Date: Wednesday, 25th June, 2025
Text: Ephesians 5:22-31
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
In a world filled with millions of failed marriages, broken homes, divorcees, single mothers and fathers, it is important to know the principles that enhance marital success- marital success as defined by the word of God.
Yesterday, we established the first principle of success in marriage- which is the Principle of Fidelity or Marital Faithfulness. The second principle we see in the word of God is the Principle of Love and Submission.
In Ephesians 5 verse 25, the word of God says, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it” the love here is not just the erotic or romantic love. The foundation must be the agape love- the Christ-like unconditional love.
Erotic or romantic love can easily fade away with time but if your love is based on the agape love, you will continue to love your wife even when all the physical things that attracted you to her have faded away.
Agape love is a sacrificial love which involves giving your time, resources, energy and all you have to make your marriage work. This kind of love forgives easily ; it is patient, kind and never keep records of wrongs.
As for the woman, the word of God says, “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord”- Ephesians 5:22. To submit is to accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person.
This lack of submission is the reason why so many wives have shipwrecked their marriages. Why should the wife submit? The word of God provides the answers saying, “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. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.” Ephesians 5:23-24.
Prayer Nugget: Ask God to fill your heart with love and submission.in Jesus name.
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