2010-12-09T12:01:42-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/husbands http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/how-to-make-a-woman-feel-loved-6238 2010-12-09T12:01:42-05:00 To husbands: do you love her enough to make the sacrifices to listen to her with loving patience? That's love in the language of the woman you love. It's the Jesus-way of loving - sacrificing the way you'd like it to be to benefit someone you love. It's more than listening. It's opening your heart to her heart. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-noise-of-neglect-5966 2009-11-23T09:20:43-05:00 The woman you married is a flower that can flourish with your care or wither with your neglect. She needs you. She was wired by God to need you. And you need her. Tell her that. Tell her you're sorry for so often running past her instead of running to her. And tell her, "Honey, I'm home," because you've been away too long. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/giving-a-man-a-makeover-2895 2009-09-25T13:54:57-05:00 Unfortunately, a lot of women want to give God a little help in reconstructing the old boy. So she brings out her hammer and chisel - nagging him to change, pushing, criticizing, attacking, putting him down. She's making this guy her personal makeover project - "I'll change him." Not likely. All those push tactics make him feel cornered, attacked - less secure and therefore, less likely to change. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/a-makeover-for-the-woman-you-love-5774 2009-09-10T10:29:37-05:00 The selfless love of a husband can, over time, help a woman feel safe enough to deal with her weaknesses, to pour out her soul, and in so doing, to cleanse her soul. God's love through a loving husband can set her free from the fears and the scars of the past that have defined her for so long. His praise can restore her sense of worth. His listening can offload what weighs her down. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%205:25-28&version=NIV 2009-08-27T17:32:43-05:00 IN Ephesians, Paul writes that a husband should love his wife much in the same way as Christ loves his church. He should be devoted to her and protect her. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%205:22-33&version=NIV 2009-08-17T23:43:44-05:00 This much-discussed passage describes the sort of marriage relationship Christians should model: mutual service and self-sacrifice. Wives are called to submit to their husbands, and husbands are called to serve their wives. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Eph.5.22-33&version=NIV 2009-07-17T09:27:01-05:00 Husbands and wives are both called to submit to and serve each other, using Christ's relationship to the church as their model. Because Christ's life was dedicated to serving others, that should be our model for relating to our spouses. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/Walking-too-Fast-to-Talk-5674 2008-10-15T16:59:22-05:00 Your listening time with your wife has to be a deliberate choice, a sacrifice choice, a regular choice. "I'm all yours, honey, and I'm yours for a while." That kind of love will create a home where there are no unpleasant surprises; where frustrations don't build into unmanageable avalanches; where a woman has that harbor that her heart has always longed for. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/A-Makeover-for-the-Woman-You-Love-4662 2008-08-25T13:01:30-05:00 The selfless love of a husband can, over time, help a woman feel safe enough to deal with her weaknesses, to pour out her soul. And, in so doing, to cleanse her soul. God's love through a loving husband can set her free from the fears and the scars of the past that have defined her for so long. His praise can restore her sense of worth. His listening can offload what weighs her down. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/The-Noise-of-Neglect-4772 2008-08-20T15:36:33-05:00 Look at the action words - consider her - take her needs and feelings into consideration. Treat her with respect. That means listening to her; regarding her as someone important. She's supposed to be, after all, the most important voice on earth to you. Are some other voices drowning hers out? And treat her like a fellow heir in God's family. We're talking royal treatment here. How much does this matter to God? He says if you don't treat her like this, don't expect Him to answer your prayers!