Husbands
Love
Your Wives
And
Never Treat Them Harshly.
Scripture
Colossians
3
18 Wives,
submit to your husbands, as is fitting for those who belong to the
Lord.
19 Husbands,
love your wives and never treat them harshly.
20 Children,
always obey your parents, for this pleases the Lord.
21 Fathers,
do not aggravate your children, or they will become discouraged.
22 Slaves,
obey your earthly masters in everything you do. Try to please them
all the time, not just when they are watching you. Serve them
sincerely because of your reverent fear of the Lord.
23 Work
willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord
rather than for people.
Observation
In
these few verses the Apostle Paul gave instruction to wives, to
husbands, to children, to fathers and he even had a word for slaves.
Almost
every week I hear of a husband or a boy friend mistreating his wife
or his girl friend. Verbal abuse destroys a relationship just as much
as physical abuse does.
It
is never okay for me to mistreat my wife and it is never okay for you
to treat your wife or your 'significant other' harshly either.
The
“Macho Man” mentality, comes straight from the pit of hell and
Satan loves for us men to act like a “Macho man”. Satan loves for
us to mistreat our wives.
You
and I are jerks, any time we mistreat our wives, any time we treat
them harshly.
I
wish that I could say that I have never acted like a jerk, that I
have never treated Kathy harshly, but she would be the first to tell
you that Eddy can act like a real jerk sometimes.
Here
are three helpful phrases for us men when we act like jerks!
“I
love you. I am sorry. Will you forgive me?”
Application
I
will try my best to treat Kathy like the gift from God that she is!
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I pray for the men I know to be godly men. Help them to treat
their wives with kindness and help them to love their wives as Christ
loves the church. Don't let me mistreat Kathy. Bring conviction and
let me know every time I do not treat Kathy the way I am supposed to
treat her. Give her the courage and boldness to confront me any time
I do not treat her with love and respect.
Daily
Bible Reading: Colossians 1,2,3,4
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I
just saw that I wrote this blog on December 7, 2016 … Maybe it will
speak to you!
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Scripture
Colossians
2
6
And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must
continue to follow him.
Colossians
3
8
But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior,
slander, and dirty language. 9 Don’t lie to each other, for you
have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds. 10
Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your
Creator and become like him.
17
And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.
Observation
It
is not what you and I do on Sunday that matters most. Oh no, it is
what we do and say Monday thru Saturday that really counts!
Anybody,
including you and me can come on Sunday and even Wednesday evening,
smile and be nice for a few minutes, but it is how we live the rest
of the week that matters most to God.
Don’t
kid yourself, what you are doing will find you out.
One
of the things that Kathy and I have prayed and will continue to pray
for our grown children is that if they are doing something wrong is
that they will get caught! It is my prayer for myself too.
Whatever
we do or say lets do it as representatives of the Lord Jesus, giving
thanks through Him to God the Father.
Lets
live for Christ all 7 days out of the week!
Numbers
32:23
But
if you fail to keep your word, then you will have sinned against the
Lord, and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.
Application
I
will live for Jesus Christ 24/7. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, You know how frustrated I have been because some of the
people that You have brought into my life and into Kathy’s life who
we love are struggling and are being drawn back into the ways of the
old life that was destroying them. Help them to repent and help them
to put on the new nature. Help them to live for Christ 24/7. And if
they refuse to repent and refuse to turn back to You then I pray that
they get caught. Save them from themselves. Help me and anyone else
that may be reading this blog to live as Your representatives, living
Monday thru Sunday in a way that brings You glory and honor.
Daily
Bible Reading: Colossians 1,2,3,4
