The List: God's Best For Me from admin's blog

In the beginning, she would cook “anything”. One night “anything” was pasta, my favorite.  The next night it was rice and curry. Another night was one of her green diet smoothies. One sniff of the smoothie had me wishing I had been specific. It felt like with each passing night the more I said anything, the worse the meals got.

On one particular day, when she asked, “What would you like for dinner?” and I responded, “anything”, she opened the fully stocked fridge looked inside then closed it, turned to a cupboard made a show of moving packets around and turned back to me and said, “Sorry I can’t seem to find ‘anything’, what would you like for dinner?”

God is in the detail. Unless you want to end up with a green diet smoothie for dinner or even worse nothing. Be specific.

There’s a scripture that says: 

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Philippians 4:6 (NKJV)

In the Strong’s Concordance 4862, the Hebrew word for request is Mishalah, which actually translates to desires. This shows us God doesn’t just want us to ask Him for “anything” but He wants to know our desires. “He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” (Psalm 20:5)

Let’s be faithful and present our requests to God. The scripture says:

Then the Lord answered me and said,
“Write the vision
And engrave it plainly on [clay] tablets
So that the one who reads it will run.

“For the vision is yet for the appointed [future] time
It hurries toward the goal [of fulfillment]; it will not fail.
Even though it delays, wait [patiently] for it,
Because it will certainly come; it will not delay.

Habakkuk 2:2-3 (AMP)

Here’s the part you have been patiently waiting for ‘The List.’ You may be wondering how do I start, where do I begin, do I even really know what I want? Don’t fret ThisLuv is here to help.

Before you begin speedily writing down everything you want your future partner to be, from the list below, take some time in prayer and ask God for guidance, quieten your heart and be lead by the Holy Spirit.

Okay, here it is. Remember this is just the foundation of questions and characteristics about your future partner. Feel free to add more to your list and why not share what we may be missing in the comments below.

Specific Questions:

How do we spend our weekends?

What kind of lifestyle will we have?

Do we have or want children – are you willing to accept someone else’s children into your life?

What is our pray and bible study life like?

Name Three things you and your partner have in common?

Do we want pets – if so what type – are we dog family, a cat family, both or maybe parrot loving family?

Qualities and Traits:

Affectionate

Ambitious

Articulate

Beliefs 

(What religious beliefs do you want your future spouse to have – Catholic/ 7thday Adventist/ charismatic Christian etc? Are you both born again? Do you both pray in tongues? Do you both serve in the church? Do you have Bible study together? Do you attend a weekly fellowship group/home cell? Do you go to church every Sunday/ occasionally?)

Beautiful

Bubbly

Charismatic

Caring

Conscientious

Committed

Creative

Driven

Family Orientated

Funny

Faithful

Growth-Orientated

Handsome

Healthy (Do you both go to the gym? what are your eating habits?)

Honest

Independent

Intelligent

Generous

Loving

Loyal

Playful

Reliable

Respectful

Responsible

Sincere

Smart

Sociable

Supportive

Spiritual *see Belief

Trustworthy

Truthful

Visionary

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