Daily Devotional

TAKING COURAGE IN THE LORD JESUS

September 9

eloved and Courageous in the Lord, What a title! Let me say this to you in the deepest love, care and respect. Many of my children lack courage and boldness to the extent that it is ruining their lives. Many women believe that their role is to play dumb in the presence of their husbands. They believe that this is humility and that their husband is the center of importance in the family. Beloved, many women are silent as they watch their husbands strut about filled with pride and silly ideas about religion, politics and about how to treat their wives and children. As a result, the woman--- God's best gift that a man can ever have, never fills the role as help mate to the man. The wise man realizes that a woman who is fearful and shy about speaking "the truth in love,"(Ephesians 4:15) will be the woman who is of little true value to him. When the man looks upon his loving wife and sees her self-esteem raised high by her good view of her importance and true value as a treasure to him and her children from God, that man turns and powerfully honors and respects his God. He respects his God for giving him a wife who would die for him due to her true God-given love for him, but he is sincerely blessed to know that she will boldly (in love) tell him when he is acting like a jerk and filled with self-will. This man is not at all threatened by a strong woman of God. He knows that her strength does not motivate her to try to dominate and control him, but to draw out in him the very best character possible. It encourages her to help to strengthen him in his faith in God. Beloved daughters of the Lord show this devotional to your husbands and point to this last phrase and say to him, "This is what I truly feel and think!" Say to him, "darling, I have been silent and fearful in the past, and I have failed you because of my fear of stepping out of my place as a Christian wife." Also say to him, "if you want me to be strong for you in my love, encourage me to be a loving "watch person" for you. I will speak the truth "in love," (Ephesians 4:15) but I will humble myself to you as "the head of the wife." (Ephesians 5:23) Good words--- healing words beloved daughter!

Prayer

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Father, I have truly sinned in my timidity. I have watched while my husband has made foolish mistakes through my refusing to allow the power of the Holy Spirit to make me bold in his presence. Forgive me in Jesus' name. Raise his estimation and value of me in his sight in the name of Jesus, amen!