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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Specifically, how does a wife submit? She does so by trusting God’s good commandments. By being thankful God’s accountability is not on her. By understanding that someone needs to be in charge of any institution. She does it with joy, like the church submits to Christ, without nagging and with respect. Wives, to agree with your husband’s leadership is wonderful, but that is not submitting. What do you do when you do not agree? And what is your attitude? Is it resentful compliance or is it encouraging your husband’s desire to spiritually lead the family? Remember the curse of the fall from Genesis 3? “Your desire will be for your husband.” Even as a Christian, wives, you are continually tempted to usurp your husband’s authority. Be aware of that and fight against it.
Randy Smith

PROVIDENCE OF GOD

PROVIDENCE OF GOD

PROVIDENCE OF GOD, THE

  1. Is his care over his works # Ps 145:9
  2. IS EXERCISED IN 2a) Preserving his creatures

    # Ne 9:6 Ps 36:6 Mt 10:29

2b) Providing for his creatures # Ps 104:27,28 136:25 147:9 Mt 6:26 2c) The special preservation of saints # Ps 37:28 91:11 Mt 10:30 2d) Prospering saints # Ge 24:48,56 2e) Protecting saints # Ps 91:4 140:7 2f) Delivering saints # Ps 91:3 Isa 31:5 2g) Leading saints # De 8:2,15 Isa 31:5 2h) Leading saints # De 8:2,15 Isa 63:12 2i) Bringing His words to pass # Nu 26:65 Jos 21:45 Lu 21:32,33 2j) Ordering the ways of men # Pr 16:9 19:21 20:24 2k) Ordaining the conditions and circumstances of men # 1Sa 2:7,8 Ps 75:6,7 2l) Determining the period of human life # Ps 31:15 39:5 Ac 17:26 2m) Defeating wicked designs # Ex 15:9-19 2Sa 17:14,15 Ps 33:10 2n) Overruling wicked designs for good # Ge 45:5-7 50:20 Php 1:12 2o) Preserving the course of nature # Ge 8:22 Job 26:10 Ps 104:5-9 2p) Directing all events # Jos 7:14 1Sa 6:7-10,12 Pr 16:33 Isa 44:7 Ac 1:26 2q) Ruling the elements # Job 37:9-13 Isa 50:2 Joh 1:4,15 Na 1:4 2r) Ordering the minutest matters # Mt 10:29,30 Lu 21:18 3) Is righteous # Ps 145:17 Da 4:37 4) Is ever watchful # Ps 121:4 Isa 27:3 5) Is all pervading # Ps 139:1-5 6) Sometimes dark and mysterious # Ps 36:6 73:16 77:19 Ro 11:33 7) ALL THINGS ARE ORDERED BY 7a) For his glory # Isa 63:14 7b) For good to saints # Ro 8:28 8) The wicked made to promote the designs # Isa 10:5-12 Ac 3:17,18 9) TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED 9a) In prosperity # De 8:18 1Ch 29:12 9b) In adversity # Job 1:21 Ps 119:15 9c) In public calamities # Am 3:6 9d) In our daily support # Ge 48:15 9e) In all things # Pr 3:6 10) Cannot be defeated # 1Ki 22:30,34 Pr 21:30 11) Man’s efforts are vain without # Ps 127:1,2 Pr 21:31 12) SAINTS SHOULD 12a) Trust in # Mt 6:33,34 10:9,29-31 12b) Have full confidence in # Ps 16:8 139:10 12c) Commit their works to # Pr 16:3 12d) Encourage themselves # 1Sa 30:6 12e) Pray in dependence upon # Ac 12:5 12f) Pray to be guided by # Ge 24:12-14 28:20,21 Ac 1:24 13) Result of depending upon # Lu 22:35 14) Connected with the use of means # 1Ki 21:19 22:37,38 Mic 5:2 Lu 2:1-4 Ac 27:22,31,32 15) Danger of denying # Isa 10:13-17 Eze 28:2-10 Da 4:29-31 Ho 2:8,9