Wednesday December 06th, 2023
« Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her »
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,
26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.
28 So husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;
29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,
30 because we are parts of His body.
31 For this reason, a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
Christ has an undying love for the Church, since His relationship with the Church is our model, let me ask: Brother, do you love your wife enough to die for her?
If a husband loves his wife genuinely, a lot of the usual problems they complain about would be avoided.
As a man, you should not buy new shirts for yourself and ‘forget’ to get for your wife; that may just show how little you love her.
2 Corinthians 8:9 says Jesus became poor so that we can be rich.
She should be your priority, looking better and more radiant than you.
This is one thing I admire about men from the Igbo ethnic group of Nigeria. They take very good care of their wives. While the man may don just singlets and shorts, his wife would array in the best fashion.
Some men find it difficult to spend time with their wives. If you really love someone, you should, you should spend time with the person.
Jesus said if you call Him at any time, He would answer (Jeremiah 33:3).
That is how you should be with your wife; anytime she needs you, you should be there.
You are the priest of the home just as Jesus is the Church’s high priest.
When you express your love for your wife, she will cook better meals for you, and look more radiant, more beautiful for you. Ephesians 5:28 NKJV
«………he who loves his wife loves himself.»
From the experience of Job, we see that a man’s wife is his life.
God told Satan that he could touch all that Job had except his life.
Satan killed Job’s children, destroyed all his property, inflicted his flesh with sicknesses and diseases, but did not touch his wife.
She was unscathed because God had said “Don’t touch Job’s life”; and since they were one, his life was hers and hers was his.
Whatever you do to your wife, you are actually doing to yourself.
She should be loved, protected, nourished and cherished greatly because your life depends on it.
God is taking note!
If you don’t believe, read Malachi 2:12-14. Don’t cheat yourself.
Application – How well do you express your love for your wife? Remember, actions speak louder than words.
Author – Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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