Notes for Mother’s Day
The Secret of What A Woman Really Needs
Based on a 100-hour work week, Salary.com has estimated that a fair wage for the typical stay-at-home mom in 2019 would be $178,201.00.
Proverbs 31:28, 30-31 Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her; Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.
Text: I Peter 3:7 Amplified In the same way, you husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way [with great gentleness and tact, and with an intelligent regard for the marriage relationship… Show her honor and respect as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered or ineffective.
Married or single, our treatment of one another affects everything we do with God.
One of the first things you begin to realize when you have a relationship to someone of the opposite sex is how different they are than you!
One of the greatest tragedies in life is that we use the energy God gave us to love one another to try to change the other.
A Woman’s Number One need is the need for Security.
Ephesians 5:21-22, 25 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
God’s standard for women is to respect your husband as you would Jesus. God’s standard for men is to give your life for her just as Jesus gave His life for you.
Security to a woman simply means that I will meet her needs to my own hurt.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
A second way you give security to a woman is by being sensitive to her needs and not making her beg or nag.
A third part of a woman’s security is being a faithful provider and money manager.
The number two need a woman has is non-sexual affection.
Ephesians 5:28-29 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church--
Any Man Can Learn to be Affectionate. Most men need to be taught.
Practical Ideas on How to Show Affection to your wife.
1. Hugging and kissing.
2. Tell her that you love her while you’re having breakfast together.
3. Kiss her before you leave for work.
4. Call her during the day to see how she is doing.
5. Bring her flowers once in a while as a surprise (be sure to include a card that expresses your love for her.)
6. Gifts for special occasions. Learn how to shop for a woman. (And when you find out let me know!)
7. After work, call her before you leave for home, so that she can know when to expect you.
8. When you arrive home from work, give her a hug and kiss and spend a few minutes talking to her about how her day went.
9. Help with the dishes after dinner.
10. Hug and kiss her every night before you go to sleep.
The third need woman have is for Open and Honest Communication.
Because our time is limited, we have to choose to pursue the interests that you share, or pursue the interests you don’t share.
The Fourth need a woman has is the need for leadership.
