Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. Proverbs 21:9 YIKES! I don’t think that any of us want to be labelled a “quarrelsome wife” – but I have to admit that I sure was one at times in those first 15 years of our marriage.… Continue reading The Respect Dare, Day 31 – “Watch Me!”
Month: July 2013
The Respect Dare, Day 30 – Modesty and Respect
Now that I have read and understand a lot more about how men think and how their minds and eyes work- I have a whole new understanding of the blessing of modesty both for the women who embrace the concept and for the men who benefit from women who choose to dress modestly. I also… Continue reading The Respect Dare, Day 30 – Modesty and Respect
The Respect Dare, Day 29 – Extending Grace, Finding a Renewed Connection
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. Hebrews 3:13 My husband and I have seen a really horrible and devastatingly destructive cycle in many marriages: The husband has an addiction to porn or uses porn sporadically The wife finds… Continue reading The Respect Dare, Day 29 – Extending Grace, Finding a Renewed Connection
The Respect Dare, Day 28 – Making the One-Flesh Relationship a Huge Priority in Your Marriage
The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote… Continue reading The Respect Dare, Day 28 – Making the One-Flesh Relationship a Huge Priority in Your Marriage
The Respect Dare Day 27 -Being on His Team in Tough Times
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 Is there a time when your husband was struggling with problems at work, health issues, or some kind of spiritual battle? How did you respond? Let’s look at two different wives’ responses to their husbands during a time… Continue reading The Respect Dare Day 27 -Being on His Team in Tough Times
The Respect Dare Day 26 – Biblical Submission- a Huge Key to Peace
Biblical Submission Begins “Not My will, but Yours be done” Luke 22:42 Jesus, though He was fully God and equal to God the Father – submitted Himself to God’s authority out of His love for the Father. Submission began among equals and was born from holy love. Every Christian is called to submit himself/herself to… Continue reading The Respect Dare Day 26 – Biblical Submission- a Huge Key to Peace
The Respect Dare, Day 25 – Responding as a Godly Wife
Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. I Peter 3:8-9 Sometimes, I really love to take a… Continue reading The Respect Dare, Day 25 – Responding as a Godly Wife
The Respect Dare, Day 24 – Intimacy with God
They may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior. I Peter 3:1-2 SO I CAN’T TALK???? This passage is written for wives whose husbands are “disobedient to the Word.” God KNOWS men so very well. He knows that “words are for women” as… Continue reading The Respect Dare, Day 24 – Intimacy with God
The Respect Dare, Day 23 – My Knight in Shining Armor!
Yikes! I am going to be totally honest and tell you that this is one thing I really messed up! It’s kind of embarrassing. But – we’re all friends here, right? So, I got to dare 23 in The Respect Dare. The dare encouraged wives to give something tangible to our husbands to show our… Continue reading The Respect Dare, Day 23 – My Knight in Shining Armor!
The Respect Dare, Day 22 – Refining My Motives about Housework
What are my motives about housework? Is it possible to do that with joy and no bitterness?