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Intro: Definition of the home:
Little boy's: "It's where we eat!"
Teenage girl's: "It's where we go between midnight & daybreak when
all else is closed."
Husband: "It is where we go to fight our private battles."
Wife: "It is where we slave the hardest and are appreciated the
least."
"Home is where the great is small and the small is great."
"Home is where our stomachs get three meals a day and our hearts a
thousand."
"Home is a place where a world of strife is shut out and a world of
love shut in."
"Home is where we complain the most, but have the greatest
blessings."
Commandment #1:
Expect not thy husband to give thee as many luxuries as thy father hath
given thee after many years of hard labor. (Phil 4:11; Amos 4:1)
Commandment #2:
Thou shalt work hard to build thy house with the husband that you have, not
fantasizing about "the one that could have been". (Prov 14:1)
Fond Footsteps. I was visiting friends who had just celebrated their
54th wedding anniversary" The husband entered in his work boots, heaving
clods of dirt behind him on the spotless kitchen floor. Expecting the wife
to be upset, I said, "His boots certainly do bring the dirt in." "Yes," she
said with a smile as she got up to get the broom. "But they bring him in
too." by Shirley Scott
Commandment #3:
Thou shalt not nag...hit him with thine frying pan, it is kindlier. (Prov
27:15; 21:19)
If the husband says
Wife replies
Sarah called Abraham Lord and walked 50 feet behind him.
God told Abraham to listen to the voice of his wife and obey all that she says Gen 21:12
Folding laundry is woman's work
Jesus neatly folded his laundry in the tomb John 20:7
Cooking is woman's work
Jesus cooked breakfast by the sea Jn 21:9
Making the bed is woman's work
Peter commanded Aeneas to "arise and make your bed" Acts 9:34
Acts 6 "We can not neglect the word of God to serve tables"
Did you notice that the apostles appointed 7 MEN
If I go to all the trouble of making a mess, the least you can do is clean it up.
If you go to all the trouble of making all the money, the least I can do it spend it!
Cleaning the house is not my work
Jesus cleansed the temple: Jn 2:13-16
Commandment #4:
Thou shalt coddle thy husband and be a warm wife. (1 Cor 7:3-5)
The wife should not defaud the husband of his due. We know what the guys
never grow tired of
What due does a man owe his wife?
To woo and coddled
bring flowers
tell her how pretty she is
take her out on romantic dinners
tell her how much you love her
tell her how much she means to you
You know
all the things you did when you were dating!
Do women ever go tired of these things? Its a bottomless pit. Seems
silly to a man
Until he forgets her birthday or VALENTINES DAY HINT.
Husband says: "I know how much you and your girl friend Marsha love
this stuff
Why don't the two of you buy each other flowers and go out on a
candle lit dinner?
Commandment #5:
Remember that the frank approval of thy husband is more to thee than the
side glances of many strangers. (Ezek 16:32; 2 Pet 2:14)
Commandment #6:
Thou shalt not yell at thy husband but will be a gentle and quiet spirit.
(1 Pet 3:1-4)
I have counseled a couple where the wife natters at the husband and
he leaves for another room. She follows him into that room and continues
nattering. He kept going from room, floor to floor, till finally he hit
her. She wasn't hurt or bruised, but he should have just left. But did the
wife share in the reason for getting hit?
Commandment #7:
Permit no one to assure thee that thou art having a hard time of it. (1 Pet
5:9)
Husbands: Low self esteem was ranked as the number one problem among
women.
Ask your wife after church today if she feels you respect and feel
she is important!
Commandment #8:
Thou shall not fail to dress up for thy husband with an eye to please him,
as thou didst before marriage. (Sos 4:9-11)
I have a saying, that a women enters middle age when she cuts off
her long hair very short.
Commandment #9:
Thou shalt submit to thy husband from thy heart and allow him to be head of
the household. (Col 3:18; 1 Pet 3:6; Eph 5:33)
Patterns Of Submission & Headship In The Bible
Submission Headship Bible Texts
All creation God Jas 4:7; Heb 12:9
Christ God 1 Cor 15:28
All Creation Christ 1 Cor 15:27-28;Heb 2:2;Eph 1:20-23;Phil 3:21;1 Pe 3:22
Church Christ Eph 5:24
Church Leaders 1 Cor 16:16; 1 Th 5:12;Heb 13:17 (minister=servant/under rower)
Children Parents Eph 6:1-4; Col 3:20-21; Lk 2:41-52; 1 Ti 3:4
Young men Older men 1 Pe 5:5
Slaves Masters Eph 6:5-9; Col 3:22-24; Tit 2:9-10; 1 Pe 2:18-20
Citizens Government Rom 13:1-6; 1 Pe 2:13-15; Tit 3:1
Every Christian To Others Eph 5:21
Wives Husbands Eph 5:22-24; Col 3:18; Tit 2:5; 1 Pe 3:1-7; 1 Cor 11:3
DO IT YOURSELF!
In Gen 18:6 Abraham said to Sarah, "Make ready quickly, three measures of
fine meal, knead it and make cakes." Can you imagine Sarah answering, "Do
it yourself"? This attitude would have been out of character for her
because "Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord." 1 Pe 3:6 A wife's big
test of faith is if she will submit to her husband when he is unreasonable
and selfish, or when she knows she is being wrongs by his attitude. Jesus
never asks us to do anything He has not already done Himself! Bible
subjection never implies inferiority but rather strength!
Commandment #10:
Thou shalt assure thy husband and others that he is the greatest man alive.
(Phil 2:3; Sos 5:9-16)
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