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Submission is a matter of trusting in God more than trusting in man. But a wife will more easily make the choice to submit to her husband if she knows that he has made the choice to submit to the Lord.

Many a wife has a hard time trusting that her husband is hearing from God if he doesn't appear to be submitted to God in the way he treats her.

While God gives the husband a position of leadership in relationship to his wife, He also requires the price of self-sacrifice from him.

A wife has a hard time giving her husband the reins to her life if she doesn't believe she can trust him to have her best interests at heart as he steers the course of their lives together.

A woman will do anything for a man who loves her like Christ loves the church.

Too often people confuse "submit" with "obey." But they are not the same thing. The Bible give commands about obeying other people only in regard to children and slaves, and in the context of the local church. (Ephesians 6:1,5).

Since a wife is neither her husband's child nor his servant, and the local church isn't part of a marriage, the word "obey" has no application to the relationship between a husband and a wife.

Submission means "to submit yourself." In light of that, when a husband demands submission from his wife, it is no longer true submission.

When a husband is more interested in his wife's submission to him than he is in his own submission to God, then submission becomes a tool to hurt and destroy.

When we submit to God, He doesn't suppress who we are. He frees us to become who we're made to be, within the boundaries of His protection.

When a wife submits to her husband, she comes under his covering and protection, and this frees her to become all God created her to be. And trust me, you want that for your wife. Her greatest gifts will prove to be your greatest blessing.

If you feel that your wife is not submissive, pray for her to have a submissive heart, first toward God and then toward you. Then ask God to help you love her the way He does. I guarantee that you will see her submission level rise in direct proportion to the unselfish love you exhibit for her. And let her see that you are seeking God for guidance. If she knows that you are asking God to show you the way, she will follow you anywhere.

Please pray for your wife that:

1. She will understand what submission really is.

2. She will be able to submit in the way God wants her to.

3. You will be completely submitted to God.

4. She will trust God as He works in you.

5. You will take your position as spiritual leader.

6. She will trust you to be the head of the family.

7. Submission will not be a point of contention in your marriage.

POWER TOOLS

Ephesians 5:22-27

Matthew 10:39

Romans 12:16

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Saturday, February 25, 2023

SUMMARY ATTEMPT | THE POWER OF A PRAYING PARENT | STORMIE OMARTIAN | CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER SEVEN | MAINTAINING GOOD FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

One of the things the enemy of our soul likes to do is get into the middle of God-ordained relationships and cause them to mis fire, miscommunicate, short-circuit, fracture, or disconnect.

When you cover your family relationships in prayer, whether it be with children, parents, stepparents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, husband, or wife, there will be far fewer instances of strained or severed

relationships.

How many family relationships are left to chance because no one prays about them? Far too many, I suspect. It’s sad to see families split apart and individual members have nothing to do with one another when they are grown.

In Isaiah 58, God tells of all the wonderful things that will happen when we fast and pray. He says, “You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach” (Isaiah 58:12). God wants us to restore unity, to maintain the family bonds in the Lord, and to leave a spiritual inheritance of solidarity that can last for generations.

We need to pray for humility and unity.

WEAPONS OF WARFARE

Matthew 5:9

Psalm 133:1

Romans 15:5-6

Romans 12:18

1 Corinthians 1:10

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