Priscilla And Aquila Series

Read the following nine questions and consider the answers together with your wives. Talk it over!

1. Are you looking for opportunities to share Christ wherever you go, as Paul did? Do those who spend time with you become infected with your love for Christ? How can you improve this area of your life?

2. What spiritual contribution are you making to the lives of others? What else could you be doing to share God's Word with others?

3. How could you use your home more effectively to serve the Lord?

4. Are you sharing the Word of God? Discuss what kind of mutual Bible study you think will work best for you, then covenant to do it regularly together.

5. For husbands: Does it bother you when your wife outshines you? How does God want you to behave toward her on those occasions?

6. For wives: Are you threatening your husband by striving to prove your superiority in certain areas? Do you seek praise from others at his expense? How can you avoid these pitfalls?

7. Are there occasions when you feel that your mate undermines you in public? Share this and discuss how it can be avoided.

8. If you and your mate were considering working together in a business, what problems would you foresee arising? What could you do now to avoid those problems?

9. How can you demonstrate more fully the equality you share in Christ as husband and wife?

In our world, married couples must live lives well-grounded in Jesus Christ. Aquilla and Prescilla did that in the story we read from the New Testament – Aquila and Priscilla have left the following seven excellent and worthy lessons to be learned and followed by every Christian couple.

1. Priscilla and Aquila have overcome hardships together

The first time they are mentioned in the Bible, we learn the following about this beautiful couple:

After these things, he (Paul) left Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them, and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and they were working, for by trade, they were tentmakers. (Acts 18:1-3) (NASB)

Changing your place of residence is difficult, especially when you are forced. Today, material needs make men send their wife to the end of the earth, and the man himself goes to the other end. Unfortunately, it has become a model for some. People who are not lacking often send their wives to work in other countries and agree to be separated for long periods, just for material gain. It is even sadder to see that some Christians have started to rush to gain wealth and sacrifice their relationship and marriage.

2. Aquila and Priscilla worked together

The Bible tells us that they had the same job as Paul: making tents. At the end of the Epistle to Romans, in conclusion, the Apostle Paul wrote about them:

Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus. (Romans 16:3) (NASB)

While overcoming material difficulties and working for Christ, this wonderful couple knew always to work together.