How are you doing with the "30-Day Encouragement Challenge"? In case you've forgotten, here's the challenge:
* You can't say anything negative about your husband ...to your husband...or to anyone else, about your husband. * Say something that you admire or appreciate about your husband...to your husband...and to someone else, about your husband!
"...but who can find a faithful man?" Prov. 20:6b
Faithfulness is a wonderful but rare quality today, especially in regard to marriage. Do you understand how important this quality is? Your challenge is to continue to root out all negative speaking, and plant seeds of encouragement instead. You may be amazed at what will grow. Contemporary culture often entices men to be unfaithful to their wedding vows and spiritual commitments. Appreciate your husband's faithfulness - how he is loyal to you. Let him know that you are glad he has "stick-to-it-iveness" in your marriage. Appreciate his faithfulness to God. (If you have an unfaithful husband, this is a difficult area for you. Pray, speak the truth in love, remain faithful yourself, and discover ways to encourage faithfulness in your mate. The Bible says that husbands may "...be won by the conduct of their wives" [1 Pet. 3:1]. You may also want to seek counsel from a mature, godly individual or couple.)
2 comments:
What an appropriate challenge for the day! My husband has been more aware of his spiritual commitments and is attempting to be more faithful in prayer and bible study. I believe it is a direct result of prayer and the Men's Fraternity he is in at FVC. I love the verse mentioned - 1 Peter 3:1 - it is such an encouragement for me to press on in my personal journey.
This lesson has really made me reflect on all the goodness that my husband has. I expect many things to just be and I really take them for granted. I am glad to have this opportunity to see the positive in him.
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