Headship in a marriage works when both a husband and wife love Jesus, want to show Gospel and are both walking in the Spirit. Together they ultimately want the Lord’s glory. Together they discuss everything. The husband should never need to demand the wife to submit. They are a team. They have a shared vision for the family. When a certain spiritual direction is needed, the husband provides the leadership. But that decision is not implemented until they both have time to talk and pray through the issue. Together they may seek wise counsel. Perhaps the wife will give a new perspective to the husband. This is what teamwork is all about. This is the meaning of “one flesh.” If we both have the Holy Spirit, why would the Spirit guide us in two different directions? Yet only when all these avenues have been exhausted and the husband feels a certain direction is necessary for the family, then does the wife need to support her husband’s decision. Realizing it is the husband, not her that stands accountable before God.
Randy Smith

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Fear of God

Fear of God TOPICAL STUDY FEAR GEN 35:5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue…

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God in nature

God in nature TOPICAL STUDY GOD IN NATURE JOB 12:7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell…

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Hope

Hope TOPICAL STUDY HOPE PSA 9:18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. PSA 16:9 Therefore my heart is…

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Justification

Justification TOPICAL STUDY JUSTIFICATION GEN 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. PSA 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD…

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Oath

Oath TOPICAL STUDY OATH GEN 14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of…

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Praise

Praise TOPICAL STUDY PRAISE GEN 14:20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. EXO 15:1…

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Religion

Religion TOPICAL STUDY RELIGION JOB 12:7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: JOB 12:8 Or…

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THANKFUL

THANKFUL TOPICAL STUDY THANKFULNESS 1CH 16:4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the…

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Work

Work TOPICAL STUDY WORK GEN 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. EXO 23:12…

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