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A Family You Can't Wait To Come Home To - Part 2 - Wives Series
Contributed by Doug Johnston on Mar 7, 2001 (message contributor)
Summary: God encourages wives to trust Him and love their husbands, even if their husbands haven’t learned how best to love God or them yet.
A Family You Can’t Wait to Come Home To
(Part 2—Wives)
The aged women likewise... teachers of good things;
That they may teach the young women...to love their husbands...
From Titus 2:3-4
Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands,
that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives,
when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear.
1 Peter 3:1-2
Your Love for Your Husband Grows From Your...
Caring Behavior (1-2)
The valuable skill of willing adaptation
-The response to sacrificial love
-Live and relate to him in a manner that pleases God
Giving the honorable gift of respect
-Respect produces influence
-Influence affects living
Memorable Appearance (3-5)
The challenge of balanced beauty
Face-first clothing
Make visible the invisible you, not just what’s “added”
Gentle spirit—Considerate; giving rest (Jesus, Matthew 11:29)
Quiet spirit—Bears disturbances without creating more disturbances
Committed Response (6)
Doing good through loving, committed cooperation
Believe in the difference you can make by your actions