Tag: fit helper
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Helping your husband hold fast to you…
The “leaving” found in Genesis 2:24 is a verb that carries profound implications beyond just physical separation. Likewise, the “holding” implies more than just physical intimacy. In reality, there are three internal changes that must happen within your husband resulting in him leaving his father and his mother. I believe that by understanding these changes,…
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Sex and Spiritual Warfare in Marriage: Reflections on 1 Corinthians 7:5
One area of life constantly under attack by Satan is the Christian’s sex life. Whether someone is a single Christian or a married Christian, Satan will bring temptations in order to destroy the Christian testimony with sexual sins. Sexual sins are lured by uncontrolled sexual desires (James 1:14-15) and come from the heart (Matthew 15:19).…
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5 Ways To Help Your Husband Grow Spiritually
You are the first one to taste the fruit of your husband’s spiritual life (Galatians 5:22-23). Everything from how he handles stress to how he spends his money to how he treats you are evidences of how he relates to God. Although you are not your husband’s savior nor are you responsible for his actions,…
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The Excellent Wife: Her To-Do List
God’s Word is a treasure chest for all practical things on this topic, but my favorite passage is Proverbs 31:10-31. In context, we have a loving mother teaching her son (Proverbs 31:1) the distinguishing traits of an excellent wife (Proverbs 31:10). God is so gracious to us wives as to give us Proverbs 31:10-31 in…
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Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” Genesis 2:18 (ESV)
There was nothing I could say to justify myself in light of this Scripture; I could not even let my husband’s sins and failures justify my sins.