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The Father's Menu

Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

LOVE YOUR SPOUSE

It’s important for every patriarch to know that it’s a commandment from the Lord for them to love their wives and treat them with love and respect. Marriage is a holy relationship created and blessed by God. It’s a union He designed specifically because He loves us. However, marriages are under attack by an enemy who opposes everything God does. It’s up to us as believers to stand on our authority and ensure that God, not our own selfishness, is at the center of the relationship.

Marriage is an exercise in selflessness. The advice to newlyweds to put their spouse first seems simple until they experience the inevitable storms of disagreement that hit every relationship. When Jesus was crossing the sea in a boat with His disciples and a storm blew in, He spoke to the storm and calmed it. “And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm” (Mark 4:39). Regardless of the many challenges that may come from each other, it's important that we submit our emotions to the Lord and let God’s Word guide how we treat each other.

Scriptures admonishes men to love their wives because it’s pivotal to a successful home. Ephesians 5:25 “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her”. Popular culture has no idea how to make marriages succeed. For a realistic view of this relationship, we must clear the manmade ideas out of our minds. Even with the best of intentions, husbands and wives are bound to make mistakes. When we put God first and prioritize all else after Him, He can turn our mistakes into something good and cause everything to fall into place.

Prayer:

Abba, you brought I and my spouse together, I choose to love my spouse unconditionally.

Further Reading:

Proverbs 5:18-19 “Your sex life will be blessed as you take joy and pleasure in the wife of your youth. Let her breasts be your satisfaction, and let her embrace intoxicate you at all times. Be continually delighted and ravished with her love!”

1 Peter 4:8 “Above all, have fervent and unfailing love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins [it overlooks unkindness and unselfishly seeks the best for others].”

Read through the bible in 1 year: Lamentations 4:1-5:22 Hebrews 2:1-18 Psalm 103:1-22 Proverbs 26:23

Read through the bible in 2 years: Job 28 & Ps 118