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A WIFE’S OBEDIENCE TO HER HUSBAND (By Ebbye Faust)
A WIFE’S OBEDIENCE TO HER HUSBAND (By Ebbye Faust) As a pastor’s wife, one of my largest areas of counsel to women is the subject of obedience to their husbands. We can all see the Scriptures in the Bible commanding wifely obedience, but some women have a very difficult time putting their knowledge into practice. Obedience hardly ever feels easy, especially for women raised in feminist saturated America! We are trained throughout childhood in public schools to believe that the only differences between men and women are biological. “What right does any man have to tell me what to do, as if I am unable to think for myself and make my own decisions!” That was definitely my own thinking as a young feminist. After I was saved, verses in the Bible requiring obedience troubled me. I had a desire to serve the Lord, but since I wasn’t married anyway, I just put those verses to the side and determined never to marry (I certainly didn’t want to be a pastors wife!). But the Lord, thankfully, had other plans for me. He has brought me down many paths since then, and I know that the only way to truly be happy in marriage is through a sincere obedience to my husband. Colossians 3:18 says “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.” Women of God, you cannot have a joyful relationship with the Lord without obeying this verse. Many women wonder why they feel as dry as a desert when it comes to religious feelings. When they pray they feel as if their words are bouncing off of the ceiling and not raising up to the ears of God. When you resist the authority of your husband, you are resisting the Spirit of God. Why would the Lord bless you with the closeness of His presence when you are stepping out of His ordained order for your life? Jesus says that the first and greatest commandment is to love the Lord with all that you are (Matt. 22:37). Jesus also says in John 14:15 “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” And one of His commandments is found in Col. 3:18, as well as in other verses. Obedience to your husband has nothing to do with the fact that you are able to make your own decisions. It has to do with the way that God has chosen to run a Christian family. When you decide not to follow your husband’s leading, you are stepping out of God’s will. God has equipped your husband with the special ability to lead your family, and so He speaks to him differently than the way He teaches you. The Lord, if you will let Him, will give you the special grace to follow. It is not something that is demeaning to you; it is a glory. The Bible tells us in 1 Peter 3:4 that this type of spirit is very treasured to God. As Christian women, what is beautiful to God should be beautiful to us. Don’t buy into the world’s lie which tells you that if you aren’t “the boss” than you are “oppressed”! God wants to use Christian women to be a light to the world, and He wants them to be separate from the world. What is strange is that I really don’t see many strong Christian women leading others into true Biblical holiness. Too many seem to be interested in keeping up with Cosmo and following every latest worldly thing while their family life is in shambles. Instead of being witnesses for Jesus, their neighbors see them as examples of what not to be like, with broken homes, unhappy husbands (or ex-husbands!) and disobedient worldly children. Ladies, this type of weak Christianity isn’t going to lead many people to the Lord. If the world sees you as contentious, angry, and always unhappy, they certainly aren’t going to want to be like you. If they see a woman who loves the Lord, is always joyful and rejoicing, and has a blameless family life, they may desire the hope that you have and not consider you one of those Christian hypocrites they have always heard about. As I said before, submitting yourself to your husband is far from easy. But it is interesting that the verse in Colossians just before the commandment to submit to your husband says “17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” When you put on the shield of faith in the Lord, and decide to follow Him, it will be much easier to obey your husband. It is a joy to know that the Lord is pleased with you. Many women are so afraid to give up control that they are willing to sacrifice their relationship with God, and in turn, their relationship to their husband. If you know that your home life is far from ideal, please get alone with the Lord today, and renew your relationship with Him. Make a commitment to submit yourself to your husband, and see if there isn’t a radical difference in you.
