Volume No. 2012 Issue No. 15 Date: May 6, 2012
Publication of the BIBLE BAPTIST MINISTRY, 48 Alexie Rd, Hanover Township, PA 18706
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Ephesians 5:22-24 speaks of a wife’s relationship to her husband, “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 everything.”
Ephesians 5:25-29 speaks of the husbands relationship to his wife, “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:”
Ephesians 5:30-33 speaks of the husband and wife relationship, “For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. (31) For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. (32) This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. (33) Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.”
Ephesians 6:1-4 speaks of the relationship between parents and children, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. (2) Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) (3) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. (4) And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
Dr. Sheldon Smith wrote in the September issue of the Sword of the Lord, “There's No Place like Home!” Be it ever so mortgaged, be it ever so humble – there's no place like home. Whether it be a palace, a tent, or something in between those two extremes, home ranks high with all of us.
Home is that place where you go when the day is done.
Home is the place with the welcome aroma of dinner in the making.
Home is the place where at all seasons you know you are loved.
Home is the place where families make their headquarters.
Home is the place of rest and refreshment.
Home is the place where you shelter your family, a place of fortification against any and all who would do them harm.
Home is that great God-given incubator in which marriage thrives and children are reared.
Home is expensive, but it is worth all it costs you.
Home will be the target of satanic evil, but worth whatever trial you have to endure.
Home will be vulnerable, yet it is the most basic fabric of our society.
Home may lack some of the latest gadgets, but still be replete with genuine happiness.
Home is at the core of all that is good and right in our world.
Home may have issues from time to time, but you'll work fervently to solve them all if you'll keep fresh in your mind that "there's just no place like home."
As we look forward to this coming Sunday – Mother’s Day, may every mother take heed to Proverbs 14:1, “Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.” May God’s blessing be upon you this week as you read and meditate on the Mother’s Day message taken from I Peter 3:1-6 “Wives to Husbands, say it with Words” .
In His Amazing Grace,
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