“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...
“Rejoice with the wife of thy youth” (Pro. 5:18). The road to my 14×70 trailer was graveled and bumpy. I lived there as a single school teacher, but that wouldn’t be my status for long! I was engaged and soon to be married. Occasionally, my husband-to-be would come for a visit from college, where he...
“That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;” (Eph. 3:16) Prayer is certainly one of the most amazing privileges that a Christian can have! To think that we can go right into the presence of our Father in Heaven...
“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...
“The holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement” (1 Pet. 3:5–6). The biblical teaching of submission in marriage is not a...
“Husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.” (1 Pet. 3:7) Today, let’s talk about praying with our wives! For many men, praying with their wife is something that almost...