Make no mistake: Lakewood is no ordinary church, it's a megachurch. Looking up, I watch as the walls and ceiling periodically change colour, from blue to purple to orange as if we were at an intergalactic disco. Men on wheeled chairs scoot past these special agents, thrusting cameras into the faces of the congregation, while overhead a camera on a crane swoops past, instantly transmitting the action on stage to the giant video screens above. Gently but firmly they guide latecomers to their seats, leaving nothing to chance, as if one wrong step could upset the delicate balance that keeps 16,000 evangelical Christians from erupting into violence and anarchy. Theoretically they're church ushers, but they look more like secret service men guarding a president.
And as if the stage isn't busy enough, down on the floor a small army of serious-looking men dressed in black suits stands alert, ever watchful, communicating with each other through radio mics. Meanwhile, no fewer than nine lead singers are dancing about the stage, praising the Lord. The stage is dominated by an enormous revolving golden globe, in front of which is a rock orchestra flanked on either side by a multiracial gospel choir. It's 11am exactly and the day's second service has begun.
But just as I'm wondering what the Quest for Authentic Manhood involves, the house worship band kicks out the jams. Three enormous video screens advertise church groups such as Griefshare: From Mourning to Joy and the Freedom Series. "I was raised Catholic, but I don't feel the spirit there like I do here." Your relationship would improve immensely if you’d simply start speaking kind, positive words, blessing your spouse instead of cursing him or her.T he praise and worship brought me here," says Natalie, sitting beside me in the fifth row of Houston's Lakewood Church – a vast, converted stadium that seats 16,000. You’re the best thing that ever happened to me.” A wife should do the same for her husband.
Every single day, a husband should tell his wife, “I love you. If you want to see God do wonders in your marriage, start praising your spouse. One of the main reasons for that deficiency is because husbands are willfully or unwittingly withholding the words of approval women so desperately desire. One of the leading causes of emotional breakdowns among married women is the fact that women do not feel valued. Moreover, many women today are depressed and feel emotionally abused because their husbands do not bless them with their words. If he is always finding fault in something she’s doing, always putting her down, he will reap horrendous problems in his marriage and in his life. She’s given her life to love and care for him, to partner with him, to create a family together, to nurture his children. “It is important for a husband to understand that his words have tremendous power in his wife’s life.
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