‘A Good Believing Wife.’
a) 1 Corinthians 7:16. Can be the cause of her husband’s Salvation.
b) Matthew 1:24; 2:14. Trusts the Spiritual sensitivity of her husband.
c) Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:7. Starts a new family together with her husband.
d) Matthew 27:19. May sometimes help her husband through her Spiritual sensitivity.
e) Luke 17:32. Needs to remember Lot’s wife.
f) John 19:25. Is close to the Cross of Jesus.
g) Acts 21:5. Joins in corporate prayer.
h) Romans 7:2; 1 Corinthians 7:10 & 39. Remains loyal and faithful to her husband for as long as he lives.
i) 1 Corinthians 7:3. Gives conjugal rights to her husband.
j) 1 Corinthians 7:4. Gives authority over her body to her husband.
k) 1 Corinthians 7:34. Considers how to please her husband.
l) 1 Corinthians 9:5. Can accompany her husband’s ministry team.
m) 1 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 5:22-24; Colossians 3:18. Has her husband as her head.
n) 1 Corinthians 11:5. Is sensitive to Church culture when she prays publicly or prophesies.
o) Ephesians 5:25, 28 & 33; Colossians 3:19. Should be loved by her husband.
p) 1 Timothy 3:11. If a leader’s wife she must be:-
1- Reverent.
2- Not a slanderer of other people.
3- Exercising self control.
4- Faithful in everything she does.
(This QT shows to me A Good Believing Wife)
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‘A Healthy Longing.’
a) 1 Peter 2:2-3; 1:23. For the milk of the Word of God.
b) Isaiah 44:3. For the Lord to pour out His Spirit upon us.
c) Genesis 43:30. For our own family members.
d) Psalm 42:1-2. To come and appear before God.
e) Psalm 84:1. For the courts of God’s House.
f) Psalm 119:74; Isaiah 33:2. For the Lord’s Salvation.
g) Psalm 34:8. To taste and see that the Lord is Good.
(This Second one gives to me A Healthy Longing)
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Chris.
A leader’s wife needs to exercise self control. This is an example to the entire Church. Every member of the Church needs to exercise self control. This is one of the ways in which the Church can be a testimony to the lost World.
