WHAT SHOULD A WIFE DO?
With all the temptations and sensual temptations that come your husband’s way, what should a wife do?
In Shaunti Feldhahn’s book “For Women Only”, she gives the following suggestion on what a wife should do.
I have added the scriptures to enhance your learning.
- PRAY FOR HIM
Your spouse needs your steadfast prayers more than anything else.
Praying for your spouse is part of your duty as a “helpmeet.”
1Tim.2:1 “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men.”
- CHECK YOUR HEART.
Accept the struggle he has with lust and encourage him rather than freak out and conclude the worst about him.
Prov.2:2 “…apply thine heart to understanding.”
Prov.2:11 “Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee.”
The more understanding you are, the more loved he will feel.
- DETERMINE YOUR INVOLVEMENT LEVEL.
Men don’t need a critique, but an encourager.
Jude 1:16 “These are…complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words…”
- BECOME A SUPPORT.
Ask what you can do to help.
Put yourself on his team to help him win this fight.
Gen.2:18 “And God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
- DRESS MODESTLY.
Are you on some mans rolodex because of how you dress?
Because women aren’t visual, they many times don’t really understand what they are doing to the men around them.
Are you cluttering up a good husbands mind and tempting him to dishonor his wife?
2Cor.7:1 “”…dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God”
1Tim.2:9-10 “And women should be…quiet and sensible in manner and clothing…”
The items listed above that are according to God’s commands, are not hard to do.
Isn’t your husband worth it?
Didn’t you marry him “for better or worst?”
Esther was called and intelligently designed “for such a time as this” to keep her people from being destroyed.
What about you?
Maybe you were designed “for such a time like this” to be used by God to be a testimony to your husband and family.
How powerful!!!
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Wow, you can do a seminar on just the points touched in this and the previous post. Information contained are invaluable for our marriages. I’m so encouraged and have gained a greater perspective in respect to this issue. I’m not ashamed to say that the enemy has asttempted to use this issue in our lives to destroy us. I feel empowered! Thank you Lord and thank you sister Nancy.
Hi Martha! Thanks for your great comment. Shaunti amazes me with her surveys even though it may be hard to swallow. I agree with the comment that you could do a seminar just with this issue. It proves that a husbands sex life is very important to him. Love you!
Well said!
My husband and I talk openly about this. He says God made him a “visual” male so that my beauty would not escape him. We joke about it but that’s kinda how it works. I can’t be angry at him because of how God made him. I just need to remember what it was that made him fall in love with me in the first place and keep on doing that.
Hi L.Lopez!v You go girl! I love your comments and your perseverance concerning your marriage. What a living testimony. Love You!