Instructions to Husbands
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Review
What it means for wives to submit to their husbands:
Submission is the defined calling of a wife to honor and affirm her husband’s leadership, and so help to carry it through according to her gifts. - John Piper
Preliminary Remarks
Preliminary Remarks
Calling comes with unique gifting.
Calling comes with accountability.
Implicit Command
Implicit Command
Husbands are to lead their families.
Foundations for Leading
Foundations for Leading
One must lead self well in order to lead others well.
Understanding Biblical priorities in life is important.
1. Relationship with God
2. Relationship with spouse
3. Relationship with children
4. Job
5. Friends
6. Fun
Stated Command
Stated Command
Love
· While the position of the father is to lead, the command is to love. If your leading does not flow from your love, then you are leading in a way that does not honor the Lord, minister to your family, or accomplish what God has called you to do.
Understanding Love
Understanding Love
A love rooted in the will, not in emotion.
A sacrificial love.
A sanctifying love.
A surprising love.
He who loves his wife loves himself.
A continuous love.
Two Examples
Two Examples
Christ and the church
Does the way you love your wife help her grow in her relationship with God and
in being like Jesus Christ?
How are you sacrificing for your wife?
How you love yourself
Nourish
Cherish
A Reminder of Priority
A Reminder of Priority
The man leaves his father and mother and holds fast to his wife.
Practical Application
Practical Application
What does your wife need to feel loved?
Five Love Languages - Gary Chapman
What do you do that makes your wife not feel loved?
How do you demonstrate you cherish your wife?
Publicly and privately praise her?
Give her quality time?
Thank God for her?