What Are We to do As Husbands to Disciple[3] Our Wife?

1.   First we need to consider what every wife needs to succeed:

v     COMPANIONSHIP: Proverbs 31:11  The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

v     SECURITY: Proverbs 31:12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

v     SIGNIFICANCE: Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

v     EMOTIONAL RESPONSIVENESS: Proverbs 31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

2.   Second, we as husbands[4] need to provide for our wife what she desperately wants to know about us:

v     What we look to as we define our identity,

v     How very deep is our insecurity,

v     How we measure our success by our performance. 

Then our wife can understand[5] that we need them to help us succeed:

1.      A husband needs to feel his wife's admiration,

2.      A husband needs to feel his wife's support,

3.      A husband needs to feel that his wife supports him in his work,

4.      A husband needs to feel his wife's support for him in public,

5.      A husband needs to feel his wife's support through all the seasons of life.   

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