SUBMISSION?!?!?!

"Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of his wife as the Messiah is the head of the church. It is he who is the Savior of the body. Indeed, just as the church is submissive to the Messiah, so wives must be submissive to their husbands in everything." Ephesians 5:22-24

.... Yes submission. Ladies, if we cannot submit to the Lord, how will we ever submit to our husbands. As we work on the fruits of the spirit, yes, this includes, patience, long suffering, and self-control. Hmmmm..... how will we get that? Well, we sure do have husbands to test us in that. And just as much they sure do have US to test them. The cycle of forgiveness and healthy communication for both partners is absolutely necessary!!!
I have soooo much self-control to work on! do you too? Pray, He'll help you, He's helped me and that is the ONLY way your marriage will survive! And the goal is to THRIVE not just survive! Thank You Lord for your love, guidance, counsel and help. Ladies, don't forget to get outside help for your marriage! when necesary "Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety." Proverbs 11:14 KJV
Love in Christ,
Mrs. Tiffany Phillips
P.S. Think of the word submission as in "sub"=like a submarine "mission" as in a goal. A submarine goes deep under water, so ladies go deep as in under his decisions, support him (as unto the Lord-nothing ungodly!) Little ones, big ones, daily, monthly, weekly, yearly. Have your own mind and freely express especially what you recieve from the Lord and then submit. Allow him room to make mistakes, to lead. Encourage and pray for him and surrender (submit) it ALL to the Lord! Blessings!

Light the Fire Again

"...(E)ach man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband. The husband must fulfill his duties to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does, and likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body but the wife does. " 1 Corinthians 7:2(b)-4.

This passage just simply reminds us that we need to fulfill our duties to each other. Men, that means we have to love our wifes unconditionally (see 1 Corinthians 13 for help there!), and it means that, yes, we need to be serving our wives in love. After all, we are to love our wives as Christ loved the Church (Ephesians 5:33). At the same point, I think that women need to realize that we have needs to that need to be met, and when those needs are met, we not only come out feeling stronger, but (and I'll speak for myself only here!) there are times where I feel like I'm on top of the world!

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Ps. 146:5 "Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God," WE prayed for His help to diminish stress, organize our home and enjoy one another this last night before Jason's schooling and He came thru as always. Thank you Lord.

"I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine." Solomon 6:3 Whether in body, or in serving one another, if we keep our focus off problems and on the Lord's solutions, practical and spiritual and meeting each others emotional needs, I believe we survive!

Hey there Sweets (wow, I sure have a chubby face!),

Thanks for stopping by! :-) Guess the word of encouragement I have today deals with God's love despite all that we have going on.

The Lord said that He would NEVER leave us nor forsake us (see e.g. Joshua 1:5-9, emphasis mine). Despite the fact that we have a cluttered house, birds that for whatever reason, get super excited at the slightest little thing, storms in our own lives to deal with, stresses of "Am I good enough (which I know is something that I am dealing with now)?", and the thoughts of trying to conceive, God is still there. God is still looking out for us, even though, sometimes, I think I don't look out for us very well.


Anyways, I'll do my best to keep this updated on at least a weekly (daily?) basis. I can't promise that I'll have something everyday, but I will probably have at least something small most days. I love you and can't wait to see you succeed in your artwork, classes, whatever you God has destined you to do!