James 5:16 The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. Let’s recap: Pill #1: Death to self Pill #2: Submission Prayer: it’s what makes these pills palpable… I’ll never forget the day in 2003, when I heard what seemed to be the audible voice of God. (I promise, I did not hear the
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Warning, Warning, Warning!
1 Peter 3:1-2 Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words but by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. (emphasis mine.) Yesterday I had lunch with
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The Word that Makes us Cringe…
Ephesians 5:22-23 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church… Pill #2 – Submission Deep Therapy! I can think of no other word in the English language that makes a woman cringe more than the word, submission.
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What a Man Wants-
Ephesians 5:33 Each one of you must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. What is the one thing a man wants more than anything else? (Even more than sex…) The Answer: RESPECT! (What man wants to sleep with his wife who shows him no respect?) God created
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What if He’s Wrong?
Genesis 12:11-13 As Abraham was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarah, “I know what a beautiful woman you are. When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They they will kill me but let you live. Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated
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Death to Self
John 12:24 Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Does your marriage need life breathed into it? John 12:24 may be your answer. When Jesus gave these words to His disciples, He was describing His death on
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Loving Your Man!
Psalm 40:1-3 I waited patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn