Marriage Series - The Wife Must Respect Her Husband Part 2

 This is Multiply a podcast to encourage village church planters and leaders and I am Brad

Snowden. Today we continue the conversation about the subject of wives respecting their

husbands. Let us look at Respect; in the dictionary, respect means to uphold or regard.

Proverbs 29:23  "A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit."

Uphold in the Hebrew: to sustain & keep fast. Figuratively to help wives, I wonder if you ever thought of respecting your husband as sustaining him? That is what you accomplish when you honor or respect your husband.

Sustain to support, hold, or bear up.   Ephesians 5:25  "Husbands, love your wives seek the highest good for her and surround her with a caring, unselfish love, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,..."

The blessing of this scripture is the honor and respect that we are to have for one another. It

magnifies as husband and wife dwelling together in unity.

The times that I feel respected most is when I know my wife and I are one in prayer and able

to walk down the road of ministry together. I know that her prayers are the strength that

many times sees me through.

Wives you can share in great victories as you stand fast spiritually with your husband.

I know that when life becomes difficult the need is even greater to press in and sustain one

another with words of encouragement and prayer.

I believe that the victories are to be shared and how greater the victory is when we share it

with our spouse. The blessings flow as my wife supports me, as I try to do anything for the Lord

and I know through her support, that she truly upholds my heart with her heart. We can and do

live fully in the blessings of the Lord even in the challenging times because of Jesus Christ’s

example of love toward us. 

This has been a word of encouragement for village church planters. Who will you share this with today?