More for Your Marriage

A couple of days ago I posted the first 7 of 15 duties of parents according to J.C. Ryle in the book The Duties of Parents  which was originally written in 1888. If you didn't get to see the first post, you should definitely go back and read it as well! Here are numbers 8-15... Proverbs 22:6, Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it." We may  not see the result of our training, but we can be sure that God keeps His promises always. 8. Train them to a habit of faith...in you and the Lord. We should train our children to believe what we say. We want them to be confident in our judgement and respect our decisions as better than their own. We need to teach them that when we say something is bad for them, it IS bad. Or when we say something is good for them, it IS good for them. They HAVE to trust us and know that there is a good reason for everything we say to them, even if they don't understand it. It is absurd to thin

Ok so I know that this post is not SPECIFICALLY about marriage, but our children and how we handle them have a huge impact on our marriage and family. This mission we have as parents is something that we ALL struggle with throughout our children's lives at some time or another. Some of us more than others. It is our responsibility to teach them, love them, and take care of them during their time on this earth. It's a LARGE charge to have someone's life in your hands...so we have to make sure that we make the best of the time we are given with them. I recently read this book called The Duties of Parents  by J.C. Ryle. The book was originally written in 1888, so the language is a bit challenging to understand...but it is definitely worth sharing. I'm going to summarize it the best I can...but if you would like to buy it, you can get it  HERE  on Amazon. Proverbs 22:6 says, "Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.&

Communication is KEY in a marriage. We all struggle with communicating in the RIGHT way when we are angry. We are going to look at some verses in Ephesians 4 that tell us exactly how to communicate with our spouse...or anyone else for that matter. The outline was developed by NANC (National Association of Nouthetic Counselors) with added commentary by me:) Ephesians 4:25-32 says: "Since you put away lying, Speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are all members of one another. Be angry and do not sin. Don't let the sun go down on your anger, and don't give the Devil an opportunity. The thief must no long steal. Instead, he must do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share with anyone in need. No rotten talk should come from your mouth, but only what is good for the building up of someone in need, in order to give grace to those who hear. And don't grieve the Holy Spirit, who sealed you for the day of redemption. All bitterness, a

Ok wives, it's our turn to see what God has to say about our role in our marriage. Yesterday we looked at what God expects our husbands to do, so today we are going to look into what He expects from us. These key factors can be marriage-changing if we follow God's plan:) Here we go! These notes were adapted from Faith Biblical Counseling Ministries. You can access the original notes  here. Three words that describe the Wife's role: 1. Submission: Many people hate this word BUT that's because our world twists it way out of context. Here are some WRONG ideas about submission: A. The wife is inferior-  1 Peter 3:7--"Husbands in the same way, live with your wives with understanding of their weaker nature yet showing them honor as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered." Galations 3:28--"There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." SO, wives, submission DOES NOT mea