Lesson #2<\/p>\n
by Barbara Roush<\/p>\n
In Genesis 2:18 and the following verses, we learn of God’s original role for women. God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.<\/em>” In this lesson, we will have the opportunity to understand better God’s purpose in designing a woman to be a helper for her husband. No woman can ever have complete fulfillment in her marriage if she does not keep God and His will for the Christian wife close in her heart. With the word of the Lord, the Christian wife can become a tower of spiritual and emotional strength toward which her husband may turn for help.<\/p>\n In Proverbs 31:10-31, we are given instructions that are more priceless than gold.<\/p>\n The teaching in the Scriptures can help us become this kind of woman. God’s plan is for us to love our husbands and be in subjection. In spite of the Woman’s Liberation Movement, God’s word reveals no change. The happy Christian wife finds the joy of God’s plan for her and her husband.<\/p>\n The next few minutes will be spent examining God’s word to help us identify a wife’s relationship with her husband. All the Scriptures are found in the New Testament and cover the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of this relationship.<\/p>\n “Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father<\/em>” (I John 2:24).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n From the beginning, we see God’s plan for women was for her to love her Maker and her husband; this will be reflected in her submission to both of them.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBid the Older Women\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lesson #2 Train the Young Women to Love Their Husbands and to be Submissive (Titus 2:4-5) by Barbara Roush In Genesis 2:18 and the following verses, we learn of God’s original role for women. 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“A good wife who can find?
\nShe is far more precious than jewels.
\nThe heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain.
\nShe does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.
\nShe seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands.
\nShe is like the ships of the merchant, she brings her food from afar.
\nShe rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and tasks for her maidens.
\nShe considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
\nShe girds her loins with strength and makes her arms strong.
\nShe perceives that her merchandise is profitable.
\nHer lamp does not go out at night.
\nShe puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
\nShe opens her hand to the poor,\u00a0and reaches out her hands to the needy.
\nShe is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet.
\nShe makes herself coverings;\u00a0her clothing is fine linen and purple.
\nHer husband is known in the gates,\u00a0when he sits among the elders of the land.
\nShe makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers girdles to the merchant.
\nStrength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.
\nShe opens her mouth with wisdom,\u00a0and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
\nShe looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.
\nHer children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:
\n“Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.”
\nCharm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,\u00a0but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
\nGive her of the fruit of her hands,\u00a0and let her works praise her in the gates.”
\n(Proverbs 31:10-31 RSV)<\/blockquote>\nHusband and Wife Relationships<\/h2>\n
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