Discipline of Marriage

Marriage, for men, is not just for self gratification, having kids or to satisfy sexual needs. In order for men to have a successful marriage, one needs to have:

1. Sacrificial Love :

‘Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.’ Eph 5:5.

Are you willing to love with a willingness to sacrifice, even unto death?

2. Sanctifying Love

‘ to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blamnless.’ Eph 5: 26-27.

Loving your spouse is not to love her as a saint, but as a sinner.

3. Self Love

‘Husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies.’ Eph 5:28.

In other words, she is me.

Marriage is the second most important relationship in your life. In fact, the relationship with God comes first. If you can’t build a strong relationship with God, do you think you can handle marriage?

Pray that God will guide us.

作丈夫

作一个顺服的妻子固然不容易, 作一个丈夫的显然更难...

爱妻子的丈夫，

- 能够负起责任来，
- 能够保护，
- 能够安排，
- 能够预备，
- 能够供给，
- 能够在家庭里作头

神分派一个男人就要作男人，
- 他要爱，
- 他要主动，
- 他要负起家庭的责任来，
- 他要安排家庭里一切的事情。

神爱一个男人作男人。

反过来说，神恨一个男人像女人那样。

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