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DROPS OF CONTENTION (By Ebbye Faust)
DROPS OF CONTENTION (By Ebbye Faust) Proverbs 27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. There is nothing that will sap joy out of a marriage faster than contention. Though men are not free from this sin, women are well-known for it. Proverbs tells us that if you are a contentious woman, your husband will be much happier away from you than with you! Women have the unique ability to cause their homes to be places of refreshment and peace, or places of strife and contention. Regardless of your husbands personal sins, the Bible exhorts you to be full of the Spirit, peacemakers, obedient, kind and gentle. These attributes cannot coexist with a contentious spirit. What do I mean by the word contention? All women understand it well. It is the mean-spirited retort to a husband’s question. It is a refusal to do even the smallest task asked of you without some bitter comment. It is the many “punishments” you inflict him with when you refuse to talk to him, ignore him, and refuse eye contact when he goes against your will or has made you angry. Many women love to withhold the “marriage bed” to make him suffer for his wrongdoing. Contention is also the refusal to walk under his headship in obedience to him. A contentious woman always has a reason for why she doesn’t obey her husband, such as “it is unreasonable,” “I don’t want to” or “I will do what I want to do.” I see so many women who walk around with frowning, angry faces. We have all been around the type of woman that is never happy (maybe you fall into this category!), and is always complaining and bitter. Someone (usually her husband) is constantly doing her wrong, or hurting her feelings, or making her angry. She is always angry with someone for offending her. The Bible calls this contention also. When a woman gets like this, she needs to get back the joy of the Lord, and to begin to serve and love her husband and others as much as she serves and loves herself. She must choose not to be so easily offended with those around her, and walk in a spirit of forgiveness and kindness. I must admit that I feel sorry for Christian women today. We have the world against us, and unless we keep our hearts with all diligence (Prov.4:23) and do all that is within our power to separate from the world, we will be fighting a loosing battle. Society is painted with such a strong feminist influence, that a woman cannot go anywhere without her armor on. Even when going to the grocery store, she is going to have to fight the “Cosmo girl” image. And going to the mall is like walking into a nightmare. If she watches TV or movies I will dare say that she will not walk away unharmed. Let’s face it, the “entertainment” that is put out today is not trying to influence you to reverence your husband, or to be gentle and kind. What you will see is a sassy girl (without much in the way of clothes upon herself to insure she keeps the man’s interest) constantly shooting forth a quick and sarcastic remark that puts her man in his place, which is, having him always under her control. She is certainly not going to be sweet, gentle or meek. Her main goal in life is to please herself, and nobody is going to get in her way without severe punishment. There is no way in the world that I would allow my two daughters to be influenced by this type of woman! She is far from the Lord’s ideal of a godly woman. We must diligently search the Scriptures to find out how the Lord wants us to be. Most likely it will go against what we naturally would like to be, and it will certainly go against Hollywood! Modern women cannot stand to be told what to do. If her husband even tries to use his God-given authority to direct his home, immediately sparks of contention begin to fly. Many husbands are simply unwilling to deal with their wives when they get like this, so he becomes passive so as never to cross her will (many parents do the same thing; they know their children will have a fit if they tell them to do something, so they just let them do what they want). Others will roll up their sleeves and fight for their authority to be maintained in the home. Neither the husband or wife in either situation are happy or fulfilled. They become more and more miserable until they are often tempted to find an excuse to end the marriage. I have actually heard women say that they desired for their husbands to be more of a leader in their home, yet I would watch them when their husbands would finally muster up the courage to direct them. What would follow would be nothing short of insanity. The wife would refuse to be led. She just liked the idea of having a Biblical Christian home as a beautiful passing thought. It was not something she truly wanted to be put into practice – unless her husband learned to lead her in things that she wanted to do anyway (no self denial for her, thank you!). Christian women have to realize that we have been called out of the world to serve the Lord, not ourselves. We must seek to be holy, full of the Spirit, full of joy, and an encouragement to everyone around us! We must not be bitter, whining or self seeking. The fastest way to have a miserable discontented husband is to be a contentious wife. You are the only wife he has! He can only learn to live with it, stay away from you as much as possible, or fall into sin and seek to replace you. But the Lord wants us to repent of our contentions and commit ourselves to following Him in all things. This is the only way your marriage will be truly blessed!
