build the house, Its builders have laboured in
vain. If יהוה does not guard the city, The watchman has stayed awake
in vain.
Psa 127:2 In vain
do you rise up early, To sit up late, to eat the bread of toil; So He gives His
beloved sleep.
Psa 127:3 Look,
children are an inheritance from יהוה, The
fruit of the womb is the reward.
Psa 127:4 As
arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of one’s youth.
Psa 127:5 Blessed
is the man Who has filled his quiver with them. They are not ashamed, When they
speak with their enemies in the gate.
Gen 2:21 So יהוה Elohim
caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept. And He took one of his
ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
Gen 2:22 And the rib which יהוה Elohim had taken from the man He made into a woman, and He
brought her to the man.
Gen 2:23 And the man said, “This is now bone
of my bones and flesh of my flesh. This one is called ‘woman,’ because she was
taken out of man.”
Gen 2:24 For this cause a man shall leave his father
and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Eph 5:22 Wives, subject yourselves to your own
husbands, as to the Master.
Eph 5:23 Because the husband is head of the wife, as
also the Messiah is head of the assembly, and He is Saviour of the body.
Eph
5:24 But as the assembly is subject
to Messiah, so also let the wives be to their own husbands in every respect.
Psa
128:1 Blessed are all who fear יהוה, Who
walk in His ways.
Psa 128:2 You
shall eat the labour of your hands. Be blessed, and let it be well with you.
Psa 128:3 Let your
wife be As a fruit-bearing vine within your house, Your sons like olive plants
all around your table.
Psa 128:4 Look, so
shall the man be blessed Who fears יהוה.
Psa 128:5 יהוה shall bless you out of Tsiyon, And let you see the good
of Yerushalayim All the days of your life,
Psa 128:6 And let
you see your children’s children! Peace be upon Yisra’ĕl!
Joshua 24:15
choose
for yourselves this day whom you are going to serve,... but as for me and my
house, we will serve יהוה."
Jos 4:4 And
Yehoshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the children of
Yisra’ĕl, one man from every tribe,
Jos 4:5 and
Yehoshua said to them, "Pass over before the ark of יהוה your Elohim into the midst of the Yardĕn, and each one
of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes
of the children of Yisra’ĕl,
Jos 4:6 so that
this shall be a sign in your midst when your children ask in time to come,
saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
Jos 4:7 "Then you shall answer them...
These things are very
important to Yahveh Elohim. They are important markers in our lives. He desires
us to share our memories of the great things He has done for us with our
children and our children's children so they too will have a desire to serve Him.
These stones are memorials.
Memorials,
Stones
I promised Sarah I would
try to keep this under an hour as they have only allotted me about 10 minutes.
So, in order to stay within the time frame there are many things I must omit
and leave to be told another day.
John and Sarah, so many
times in Scripture we are called to remember and to tell our children, when
they ask, those things that Elohim has done for us. I would like to thank you
for allowing me this opportunity to remember with you and those here the mighty
acts of Yahveh our Elohim in our lives, specifically those associated with
Sarah. I want you all to know we serve a
prayer hearing Elohim. He is not deaf to our requests or desires.
1.
First: Sarah
would not be here today if Yahveh had not responded to my prayer and request
for a wife who desired to serve Him. Laurie and I have always believed it was
Elohim who brought us together. That belief has never once faltered in our
marriage.
2.
Second: Sarah is
a prayed for daughter. As Yahveh Elohim did not bless my parents with a
daugther and I had always desired a sister, I prayed for a daughter. Yahveh
chose to bless me with Sarah. John, let me caution you here. Be careful of what
you pray for as Yahveh does have a sense of humor. He not only blessed me with
Sarah, he also blessed me with 8 other daughters and only one son.
Don't get
me wrong, I wouldn't trade any of my daughters, as they are all blessings and I
believe as each one desires to serve Yahveh with their whole hearts they will
accomplish much for His kingdom.
3.
Third: While awaiting Sarah’s birth I was also
praying for other things.
A. The prayer of my heart was that this child,
Sarah, that her heart’s desire would match the desire of my heart. That this child would desire to serve Yahveh
our Elohim with her whole heart.
B. That brings me to another stone John,
you. John, you are a prayed for
husband. Since Sarah’s birth I knew she
would be in need of a husband. So 26
years ago I began to pray Elohim would provide in His time. I knew not just any man would do for this
girl whose heart would desire to serve Yahveh.
My prayer was that Elohim would provide a like-minded, set apart man
whose one desire in life would be that of serving Yahveh Elohim with his whole
heart. I prayed for your protection
throughout your life. I prayed for your
spiritual growth and understanding in the Scriptures. I prayed that you would be a suitable man of
Yahveh Elohim for this help-meet that Elohim would be prepairing for you. As Laurie and I attempted to raise Sarah in
the nurture and admonition of Yahveh, in training and discipling her, I was
very much aware of this future need and bathed it in prayer over the years.
C. The final stone I
would like to mention is this: Every
single one of the children and grandchildren Yahveh Elohim chooses to bless you
with are prayed for children. Since the
time Sarah was born her children and grandchildren have been in my
prayers. It has been, it is and will
continue to be my prayer as Yahveh blesses you in your marriage and in the
family He gives you, each and every child will have their hearts desire be that
of serving Yahveh Elohim totally and completely. My prayer is that not one will be lost, that
not one will seek his own way. That each
and every one will make a difference for eternity.
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I love it!!! Many blessings and much happiness to you both.:)
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