Concept: One of the most beautiful and intimate pictures of those God calls His children is that of a groom and His bride.
Isa 49:18, Lift up your eyes round about and see [the returning exiles, ready to rebuild Jerusalem]; all these gather together and come to you. As I live, says the Lord, you [Zion] shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament and bind them on you as a bride does. AMP
Isa 62:5, For as a young man marries a virgin [O Jerusalem], so shall your sons marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you. AMP
Jer 2:2, Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the Lord: I [earnestly] remember the kindness and devotion of your youth, your love after your betrothal [in Egypt] and marriage [at Sinai] when you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown. AMP
The bride of Jesus the Messiah is to be without spot or wrinkle. One who is pure and her heart and life belongs to no one else. She is made clean by the blood of the Lamb, who died for her and who empowers her by His Spirit to live a life of faithfulness to Him. The bride sacrifices her desires for those of her groom and this sacrifice is a continual act of love and dedication.
Today, rejoice in and seek to live in such a way that you as the Bride of Christ are pleasing to Him. Delight yourself in Him and seek to please Him in all your ways.
Bride of Christ Art By Danny Hahlbohm
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