For all the mychurch men out there: and hopefully beyond.

This is a reprint from our June 2005 newsletter, this one is shorter though. It was submitted anonymously in hopes that the reader would have a better understanding that it came from the heart of God to both men and women and not an individual. I have been waiting for June to post it in celebration of father's day. While it was intended for singles, it is also for married couples. Here goes.

The outline of the following article is based on a teaching by Pastor Larry Lafleur, a “man’s man” of God. This article is intended to inspire us all to be promoted to a new level. We are all promoted through growth.

Ladies, let this article end your bitterness and help you to embrace tenderness. Guys, my heart’s desire is that you will be inspired and encouraged to press in more than ever and seek wholeness found only in God. When we all get the principle of being whole before becoming one, our future will become more real to us.

Recently I have become aware of how much I miss being an encourager to my husband. God has shown me that encouragement is something that is vital in the growth of a man of God. During my prayer time with God, He gave me the following personal letter from the heart of a woman to the heart of a man. Its purpose is two-fold - - first and foremost, to encourage every man because it is intended to be from the woman God has chosen for him and, secondly, to guide each man in his spiritual walk. (For full revelation of this letter, you will need your Bible. It’s that good.)

Although the past has brought us both happiness and heartache, I would like to encourage you to continue on your journey to being healed and restored. God is already teaching you so much about who He intended you to be. Through you healing, the lies of the world that tried to reshape you have been made visible and undesirable. Your restoration to God’s plan for your life is becoming an attractive reality. I thank you for your new commitment to keep you mind and body pure for me, as I do for you. Your diligence in seeking a stronger, more intimate relationship with God impresses me beyond words. I see James 1:2-6 alive in you.

Your faithfulness in being a servant of God is inspiring my growth. Your ability to hear from God and submit to His plans for your life humbles me. Your full and complete trust in the Father is strengthening my complete trust in you. A desire to follow you is increasing in me daily. As you are growing in servant hood, I now see you transforming to son ship with God. You are becoming mightier – fully dressed in the armor of God. (I love a man in uniform.) You are now in complete understanding of Ephesians 6.

What a beautiful time in your life it is. You are rising to your new place of son ship. God is now bringing you in closer- showing you the whole of His perfect love and grace. He is so proud of you and how well you have done, as am I. You have developed the mind of Christ. I am in awe of your ability to know and put onto action the Word of God, not only into your life but also into the lives of others. Your ease in communicating with the Holy Spirit quiets my fears. More than anything, your growing, intimate relationship with the Father warms my heart. God is showing both of us His infinite love and grace, not only for each other but of our families as well. As our two families come together, I ask you to stand in agreement with me on Ephesians 3: 14-19. This agreement is the first in our steps to partner together.

I absolutely delight in seeing you walk every day in 1 John 1-5. Your partnership with God is our source of happiness. You have come so far and have overcome so much. You are my hero. You handle you new responsibilities with such ease, proving to all the truth of Matthew 11:30. A desire to follow you and help you achieve all that God has called you to do is growing in me. You have captured my heart.

I am completely elated to know that God loves me so much that He has chose a man for me, that He now calls a friend. Your actions are now in rhythm with the desires of the Father. Thank you for listening to God. We will now come to one another wholly and not hastily. Our future is full of the Promises of God, and our inheritance is immeasurable. I praise God for the covenant that the two of you share and look forward to the day I join in that covenant. I now find myself smiling at the mere thought of you.

1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 1:3 Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 1:4 But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

James 1:2-6 KJV

3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Ephesians 3:14-19 KJV