Ephesians 5:25
"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,"
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This has been a good week for Jake. In the early part of the week, Jake won the district free-throw competition and we are headed to Richmond tonight for the state finals. Go Jake! And then on Wednesday night, we went to his middle school recognition for getting all "A"s again this quarter, and he was also awarded the Leadership award for the 7th grade! I truly believe that God has given Jake the gift of leadership and He is going to do great things through Jake in the years to come.
Well yesterday we covered the "Excellent Wife", and today Ephesians talks to us about the sacrificial love of a husband. Husbands, we are called to love our wives like Christ loved the church. Did you hear that? Christ loved the church more than we can possibly fathom and carried that love all the way unto death at Calvary. To be able to love like that we need to humbly lead our wives and children by always thinking about and caring for their needs *before* our needs. How many of us really do that? And wives and children, you need to respectfully make room for your husbands and fathers to own up to their responsibility and take that lead.
But more importantly, in addition to being strong leaders, we also all need to be obedient and faithful followers. All of us should be following the only one who never has to be asked to step up or take care of us, because He is always there for us and never forsakes us. I pray that you ask God to help you better play your role in the family but that even more critically, you also passionately seek God's will for your life and follow his lead.
...and don't forget to love God with all your heart, love others as He does, and use every minute for His will and to His glory!
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I have added a link below to Sanctus Real's song Lead Me. The song always cause me to tear up a little as it is pretty convicting to many of us very busy fathers.
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