Today's challenge will look a little different. It still relates to putting the needs of your spouse first, but it also deals with "honoring" them. We are called to "submit to one another out of reverence for Christ" (Eph 5:21). Well, showing an interest in the things that interest your spouse is one way to do this, but we can also do this in the way we speak to them or about them (in the presence of others).
So, this week's challenge is to say "NOTHING" that tears down your spouse (apply this to whomever you need to). Instead, speak in such a way that they are lifted up and encouraged. Yes, we might even need to do this when we are RIGHT!
What's more important? To be right, or to put the needs of others above yourself?
Thoughts?
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Wed, October 21, 2009
by Jonathan Goeke