Marriage
I read Amos 3:3 this morning "Can two walk together except they are agreed?" and I began to think about the context of marriage. Here is a couple of thoughts, I hope they encourage someone today.
I think the idea of Leadership in the home is fast being overrun today but we must get back to scripture. If there is no Headship in the home then you have a sinking ship. God takes marriage seriously and when it is served out Biblically a greater oneness occurs. Ephesians 5 says "Husband love your wives as Christ loved the church and GAVE HIMSELF for her". Thats a tall order guys, heres three points.
1. A Godly leader in the home is willing to make sacrifices, Jesus was willing to sacrifice all for His bride, the church. This required ultimate knowledge of the one needing His intervention. How well to you know your wife?
2. A Godly leader in the home must outserve his wife, self-centredness sabotages.
3. A Godly leader in the home cares for his wife. A wife has no problem submitting to such a man.
Build your marriage on Godly principles and the storms of life will not wash it away.
7 Comments:
True and wise words, Philip, thank you. I'm a strong believer in marriage; Marty and I were married seven years last week, and I'm sooo grateful to God for all He has given us - I know I've got a fantastic husband, and I'm thankful. I'm grateful, too, for the crucial role models I have had, people who have a life time of marriage under their belts and who have shown me its importance and value from an early age - Dad and Mum, Granda and Nanny, you and Jill - you all taught me that marriage is not something to take lightly, but when lived out as God intended it, can be the most amazing and blessed union on earth, and for that lesson I thank you... I love you, Uncle Phil!
Thanks Phil. I'll write that down somewhere incase i forget it in the next ten years wile i search for a wife!
phil im sorry this is irrelivent to todays blog but i just want to say how everything you said in church on sunday night effected me in a big way.u really got me thinking about my life and my walk with God and i want to thank you!this week i have been spendin much time with God and he has been loosening the chains of opression on me. thanks phil, you never stop amazing me man!what you preached was just exactly what ive been needing to hear.
love you man....have a good week.
aaron d
haha, if i bought you a book of sermons Phil, somehow i think it would be a waste of my hard earned cash but if i do find one, make sure and put it in the big green bin so it can be recycled!
I love a man who knows how to practice what he preaches.
and always give her an odd hiding so she dont get carried away
Dear other anonymous to 18th oct blog - please tell me - and i'm saying this graciously - that your comment is a poor and uninsightful attempt of humour and not personal belief.
i am concerned for the impact of your words on the person, whose abuser would hold this belief, and acted on it - and someone who has received "an odd hiding" might misunderstand and assume that this is the attitude of all the readers of this blogg - if you are reading this and it has been your experience then please know it is not my attitude as a regular reader, it is not what pastor Phil has written about in this blogg on marriage and most importantly it is not what Jesus wants for YOU His child.
my fellow anon. i have not meant to insult you - i so often say things which i shouldn't - i hope this is not one of those times -but if you feel i have a point please graciously learn.
i will watch for your response if you feel like doing so - God Bless
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