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JUST MOM, By Ebbye Faust
JUST MOM, By Ebbye Faust [The following introductory article is from an e-mail newsletter my wonderful wife has just started (I think she means business this time). It will be mailed out to Christian ladies every two weeks. To subscribe, simply e-mail ebbye@eaze.net with "subscribe" in the title. Here is the article. Enjoy!:] Hello Sisters in Christ! I can’t tell you just how thankful I am to be able to share with you the things that the Lord has shown me from His Word! I am also excited to share with you the many different practical things the Lord has taught me in the last several years that have shaped my ministry as a wife, mother, homemaker and pastor’s wife. You know as well as I do that we are fighting a battle. So few Christian women understand their calling, and it is a burden on my heart to help women understand the blessings and glories of submitting to the Lord’s will for their lives. Oh, what a wonderful feeling it is to wake up in the morning, to look around my home, and to know that everything I do in it will be to bless those who live in it! That I have a real purpose, and that I am needed in this home. They try to make you feel needed in the workplace – that they couldn’t get along without you – but they can. At my former desk there sits someone who has replaced the position that I left years ago. But I know that in my home, there is no one to replace me. If I don’t perform the duties that I have to do, they remain undone. Being a homemaker is the very fabric of society. The very stability. Would you call our society stable? I wouldn’t either. All of the homemakers have left the home and become business-builders. They are working to put money into someone else’s pocket. They put their children into daycares and public schools so they themselves can earn the title of “Working Woman” and fulfill the dream that Hollywood has put into their heads. “I would go crazy at home, what in the world would I do all day?,” some women have said to me. “Dear woman,” I think, “Little do you know!” What do I do all day? From the beginning of my day until the end, my time is filled with productivity! When I clean and organize my home, I am producing a place of refreshment. When I kiss little boo boo’s and dry little tears I am producing a bond of trust. When I create a special atmosphere in my home I am producing a place of joy and peace. When I sit down just to listen to the events in my husband’s day I am producing unity. When I take time to counsel someone in distress I am producing friendship. When friends and family feel welcome in my home I am producing hospitality. When I run all of my errands, set (and sometimes reset!) schedules, cook meals and so many other things, I am producing an efficiently run home. Most of all, at the end of each day I can rejoice in the fact that my Saviour was honored, and that He is pleased with my service. Please consider this letter: “I have 3 children and have been driven to work since my first was born. I have thrown myself into it wholeheartedly because I feel like something. I feel good, I feel needed, I feel like I am serving and good will come back to me in the world someday. When I do not work, I feel lost, saddened, like I need to isolate myself because of that. It’s not because I am a stay at home mom that I feel less (cause some make you feel that way), I just feel more to myself, my life, than just being ‘mom.’” How my heart broke as I read these words. How I longed for this woman to understand how needed she really is by her husband and three precious children! How much good she could do in her home. I once heard a quote that went something like this: “You can either be a little to many, or you can be the whole world to a few.” Unlike the above writer, through Jesus, I am more than happy to be called “just mom.” What a life is mine! What a joy! What a service. I am called to be what I am. A homemaker.
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CHRISTIAN WOMEN: RESIST THE DEVIL AND SAVE YOUR FAMILY! (By Joey and Ebbye Faust)
There is a massive attack on men and manhood in the world today (see “The Biblical Husband: Restoring True Manhood in an Effeminate Age” by Joey Faust). This fact is sadly confirmed from day to day in so many ways. Ironically, by assaulting men and true masculinity, the Devil is ultimately launching his greatest assault on women. His plan from the beginning of creation has been to beguile and use the woman to destroy all that is holy and good. Feminists and carnal women are delighted to hear the world demean men and Biblical masculinity. They are delighted to hear the lie that they have a right to break commitments and holy vows for the sake of their feelings or “needs”. They will rip up the family and pervert God’s order and design for the sake of their own self-love. Yet, the Christian woman should be found standing strong and firm against such childish nonsense. She should be showing forth the strength of true, Biblical femininity by truly loving her husband and children in the face of worldly lies and ignorance. When women obey the Devil and destroy their families, evil escalates. Psychologists then get richer from everyone’s “problems.” To thwart the developing anarchy, government gains more power and control over private citizens. Many behind the scenes therefore have monetary and/or political reasons for deceiving (or bribing) gullible women into divorcing their husbands. Yet, there is no excuse for Christian women to be deceived! There is no excuse for Christian women to leave their husbands and destroy their