Had a great service Sunday. Here are some of the highlights.
God has called women to change the world, to lead Godly lives that inspire people, to raise children that love the Lord, to respect their husbands in a way that leads to an incredible marriage.
A women or man’s 1st area of submission is to Jesus. We are called to be sold out to Christ, in love with Him, passionate about Him, passionate about advancing His kingdom, bringing the message to those far from God, and if anything gets in the way of that, we are to disregard it.
The 2nd area of submission is to a husband. Our job as men is to make it as easy to follow as possible.
Being the leader makes us lead servant, responsible for sacrificing, caring, loving like crazy.
Men and women are equal but men have the responsibility of leading our family and we will stand before God and answer for the way we lead the family.
While men are ultimately accountable for the decision, thereby having final authority, we should weigh her opinion the same as ours if you’re the same flesh. If she feels something off, you should not go ahead with it, you should be in unity.
Submission is two married equal people coming together, becoming one flesh, in which the women voluntarily follows a man in their pursuit of Christ. Just like Christ submits to God the father, showing there is no inferiority, so a woman is to submit to her husband, in a head long passionate pursuit of Christ.
Every time God addresses marriage he always starts with the woman because it’s impossible to lead a woman who isn’t sold out to Christ. If you won’t be submissive to a man, then you aren’t submitted to Jesus.
You see many believe respect must be earned, but the same way the Bible commands him to love you unconditionally, so the Bible commands you to respect him unconditionally.
74% of men would rather be alone and unloved than inadequate and disrespected. 81% of men felt unrespected by their wives.
Will you continue to follow him even when he messes up, does wrong, loses his cool, makes a horrible decision? Are you his number one encourager, when everything falls apart? Do you build him up in front of others or do you gossip about how ungodly he is to all you friends, cut him down in front of the kids. Do you counsel him respectfully, when you disagree?
Are you a gossip do you go talk to all your friends about other people or your husband, saying I have a spiritual concern? Are you always trying to get attention and men struggle with that one too? Are you pure in the way you deal with other men, or do you flirt and share all your problems, because you don’t feel your husband listens aka emotional affair?
Do you withhold sex from your husband, so you can get something, do you protect your husbands purity by regularly having sex, or do you always say I’m tired, not in the mood?
If you’re not being intimate your marriage will fall apart.
Do you protect men from lust by the way you dress, or do you show your cleavage either out of ignorance or trying to get attention?
98% of men put their response to an eye catching woman in the can’t not be attracted category.
We gotta deal with pornography and lust. If you wanna be free of it, you gotta confess it.
Women desire to be thought of as beautiful and to be loved and it shows a beautiful part of His heart, of how God wants to be desired, not just taken for granted, and how He desires genuine relationship.
91% of women under 45 acknowledged that sometimes I feel insecure about my man’s love and the relationship. 77% said I have a deep need or desire to know that my husband/ significant other finds me beautiful.
We are called to pursue like crazy, to show her that she rocks our world, that we’re crazy about her beauty.
Do you show her that your just absolutely crazy about her by the way your serve her, talk about her, touch her, spend time with her, buy her gifts?
The king is enthralled with your beauty and you don’t need validation from some guy, when our God thinks you’re beautiful.
You don’t have to be a prisoner to the past (2nd Corinthians 5:17).
