Honour and Love your Spouse
Good morning brethren, I like to write on the topic “honour and love your spouse”. I wrote on spiritual warfare last week and because we are still in the early start of the year, I called this time “inventory and reflection period”. It is important to note that a home front is necessary to be put right to achieve success in 2025. Scriptures in Ephesians 5:21-25 says “……. submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. ….. As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything. For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church …… “. In Christianity, honouring your husband and loving your wife is a way to show respect and commitment to your spouse. The bible instructs husbands to love their wives and wives to respect their husbands. A woman loved by her husband will grow in love, and a man respected by his wife will become more respectable. Women generally speak and think in the language of love but men speak and think in the language of respect (Ephesians 5:33).
Some advantages of honouring and loving your spouse includes it helps to more fulfilling marriage for both spouse. It helps as a witness to the power of God's love. A source of blessings and growth to the lives of the spouses. It can stand for being selfless, gentle, caring and humble. It is important to review the primary purpose spouse went into marriage, which is love. Scripture in 1 John 3:16 says “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.” But in this case lay down your life for your spouse. 1 Corinthians 13 starts to break down what love is. It says love is patient - loving your spouse means that you endure offences. As believers, we need to be long-suffering with our spouse and any issues should be handled in love. Love is kind - love your spouse by being kind, gentle, helpful and considerate to him or her. Love does not envy - love rejoices for others when they succeed especially your spouse. It build our spouse up and not tear them down. Love does not boast - love appreciates the opportunity and privilege to assist your spouse and not boast. Love is not proud - love does not focus on what you deserve but rather what you give, pride can destroy relationships. Love is not rude - love is polite especially on how you speak to your spouses. Love is not self-seeking - love desires and seeks the best for your spouse, putting their interest first. Love is not easily angered - love gives allowance for offence. Love keeps no record of wrongs - love is forgiven and let go. Love rejoices in good, not evil - love celebrates the positives and have compassion when things don’t go well for your spouse. Love protects and trusts - love defends their spouse and trusts. Love hopes - love encourages their spouse rather than putting them down. Love perseveres - love will make you work on your relationship especially at difficult moments, never giving up.
In conclusion, believers should desire always to fill their spouse’s tank because men run on respect while women live on love. Women therefore should be encouraged to respect their husbands and men to love their wives. Service is for 10.30am and workers meeting is for 10am. God’s blessings - Mike