In His Image Ministries

21. Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.   22. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.   23. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.   24. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.   25. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;   26. That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,   27. That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.   28. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.   29. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:   ...

Saturday November 18 Bible Reading:     Eph. 5: 21 - 33 Topic:                  The Ideal Christian Marriage In these verses, Paul gives us the blueprint for Christian marriage. Its foundation is mutual submission (v. 21). Within that framework, there are roles for the husband and wife. This passage shows with absolute clarity that the responsibility for a good Christian marriage rests with the husband. Just as the Church submits to Christ as its head, the wife should submit to her husband as there can never be two captains in one boat (vs. 22-24). Such submission is so powerful that it can win an unbelieving husband to Christ (1 Peter 3: 1-2), so wives must take this responsibility very seriously. The husband, however, has the responsibility to love his wife as Christ loves the Church. He must recognize that Christ’s love for the Chur...

Monday July 3 Bible Reading:      Gen. 24: 1 - 14 Topic:                   Commit Your Ways To The Lord Abraham's servant had just been saddled with a very difficult. sensitive but definite task which called for a definite result. Humanly speaking, it was virtually an impossible mission, failure of which would likely truncate the flow of the family's covenant relationship with God. He left under oath, fully prepared for the mission, but knowing that he was not really qualified in himself to deliver accordingly. Thankfully, growing up in Abraham's household, Abraham's faith in God had positively impacted his own life. At that well in the city of Nahor, he prayed a simple prayer of faith and waited (vs. 12 - 14) Today Christians do not necessarily need to pray in the manner that Abraham's servant did, when faced with difficult situations and ...