{"id":21,"date":"2006-06-30T08:28:37","date_gmt":"2006-06-30T13:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rodatus.com\/journal\/?p=21"},"modified":"2025-10-08T22:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T02:40:54","slug":"husbands-love-your-wives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rodatus.com\/journal\/?p=21","title":{"rendered":"“Husbands, love your wives…”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For God so Loved<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her <\/em>
Love is patient, love is kind<\/em> (Eph. 5:23a, 1 Cor. 13:4a)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from the grace and power of God, it is impossible to love just as Christ loved the church<\/em>. Hardly a minute goes by that I don’t get caught neglecting love is patient.<\/em> And I am not the only one with this problem.\u00a0 :~) \u00a0Learning to show genuine, unconditional love towards another person is the great challenge of a lifetime. It requires an extreme approach.\u00a0 It requires the Supernatural.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God sets the standard. His law reveals our weakness, sin, which renders us unable to love as described in 1 Corinthians 13. Human effort cannot accomplish this perfection. It takes a miracle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first step:<\/strong> God creates miracles of life and of love.\u00a0 (God is love. 1 John 4:16) We can learn from Him, but even better, we can become like Jesus. The full expression of God’s love is Jesus. Trusting Him as Savior and Lord brings us into a love relationship that forgives, heals, redeems, satisfies, and renews. You will be filled with love and compassion.<\/em> (Psalm 103) Only by receiving His perfect love can we express perfect love to another. We must have a personal relationship with Jesus. You must be born again. (John 3:3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s next?<\/strong> How can relationships with my wife, children, and others improve?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!<\/em> (2 Corinthians 5:17)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Romans 12:2 tell us be transformed. Literally, metamorphose. Caterpillar to butterfly or tadpole to frog: it takes time for baby frogs to grow into adults. A new creation needs to grow and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. (Ephesians 4:13)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God’s Word:<\/strong> It cleanses and makes us holy. (Ephesians 5:26). Read, study, and meditate on God’s Word daily. We eat several meals every day for physical growth; we must also feed on God’s Word every day. Physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things <\/em>(1 Timothy 4:8a) Practice the spiritual discipline of reading the Word of God. (If you’re online, you can look up verse & chapter at places like www.biblegateway.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer!<\/strong> An essential of life and love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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+ Begin your day, Lord, help me to pray.
+ Throughout the day, pray first; ask questions later.
+ You can call on God in a storm but be sure to trust Him completely through the storm.
+ Never neglect to pray for your wife! She is part of you! (Eph. 5:29)
+ Drift off to sleep at night trusting God to complete your prayers.
+ Remember the password: prayer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Faith: Hold fast<\/em>!<\/strong> Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.<\/em> (Philippians 3:12-16)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By His Grace, Agape,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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