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Five Things that Build Stronger Marriages

4/20/2013

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1. We should strive to construct stronger bonds in our relationships by putting personal needs aside for the needs of our spouse, and when we fail to do so we fall short of God’s will.

Strengthening the Christian relationship with our spouse is a necessity of life! (Philippians 2:1-7)

2. Accountability is a must in any marriage; if you foster a true friendship with your spouse accountability will naturally follow. (Galatians 6:1-3)
3. Real commitment involves sacrifice while rejecting worldliness by surrendering our minds to Christ for transformation! (Romans 12:1-2)
4. A Christian husband should be willing to do those things for his wife that may seem difficult at the moment in order to benefit the marriage for the long-term gain, and all the while he is to treat his wife with tender care. 

Sometimes this may go against our very nature but God has called Christian men/husbands to a higher standard. (1 Peter 3:7; Colossians 3:19)
5. A committed Christian wife is one who adores her man, and who seeks to increase her inner beauty through spiritual development!
1 Peter 3:1-4 (ESV) Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, 2 when they see your respectful and pure conduct. 3 Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— 4 but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.
Two of the sexiest things my wife does is study her Bible each day and demonstrate her support in all I do by standing with me.

Blessings,
Rod
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Tony macciola
4/20/2013 01:40:55 pm

Is very true enjoy your teachings wish I could come to the 2nd service but am commited to sun.school until end.

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Sherry
4/22/2013 12:12:38 pm

Thank you for pointing out the things we do for our husband are not just external. I needed to be reminded of that! Sometimes it is harder than others when your husband is not the spiritual leader in your home, and I have let my God and my family down lately by stepping aside to see if my husband would step up.

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Rod West
4/23/2013 12:21:02 pm

Thank you Sherry for sharing your thoughts. Let me encourage you to be the woman that God would have you to be, and in so doing your loving kindness and gentleness will eventually have its positive effects upon your husband and family. I like to think of it like this; if you place the hardest of rocks under running water long enough eventually they'll be smooth to a fine consistency. Living a Christlike life on a consistent basis will have the same effect upon those we love. My prayers are with you, make God's blessings be bountiful in your life.

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