Your Words Have Power!
Sermon Series: “Sacred Romance” – 4 of 8, Song of Solomon 3:6 – 5:1
September 28, 2008
Pastor John Fanous
“With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image. Curses and blessings out of the same mouth! My friends, this can’t go on.” James 3:9-10 (The Message)
Becoming a Master Communicator with your Spouse
Wives, communicate _____________ and ______________ for your husband.
3:6Who is this coming up from the desert like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense made from all the spices of the merchant?
3:7Look! It is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty warriors, the noblest of Israel, 3:8all of them wearing the sword, all experienced in battle, each with his sword at his side, prepared for the terrors of the night.
3:9King Solomon made for himself the carriage; he made it of wood from Lebanon. 3:10Its posts he made of silver, its base of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple, its interior lovingly inlaid by the daughters of Jerusalem.
3:11Come out, you daughters of Zion, and look at King Solomon wearing the crown, the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, the day his heart rejoiced.
“I complain” 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6 — 7 — 8 — 9 — 10Â Â “I respect”
Your assignment:
Husbands, communicate to your wife specific details about her _________.
4:1How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are doves. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead.
4:2Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn, coming up from the washing. Each has its twin; not one of them is alone.
4:3Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon; your mouth is lovely. Your temples behind your veil are like the halves of a pomegranate.
4:4Your neck is like the tower of David, built with elegance; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
4:5Your two breasts are like two fawns, like twin fawns of a gazelle that browse among the lilies.
4:6Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of incense.
4:7All beautiful you are, my darling; there is no flaw in you.
4:8Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. Descend from the crest of Amana, from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon, from the lions’ dens and the mountain haunts of the leopards.
4:9You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.
“I overlook” 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6 — 7 — 8 — 9 — 10Â Â “I notice”
Your assignment:
As a Result, You Will Experience…
________________ with your spouse
He speaks: 4:10How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than any spice!
4:11Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like that of Lebanon.
4:12You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain. 4:13Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits, with henna and nard, 4:14nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree, with myrrh and aloes and all the finest spices. 4:15You are a garden fountain, a well of flowing water streaming down from Lebanon.
She speaks:4:16Awake, north wind, and come, south wind! Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread abroad. Let my lover come into his garden and taste its choice fruits.
He speaks:5:1I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk
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God’s ___________________ in your relationship
God speaks: Eat, O friends, and drink; drink your fill, O lovers.