Faith Lived Out ~ God’s Wisdom for Marriage & Becoming a Submissive Wife

As believers and women, we desire to please God and to please our husbands. To be the godly wife and woman that we read about in scripture. We also know that following God’s ways is what is best for our personal lives and our marriages. What we tend to struggle with is the how. How do we learn what God’s way are, what a submissive wife looks like, and how to be a woman with a gentle and quiet spir...

As we discussed last week, every marriage has arguments or conflicts. It is a part of the process of learning about one another and melding your thinking and desires together to become one. Learning how to resolve conflicts properly is what will make the difference in your marriage and help you to grow together so that you have less and less of them over time. Today I am sharing with you steps 4-6...

Every marriage has arguments or conflicts. Some more than others, but we all have them. It is a part of the process of learning about one another and melding your thinking and desires together to become one. Learning how to resolve these conflicts properly is what will make the difference in your marriage and help you to grow together so that you have less and less of them over time. Today, I'm sh...

I hear from women all the time, I wish my husband would do this or stop doing that. Maybe it’s to consider your feelings more, stop being busy with other things and spend more time with the family, or be the godly leader of the household. We feel that the only way to get our husbands to change or do things differently, is to in some way convince them to do so. Because we see a desperate need for c...

God designed for there to be love, tenderness and unity in a marriage. It’s easy to have these things while we’re dating and first married. While things are fresh and new and our hearts are full of love for one another. After the newness of marriage wears off and the daily grind of life, kids, work, and taking care of the house sets in, how do you keep the love and tenderness towards one another a...

In this episode we are continuing our chat about parents and in-laws. What their place is suppose to be in our life now that we are married, how we are to treat them, and what to do when they behave rudely or make our lives difficult. The world has its own views on this, but what does the Bible say about how we are to treat our parents? As we started to see last week, there is more in scripture ab...

Taking two different people, and putting them together in marriage, learning about each other, and learning to become one, can be challenging enough. Then, when you add two sets of parents into the mix, it can be seem impossible that you will ever all get along. Especially if the parents are having a hard time letting go of their baby or understanding their new place in your life. As a married adu...

Last week we asked the question; does God really speak to us today? And if He does, how do we know it’s Him? We began to look at some of the differing characteristics between God, us, and the enemy that can help us in determining where our thoughts are coming from. If we are truly hearing from God, being led astray by the enemy or seeking to fill our own sinful desires. We're continuing in this to...

Does God really speak to us today? And if He does, how do we know it’s Him? How do we know that it’s not just our own wishful thinking or weird notions that we have. Can Satan or his minions put thoughts in our minds. And if so, how do we recognize those thoughts and know what the truth really is?   There are differing characteristics between God, us, and the enemy that can help us in determining...

As woman, we have the ability and the calling by God to set the tone of our homes. Proverbs 14:1 tells us; “Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish pulls it down with her hands.”   We all want to be wise and to build our house, but what does this look like exactly. What foolish things is God talking about here that would cause us to pull our houses down? Could some of us be doing this,...

A lot of problems can arise when we begin to navigate our finances as a married couple. We’re unsure about what the right way to do this is, what's fair, and can I really trust someone else with my financial future?   There are some who have some very strong opinions about this, preconceived notions as to how it is to be done, or difficulty in giving up control by trusting someone else to do what’...

We all know the we should give to the church. But how much do we give? What does God expect from us in this? What does following God's commands for this look like as a married couple?   There can be varying views on this in our society, however when we look at scripture, God makes it quite clear as to what His direction and purpose is for our giving.   So join me today for a look at the biblical p...

In this episode, we will continue our look at what it means to genuinely respect our husbands. What it looks like in our every day lives.   As I’ve said before, we are not only called by God to do this, but our husbands need us to show them respect in the same way that we need them to show us love. It’s a part of how God designed the marriage relationship.   If we don’t take the time to learn this...

He says I don't respect him, but I still don't know what this means.   Ladies, if we don't fully understand what it is to respect our husbands, we will continue to have problems. But, if we get this right, it will make all the difference in the world in our marriages.   Our husbands need this from us as much as we need them to show they love us.   Join me today as we chat about what it looks like...

Unequally yoked marriage is one of the most challenging situations a Christian wife can face, and in this episode, I sit down with my friend Melody Allen, a wife who has lived it firsthand. Melody shares with honesty and grace what years of being married to a non-believer has taught her, including the tactics she tried that pushed her husband further away, and the biblical approach rooted in 1 Pet...

We are told in various places of scripture to have faith and to be strong and courageous. In most cases this is said when men are about to fight in some kind of battle or to take over a people or land.    But in 1 Samuel we read about a woman who showed great strength, faith and confidence in her marriage to a man that scripture describes as being harsh and evil in his doings.   The woman’s name i...

In this episode we will continue our journey of the 5 steps to overcome anxiety and to learn to trust God for the outcome. For those times when we say or think, I trust God, but . . . When we are overtaken by fear or give something to the Lord, but take it right back again by worrying or by trying to fix the problem on our own.   I will be sharing a personal story of a very difficult time in my li...

How often do we hear someone say; I trust God, but . . . Maybe you have even said or thought this yourself. We know that God is sovereign, that He loves us and wants what is best for us, and yet there are things we just can’t seem to let go of. Oh, we may give it to the Lord, but we end up taking it right back again by worrying and trying to fix the problem on our own.   As we will discuss today,...

As believers, Christ is our rock. He is our hope and our future and therefore should be the foundation for all that we do. Christ must be at the center of our marriages if we want to have the loving wonderful marriage that God designed for us to have, the marriage that we all long for.   But how do we do that. What are the practical steps that we can take to put God in His rightful place. Today I...

When we are struggling, hurting, or seeking direction for our lives, people may give us the advice to fast and pray. But, what is fasting in the bible? What does scripture show us is the purpose of fasting? When and how do we do this and will it make a difference?   Join me as we take a look at one of my favorite books of the Bible and what it teaches us about our dependence on God through fasting...

There are many problems in a marriage that can be resolved simply by communicating well. Being willing to share our thoughts and feelings and asking our husbands what theirs are. Not assuming what they are thinking, or that they should automatically know how we feel, but to share these things with one another and learn about each other.   In this episode, I have 6 key components for you that will...

We all know that men and women are different. We think differently, respond to things differently, and have different wants and needs. Add to that, the fact that each individual man and woman also has different personalities, as well as different likes and dislikes. Trying to understand the opposite sex is nearly impossible.   Today, I am interviewing my husband to see if we can maybe understand o...

All of us can lose hope at one time or another. When our life or our marriage hasn’t turned out the way we planned and we feel that it will never change. When we have tried and tried to make the necessary changes, but nothing seems to work.   We can lose hope when the problem that we’re facing seems impossible to get through. When it seems that there is just no way past it. No way to heal from the...

We don’t understand it when our husbands begin to change. When instead of being in church or with the family, they want to hang out with friends all night or shut themselves off in a room with their computer or phone.   We are hurt by this so we beg and plead for them to change, to go to counseling or whatever it takes, because we just want our husbands back.   However, what we are seeing is often...

Even the best of husbands make mistakes. Some are small and easy to overlook and forgive. But some are devastating because the hurt is deep, the commitment and trust of your marriage has been broken and you're unsure if it can ever be repaired.   We know that God tells us to forgive, but how and is it even possible to ever get past this and move forward to a happy loving marriage. I can assure you...