Jesus said the greatest commandment is to love God with all the heart. The second great commandment is…“Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself” (Mark 12:31). The word neighbor means “close by.” Your wife is your nearest neighbor, and you are commanded to love her! Remember Important Days. Start with the basics: birthdays, anniversaries, holidays,...
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. Ephesians 5:25 Love is one of the great foundations of a happy life, marriage, and family. “God is love,” we are told in 1 John 4:8. Ephesians 5:2 says, “Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for...
“Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us.” Ephesians 5:2 Mary sat at Jesus’ feet (see Luke 10:39). Peter fell before the Lord (see Luke 5:8). Paul instructed us to stand against the schemes of Satan (see Eph. 6:11). Now here in Ephesians 5:20 Paul wrote that we should walk in love. Walking implies...
“That they may teach the young women to . . . love their husbands” (Titus 2:4). Building a loving, sweet relationship with your husband is a lot like creating beautiful music. The melody line is lovely in itself. But add the harmony, with all the crescendos and decrescendos, and suddenly, there is an amazing depth...
“Thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works” (Rev. 2:4–5). Ephesians 5 tells us that our marriage is a picture of the relationship between Christ and the Church. In both cases we can become cold and calloused toward the one that we once...
“Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. Let thy fountain be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee. Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be...