Wife

Wife to husband Part 2

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This entry is part 6 of 10 in the series Five Functions of a Faithful Family

A stewardess was talking to an elderly couple.  Learning that it was the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary, the flight attendant congratulated them and asked how they had done it. “It all felt like five minutes…” the gentleman said slowly. The stewardess had just begun to remark on what a sweet statement that was when he finished his sentence with a word that earned him a sharp smack on the head: “…underwater.” I hope you don’t feel like you’re underwater this morning.  God’s design for faithful families should be more like a cool drink of water, than a permanent plunge beneath it. This morning I’d like you to turn to two passages which will form the basis of much of our study together.  Taken in Biblical order they are Genesis 2:18-25 and Ephesians 5:22ff. Listen to What God’s Word Says: <Gen 2:18-25> <Ephesians 5:22-33> This is God’s Word. Taken together, incredible dignity is bestowed upon you ladies, together with responsibility.  But it is a responsibility that is altogether different from that of your husband.  Having summarized your husbands tasks as Leading Sacrificially,  Loving sacrificially, Living with you in honor, and Laughing – that is, enjoying life.  I’d summarize your tasks ladies with the three words: Submission, Support and Strength. Since it’s […]

Wife to Husband

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This entry is part 5 of 10 in the series Five Functions of a Faithful Family

By way of introduction to this next stage in the series “Five Functions of a Faithful Family” allow me to read to you this segment of a book relevant to our topic, which I eagerly commend to you for two very good reasons – maybe even three. First: it is the first and most Biblically Comprehensive Treatment I was exposed to on what it means to be a man and what it means to be a woman from God’s perspective as taught in the scriptures.  Suffice it to say that I am gratified to read this after developing this series to discover that God’s word has said the same to me as it has said to other Godly men. Second: It can be purchased somewhat cheaply from the local Christian bookstore if you’re so inclined and… Third: If you would like to read and own it for free you can read it entirely on your computer or print it out yourself after downloading it from the following web address: http://www.cbmw.org/resources/books.php.  While there are other freely downloadable books on that page this one in particular is Entitled: Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. It is edited by John Piper and Wayne Grudem.  And for whatever it may be worth to say so: […]