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| Connection Group 07.01.11 |
We learned that God created men and women in His own image with the same capabilities as Genesis 1:27 said: "So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them."
In the marriage God has called to very uniques roles to husband and wife.
For the wife one of the most significant roles is that of helper to her husband. God created the woman to complement the men. We complete them.
"So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found." Genesis 2:20
The next one we learned is God expects wives to submit to their husbands. Submission is not humiliation. We submit to our husbands because we love them. Nobody force us to do it. "What does it mean to submit? It means to bend, to fit him, to suit him, to fit with his life or plans, to adapt to his way, to subordinate yourself to him and his leadership. It means "no resistance"" Humbleness is part of the Christian character and submission is a decision we make.
"Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything."Ephesians 5:21-22
God expects wife to respect their husbands understanding that their husbands are not perfect but human. If we see something that he needs to change we should pray about it. But remember God may change them or God may change us.
"However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband." Ephesians 5:33
A wife is to love her husband. To be her husband's closest and most loyal friend. God refers also to the older women are to teach the young women to love their husbands.
"Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God." Titus 2:3-5
Nurturing her heart for her husband is possible when a wife knows and applies God's Word in daily living. Girls there is something I have experience when I seek God and apply His Word everyday and that is peace and confidence in my marriage and in all the areas of my life.
Sure I am praying for all of you and this Friday we are going to see "A Heart for Your Children"
Love,
Carla
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