"Wives, submit to your own husband, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church" - Ephesians 5:22-29 (ESV)
The Word states that we are the head of the family, but in order to lead correctly, Biblically, we must be under Christ's headship. Christ must first lead us in order for us to lead them. Our headship is not a dictatorship, through which the husband can lord over the wife commanding her to obey his every whim, but rather it is a role that requires sacrificial, unconditional love! As head of our home, we are to love, nourish and cherish! He goes on to say,
"Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." - Ephesians 6:4 (ESV)
As fathers, it is our responsibility to teach, train, and instruct our children in the admonition of the Lord. We are to be the model and example for them, particularly our sons, to pass on to their family! In this investment, through God's grace, we have an impact on generations to come. We must diligently pray for our families and ourselves that Christ rule!
Lead Me
by Sanctus Real
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