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1 | What does honor mean to you? | Eph 5:28 | xmikx | 135423 | ||
This is my first post, so please forgive if I am leaving out certain portocol for this site. I am looking for new and exciting ways to honor my wife. We are currently separated. In 1 Peter 3:7, it talks about honoring your wife or your prayers will not be heard (NLT). I would like women to tell me what you expect/deserve from your husband when it comes to honor. And guys, in what ways do you honor your wife? | ||||||
2 | What does honor mean to you? | Eph 5:28 | pcdarcan | 135424 | ||
Thus far, this is the best question that I have seen in this forum... I hope for more of the same because the Bible has so many hidden gems providing guidance for mates, parents, children - the whole family. Ephesian 5:28,29 (The Amplified Bible) states: "... husbands should love their wives as [being in a sense] their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and carefully protects and cherishes it, as Christ does the church." That's the scriptural admonition. In practice, there's so many ways that I try to apply these verses. Always saying "I love you" to my wife. After all, through actions don't we say this to our own bodies every day? I always say "Thank You" (for her daily meals, chores, etc.) I give her a backrub before she can ask for one. I'm always truthful - as a matter of fact, I can't even think of why I wouldn't be. I try to accomodate her wishes and because she lives a considerable distance from her family, we try to plan trips each year involving her family (including her widowed mother). I could go on, but I think you get the gist of it. Lastly, we have never played by the selfish rules, 'this is my money and that is yours'. What's that all about? - that's not marriage. Oh yes, kindness is important, too. I have never raised my voice to my wife. Hope this helps... |
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3 | What does honor mean to you? | Eph 5:28 | xmikx | 135433 | ||
Thank you for your answer. That does help. I can not say the same for my actions toward my wife in the past. I have not always been truthful and am paying the price for it now by being seperated from my wife. The biggest gain from this seperation is that I have grown closer to God during this time. My prayer life has increased tenfold during the seperation. My wife is a good woman and deserves to be treated with honor. I am really wanting to become the man that Gods wants me to be and my wife needs me to be. Thanks again for the answer. And, if at all possible, ask your wife what she expects, and not only from you as her husband, but men in general when she hears "honor your wife or your prayers will not be heard" as it says in 1 Peter 3:7. | ||||||
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