Today my pastor preached what was, to me, a great sermon 
. The topic? Husbands and Wives. While most of us here on the Courting Couples forum are, of course, not married, I still thought that I would share with you all what I got out of the sermon today. And after all, most of are one day going to be a husband or a wife.
For the scripture, he used the famous Ephesians 5:21-33. What he focused on most was, one, what exactly it means for wives to submit to their husbands. He defined submission as this- willingly following your husband's leadership in Christ. Trust in your husband as a leader, and encourage him and let him lead.
The other thing my pastor focused on was how husbands can love their wives just as Christ loved the church. He said that husbands:
1) Should be willing to sacrifice everything for her. She needs to know that she's the princess.
2) Need to make her well-being of primary importance.
3) Should care for her as he cares for his own body. If he doesn't do that, then he really doesn't love himself.
The way that he explained this passage just made me look at it in a way I never have before. I thanked God for this message that Bro. Todd presented to us because of the talk my boyfriend and I had a little over a week ago. As I mentioned in another post, he is not sure if I am the one he is supposed to marry- his forever helpmate. It worried me some at first, but I am okay with it now. Both because of what my pastor preached and also because of what I read in a book. Basically, that I do need to allow him to lead and pursue me. There are times that I'm afraid I take that into my own hands. And also, that, if we are the ones that God has for each other, He will lay it on Joe's heart when the time is right.
Plus, we are still pretty young, have college to finish, and both have a lot of growing left to do in all areas, especially spiritually, of our lives, right?!
Thanks to all of you for listening to my lil testimony. And I don't believe it was just a coincidence that Bro. Todd preached on this today, because I (most likely among others) really needed to hear it... God is awesome!
. The topic? Husbands and Wives. While most of us here on the Courting Couples forum are, of course, not married, I still thought that I would share with you all what I got out of the sermon today. And after all, most of are one day going to be a husband or a wife.For the scripture, he used the famous Ephesians 5:21-33. What he focused on most was, one, what exactly it means for wives to submit to their husbands. He defined submission as this- willingly following your husband's leadership in Christ. Trust in your husband as a leader, and encourage him and let him lead.
The other thing my pastor focused on was how husbands can love their wives just as Christ loved the church. He said that husbands:
1) Should be willing to sacrifice everything for her. She needs to know that she's the princess.
2) Need to make her well-being of primary importance.
3) Should care for her as he cares for his own body. If he doesn't do that, then he really doesn't love himself.
The way that he explained this passage just made me look at it in a way I never have before. I thanked God for this message that Bro. Todd presented to us because of the talk my boyfriend and I had a little over a week ago. As I mentioned in another post, he is not sure if I am the one he is supposed to marry- his forever helpmate. It worried me some at first, but I am okay with it now. Both because of what my pastor preached and also because of what I read in a book. Basically, that I do need to allow him to lead and pursue me. There are times that I'm afraid I take that into my own hands. And also, that, if we are the ones that God has for each other, He will lay it on Joe's heart when the time is right.
Plus, we are still pretty young, have college to finish, and both have a lot of growing left to do in all areas, especially spiritually, of our lives, right?!
Thanks to all of you for listening to my lil testimony. And I don't believe it was just a coincidence that Bro. Todd preached on this today, because I (most likely among others) really needed to hear it... God is awesome!
