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1 | House wife or career wife? | 1 Thess 4:11 | Louder | 6826 | ||
Thanks Charis for the warm welcome: -) It so wonderful to see the mysteries of God for life being unveiled. That brings me to another question. What is the role of a Christian wife? Does she stay at home to have and raise children? Is it ok for her to go and work and desire a career? What if she desires to stay at home, however the husband needs her to work for the extra money to help him with the bills? This is a down to earth question. However it seems that most people I come across in many Christian families have this as a huge issue. |
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2 | House wife or career wife? | 1 Thess 4:11 | charis | 6827 | ||
Dear Louder, Before I specify the role of the Christian wife-mother, I think it is proper to clarify the role of the Christian husband-father. I firmly believe that the order of priority in the home is, serve God, serve immediate family, serve your local church family, then do a good job in whatever you do in order to pursue the above three priorities. Sure, men (and women) can have a career, if their priorities are straight. Men have the responsibility to be the pillar of their household, and this can only be accomplished if they are around and available. A modern 'career-minded' person has a hard time fulfilling his-her true responsibilities in Jesus. A 'two-career' family has little or no chance of serving the Lord in the way that He wants. Some may disagree with me, but I am sure that reality is on my side. Christian wife, can she work? Yes. There are many kinds of work that allow you to make money while serving Christ-family-church. Staying at home and raising children is not a prison sentence, unless you make it one! The Bible portrays this as honorable and fufilling. Can she work if necessary? Yes, but often greed overcomes honesty. Get out of financial debt, by all means! But don't use it as an excuse to get away. Also, don't stay in debt. I have seen that paying taxes, day-care or baby-sitters and giving your kids guilt-offering bribes for not being around can cost more than not working. If you have 'too-much house,' move! No true Christian will judge you for repenting of pride and greed. Re-evaluate your life with Christ in mind, and careers, houses, cars, bank accounts, 'personal freedom' and worldy 'self-esteem' disappear. Jesus replaces all these things with holy satisfaction in Him. In Jesus' name, charis |
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3 | Priority in the home. | 1 Thess 4:11 | Louder | 6883 | ||
Charis: You mentioned the order of priority in the home (Serve God, serve immediate family, serve local church family). I have heard this before, actually it was about two weeks ago for the first time. So it is quite appropriate that you also mentioned it. Please can you assist with any back up verses that concur with this. Not that I doubt it, it's just that it would really help to put things into context for me. You see, I'm a very simple person so it takes much for me to understand. :-) I do agree and understand, however I like as much confirmation as possible. Thanks and God Bless, Louder |
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4 | Priority in the home. | 1 Thess 4:11 | Searcher56 | 6884 | ||
1 Cor. 7:32-35 could be a passage, even look at the whole chapter. I see this as saying there is a divided interest between your mate and ministry. Luke 14:26 tells us we need to hate our family, relative to our love for God, our Master. The first commandment is love Him with your heart, soul, mand and strength (Mark 12:29). We will live with our one Master forever, our one mate for a lifetime and we may have serveral ministries in our life, for our Master may call us to move. Steve |
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