Man of the House

This is the second video of the series for Once Upon a Marriage. An excerpt below.



You can find the full video with study notes HERE.

Here are my notes summing it all up for you:

To be a God-Centered Marriage/Family, the husband has to fulfill his God given role. What this means for the wife is this:

The wife is to be the husband's helper, helping him to be what God needs him to be.

Belittling him with words (nagging), essentially turns him to become that which you speak of him.

Pastor Craig says this: 
No man will ever crawl out of his wife's constant complaining a better man even if what she says is 100% true about him.

What is rewarded is repeated. If he does the dishes, tell him, "thank you." Even if he did it wrong.

Don't take over. Let the man, be the man. He has a God given role. If you constantly take over, he will lose that role and never become that which you may complain that he never does.

Pray and stay out of the way. Let God do the work to bring the man to be what he is made to be.

For a God-centered family, the man has 3 roles
~ The Provider- women can provide too, it is just that the man has to set the financial tone
~ The Protector- not just from physical harm but also the family's heart and emotions.
~ The Pastor- setting the spiritual tone, going to church and being involved, praying as a family

You don't have to get married and fall into the stereotype of the nagging wife and the complaining husband. Make God the center, fill the roles He made for your family and your marriage will be what people don't expect.

Food for thought, huh? Yeah, I constantly think before I speak when I feel the need to nag, lol. What do you think? If you need prayer to ask God to bring your marriage to be God-centered, I would love to pray for you! Let me know!