Husband and Wives

1 Corinthians 6:20

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. KJV

I am a pastor's wife, and with the ministry comes many challenges. One of which, is having a husband that can spit out scriptures like a nail gun. Only thing is, not all scriptures that come out are meant to bring grace to the hearer.... I have been guilty of this travesty as well! Too often we use scriptures on each other like hammers and swords, and leave each other bleeding!

HALLELUJAH! FATHER GOD HAS A WAY OF GETTING THROUGH OUR THICK SKULLS--EVEN IF IT DOES TAKE HIM A LIFE TIME TO DO IT!

My husband, Pastor Mike, had me laughing myself silly during his sermon today. He said how we are always trying to change each other, but we are to work on ourselves and leave our spouses to change themselves by God's grace. We are to pray for each other and let God deal with us personally.

Pastor read from Ephesians 5. He spoke about how husbands love verse 22 and wives love verse 25. My husband told how for 29 of our 32 years of marriage, he would quote to me,''Wives submit yourselves to your husband...

Well, he said one day God told him, "What are you doing? That verse is not your verse! Your verse is verse 25.'' ''Husbands, love your wives,... As Christ loved the church.''

My husband then said,''Men, if you are trying to take verse 22 for yours, it's like you are trying to put a girdle or a bra on! That verse you're quoting belongs to your wife!!....

Well, Ladies, what is it like for us to be trying to take verse 21 for ourselves?