families. They should know better: 2 Corinthians 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. Christian men need to wake up and realize what movies, TV, worldly books and magazines, secular music, etc. will do to a woman’s mind. The “Cosmopolitan” magazine lying on the coffee table may be the cause of divorce next month in your otherwise, happy Christian family. Oh no man, you are no “legalist.” You know how to sit back and enjoy some good TV time, etc. It is the other men at work and church that lose their families. It will not happen to you. Those men must have been doing something wrong, right? No, you do not understand the danger of this world’s entertainment. You are like a gullible child accepting candy from a stranger. The poison simply hasn’t “hit” yet. The Devil tempts many. Yet, Christian fools tempt the Devil! Christian women need to be strong and realize what the Devil is doing. Christian men cannot be counted on in these last days to watch over their families. Let us notice some recent examples of how the world and the Devil seek to seduce the minds of gullible women: “…the current APA issue of The American Psychologist claims in an article, ‘Deconstructing the Essential Father,’ that fathers and two-parent heterosexual marriages are not necessary for the psychological health of children. ‘[W]e do not believe that the data support the conclusion that fathers are essential to child well-being and that heterosexual marriage is the social context in which responsible fathering is most likely to occur,’ wrote Drs. Louise B. Silverstein and Carl F. Auerbach. The authors also concluded, “divorce does not irretrievably harm the majority of children.” (The Federalist Digest) How silly many Christians now look. Not long ago the same APA reported that molesting children does not harm them. Now they are reporting that they have “scientifically” discovered that it is fine and good for children not to have fathers in the home! The Christian media is of course outraged. They see this as “bad” science. No, it is FALSE science! The founders of psychology (Freud, Jung, Fromm, Maslow, etc.) believed things far worse than anything the APA has put out recently. The whole thing is a crock of baloney. Psychology has been ungodly from the very start. It is based upon the materialist’s model of man. Nevertheless, the really sad thing is the weak Christian women who will now feel free to divorce their husbands. They have been taught by Christian media for decades that psychology is a true science. It is not just psychology that the Devil is using to tempt women to destroy their families. The entire legal system in America can be blamed for ripping up a myriad of wholesome families. The Devil has used these courts to appease the fickle emotions of many childish, ignorant women and has thereby launched countless children into a world of promiscuity. It is true that men can destroy families in selfish lust. Yet, in the majority of cases women are the one’s seduced by the Devil through the bait of an unjust court system. A recent article in Insight magazine documents this truth: “Massive numbers of fathers who are accused of no wrongdoing now are separated from their children, plundered for everything they have, publicly vilified and incarcerated without trial. . . About 24 million American children live in homes where the father is not present, with devastating consequences for both the children and society…Conventional wisdom assumes that the fathers of these children have abandoned them. In this case the conventional wisdom is dangerously wrong. It is far more likely that an ‘absent’ father is forced away rather than leaving voluntarily. . . In his new study, Divorced Dads: Shattering the Myths, Sanford Braver of Arizona State University has shown conclusively that the so-called ‘deadbeat dad,’ one who deserts his children and evades child support, ‘does not exist in significant numbers.’ Braver confirms that, contrary to popular belief, at least two-thirds of divorces are filed by mothers, who have virtual certainty of getting the children and a huge portion of the fathers’ income, regardless of any fault on their part. The title of Ashton Applewhite’s 1997 book says it succinctly: Cutting Loose: Why Women Who End Their Marriages Do So Well. . . Other studies have found even higher percentages of divorces filed by mothers, and lawyers report that, when children are involved, divorce is the initiative of the mother in virtually all instances…Yet the voices of these fathers rarely are heard in the public arena. Instead we hear the imprecations of a government conducting what may be the most massive witch-hunt in this country’s history. . .Under the guise of pursuing deadbeat dads, we now are seeing mass incarcerations without trial, without charge and without counsel, while the media and civil libertarians look the other way. . .families are being taken over by a destructive and dangerous machine consisting of judges, lawyers, psychotherapists, social workers, bureaucrats and women’s groups — all of whom have a direct financial interest in separating as many children from their fathers as possible, vilifying and plundering the fathers and turning them into criminals. The machine is so riddled with conflicts of interest that it is little less than a system of organized crime…In short, child support is the financial fuel of the divorce industry. It has very little to do with the needs of children and everything to do with the power and profit of large numbers of adults.” (Published Date July 9, 1999, in Washington, D.C., www.insightmag.com) What is the main reason many women take the Satanic bait and destroy their families? Insight states: “…few of these divorces involve grounds such as desertion, adultery or violence. The most frequent reasons given are ‘growing apart’ or ‘not feeling loved or appreciated.’ (Surveys consistently show that fathers are much more likely than mothers to believe parents should remain married.)” “Growing apart”? “Not feeling loved or appreciated”? In other words, multitudes of women have the mentality of a worldly 8th grader with puppy love. How absolutely sickening it is that Christian women will destroy a family for such selfish reasons. Christian women must wake up and see what the Devil is doing. The Christian woman should always be on the defensive against Satanic attack. The Bible says in 1Pe 5:8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: ” Women have known throughout the ages that this enemy is seeking the destruction of their families. They have had more power to fight these attacks in years past than they have now. Previous to this generation they have had “the strength of the vow.” The Devil seeks to strip this from them. Our society has set the woman up for failure. It has taken away from her everything that could keep her strong as a “pillar” in her household. It has made her weak by centering all she stands for under the authority of her own feelings and emotions, instead of commitment, honor, and faithfulness. Women are now told by those who claim to have authority on the issue such as psychologists and counselors, Hollywood (and even some pastors) that she should stay married to her husband only as long as she feels herself to be in love with him. These false teachers are those that the Bible speaks of in 2 Timothy 3:6 “For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts.” To base any decision on feelings is to set oneself up for a fall. God knew when He ordained marriage that the wife and husband would not always feel like they loved one another. He knew there would be “up” times as well as “down” times emotionally; that is why marriage should be a commitment. Jesus said in Matthew 19:6 “Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” This is how women can find strength in the vow she has made. Whatever emotions she and her husband pass through, it is of no consequence. She has committed herself, and that should be enough. Whenever feelings rise or fall, she, before God has told her husband and witnesses that she would love him as long as they both shall live. The world gives women an easy way out and tells her that as soon as her emotions fall, the marriage should end and she is even being hypocritical if she stays married: 2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; It is hoped that this article and the following excerpts will be of help to many Christian women, and that they will be encouraged to wake up and resist the Devil: Jay Adams, “The Christian Counselor’s Manual”: “Fundamentally, the problem of the first sin amounted to this: Adam and Eve opted for the satisfaction of desire rather than for obedience to the commandment of God. The devil appealed to ‘the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life’ (cf. 1 John 2:16 with Gen.3:6). Over against this was God’s commandment: ‘You shall not eat.’ The options given to them are the same options that one faces now. They reflect two distinct moralities, two antithetical religions, and two discrete manners of life. The one says: ‘I shall live according to feeling’; the other: ‘I shall live as God says.’…When Adam sinned he was abandoning the commandment-oriented life of love for the feeling-oriented life of lust. There are only these two ways of life: the feeling-motivated life of sin oriented toward self, and the commandment-oriented life of holiness oriented toward God….They offer two different ways of handling life’s problems: the one resorts to running, covering up, lying and blame-shifting, etc., while the other insists upon facing, confessing, speaking truth, and assuming responsibility…Until recently the former was present in Western culture, but the latter was the ‘official’ stance of most of the institutions of society and of culture. A reversal is now taking place in what has been called the rise of the new morality…It is a clever ‘wile’ of Satan to tempt men to think that they cannot do what God requires because they do not feel like doing it, or rather they must do what they feel like doing and cannot help themselves. Often the argument takes subtle forms, which at first seem plausible, even pious. For instance, a husband and wife may say, ‘I guess there is nothing left to our marriage – no love – no feeling – nothing,’ and thereby hope that the Christian counselor will concede that a divorce is allowable on other than Scriptural grounds. If they can get him to agree to this, they hope that their bad consciences over what they have already determined to do may be salved. They vainly look for balm in Gilead. But instead, the nouthetic [Bible only] counselor replies: ‘I am sorry to hear that. I guess you will have to confess your sin and learn how to love one another, then.’ Their reaction to this usually is sheer astonishment. ‘But,’ they protest, ‘we told you that we don’t feel anything for each other any more.’ ‘I understand, but that is irrelevant; God says that you must love one another. When you learn to do so, the feelings of love will follow. Love is not feeling first; it begins with obedient living.’ ‘What? Do you mean to say that we must try to love one another contrary to all of our feelings?’ ‘Exactly!’ ‘But wouldn’t that be hypocrisy?’ ‘No, that would be obedience to God, who has commanded: ‘Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave Himself…’ ‘Joe, God says that you are responsible to love Phyllis; love begins with the husband, whose love must reflect the love of Jesus Christ (1 John 4:19).’… ‘…we’ll begin at the lowest level of all” ‘Love your enemies’ (Matt.22:39)! You see, there is no escape; God commands love, even toward an enemy. The two of you must repent of your sin and by the help of God learn to love each other, even if you begin by loving as enemies.’ ‘But how can I love an enemy?’ ‘As I said, love is not feeling first. Hollywood and the TV have taught us that fallacious doctrine. Christians must reject it. Love is not getting but rather is giving: ‘God so loved the world that He gave…(John 3:16)…When you invest enough of yourself in another, you will feel what you wish for him: ‘Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also’ (Matt.6:21)… ‘Well…perhaps; but it still seems hypocritical.’ ‘No, it is never hypocritical to obey God. you have fallen into a trap of the devil in thinking that it is. Every morning – contrary to my feelings (all of which encourage me to pull the covers over my head and go back to sleep) – I get up. Does that make me a hypocrite, then?’ ‘Well, I suppose if you went about bragging that you loved to get up in the morning.’ ‘Precisely! Now, if, as the Scriptures command, you give in concrete ways to your enemy (a cup of cold water or something to eat when he is hungry or thirsty); i.e., if you care for his needs, even though at first you don’t feel like it, does that make you a hypocrite?’… Nothing short of commandment living (often in spite of feelings) can keep life stable. The peaks and troughs grow larger as they are allowed to become the life motivating force; however, on the other hand, they tend to flatten out as life becomes commandment oriented.” “The Christian’s Secret Of A Happy Life,” Hannah W. Smith: “Now, God’s invariable rule is faith first and feeling second, in everything; and it is striving against the inevitable when we seek to make it different. The way to meet this temptation, then, in reference to consecration, is simply to take God’s side in the matter, and to put faith before feeling. Give yourself to the Lord definitely and fully, according to your present light, asking the Holy Spirit to show you all that is contrary to God, either in your heart or life…Your emotions may clamor against the surrender, but your will must hold firm. It is your purpose God looks at, not your feelings about that purpose, and your purpose, or will, is therefore the only thing you need attend to… When, then, this feeling of unreality or hypocrisy comes, do not be troubled by it. It is only in your emotions, and is not worth a moment’s thought. Only see to it that your will is in God’s hands; that your inward self is abandoned to His working; that your choice, your decision, is on His side; and there leave it.” C.S. Lewis, “Mere Christianity”: “…love in a Christian sense, does not mean an emotion. It is a state not of the feelings but of the will; that state of the will we have naturally about ourselves, and must learn to have about other people…For example, a doting mother may be tempted by natural affection to ‘spoil’ her child; that is, to gratify her own affectionate impulses at the expense of the child’s real happiness later on…Do not waste time bothering whether you love your neighbour; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him…Consequently, though Christian charity sounds a very cold thing to people whose heads are full of sentimentality, and though it is quite distinct from affection, yet it leads to affection.” C.S. Lewis, “The Four Loves”: “Most of our ancestors were married off in early youth to partners chosen by parents on grounds that nothing to do with Eros [i.e. romantic love]…And they did right; honest Christian husbands and wives, obeying their fathers and mothers, discharging to one another their ‘marriage debt,’ and bringing up families in the fear of the Lord…The couple whose marriage will certainly be endangered…and possibly ruined, are those who have idolized Eros. They thought he had the power and truthfulness of a god. They had expected that mere feeling would do for them, and permanently, all that was necessary. When this expectation is disappointed they throw the blame on Eros or, usually, their partners…We must do the works of Eros when Eros is not present. This all good lovers know, though those who are not reflective or articulate will be able to express it only in a few conventional phrases about ‘taking the rough along with the smooth,’ not ‘expecting too much’,…and the like.” From: KA Update #25 pt.1 (7-17-99)
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Women Of Great Price Newsletter Issue 7
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-Article by the editor: Addicted to the Ministry
-Keeping Healthy: The Dangers of White Sugar
-My Favorite Recipes: Kristy’s Basic Bread Recipe
-An Earnest Tract for Christians from Long Ago
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Addicted to the Ministry
1Co 16:15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
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-Growing in Faith
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“Just Mom”
Hello Sisters in Christ!
I can’t tell you just how thankful I am to be able to share with you the things that the Lord has shown me from His Word! I am also excited to share with you the many different practical things the Lord has taught me in the last several years that have shaped my ministry as a wife, mother, homemaker and pastor’s wife.