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“As for Me and My House, We W ill S erve the Lord ”. Advice for Women. Seek the Lord. “As for ME and my house, we will serve the Lord” A God-centered marriage is not a 50/50 endeavor. Love for husbands and children has to be learned. God made women to be helpers and keepers at home.
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“As for Me and My House, We Will Serve the Lord” Advice for Women
Seek the Lord • “As for ME and my house, we will serve the Lord” • A God-centered marriage is not a 50/50 endeavor. • Love for husbands and children has to be learned. • God made women to be helpers and keepers at home.
Seek a Godly Companion • Joshua said, “As for me AND MY HOUSE” • Women should choose a man on the basis of his spirituality. • Boaz was not the “most eligible bachelor” • What attracted Ruth and him to one another?
Seek a Godly Companion • Some things to look for in a man • 1Timothy 3:1-7 • Can you submit to him? • “Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, 2 when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear.” (1 Peter 3:1-2)
Train Your Children • Joshua said, “WE will serve the Lord” • “Therefore I desire that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully.” -1 Timothy 5:14 (NKJV) • Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness. -2 Timothy 2:15-16 (NKJV)
Train Your Children • The work that you do creates more time for spiritual things… • Contrary to popular belief, a woman’s first priority is her family. • This is not a popular teaching, even among christians… • We cannot win the fight against Satan without this kind of Godly woman!
“As for Me and My House, We Will Serve the Lord” Advice for Women