Big Idea:
Men honor their wives by taking responsibility for their biblical role.
Scripture Memory:
1 Peter 3:7 (NIV)
7 Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.
Action Step:
Write a note to each of the significant women in your life (mother or mother figure, wife/mother-in-law, daughter or any other significant woman) expressing appreciation for their investment in your life and how you would like to honor them.
Random Thoughts:
- I love Sundays like today! What a great day to celebrate Mother’s Day!
- We continue to see great crowds and lots of guests.
- Special thanks to Chris McHugh for taking so many pictures of mothers and their kids over the past several weeks.
- I am so thankful for Will and Jamie Goodwin being with us today for Mother’s Day. I love Will and Jamie and their story. You can check out Jamie Goodwin’s blog here. You can check Will’s site here. They did a great job today and their story fit will with our desire to challenge men.
- I missed Ric leading today but it was great for him to have a break for one week to simply attend church with his wife.
- Messages like today’s are tough for me but I have felt so compelled to speak truth to men.
- This has been a great weekend. It is the first Friday and Saturday we haven’t been booked for the entire two days in a while. It was good to slow down a bit.
- Jill and the kids are with her parents today. I miss them but I know it was important for her to be there with her mother.
- Special thanks to Mime Landry for putting the “Finger Smear” painting together for Mrs. Sargent.
- We will relocate our office this week. We will save a lot of $$ and it will help us prepare for what God has for us in the future. Our ultimate hope and desire is to be able to do more ministry in the community.
- I am looking forward to these next few weeks as we continue with ministry to the men and women.
- I am looking forward to an incredible summer with our momentum and excitement. Keep inviting your friends and family.
Russ,
What an awesome beginning to this series. It seems I have heard this before many times, but this time it is different. Maybe it was the lack of “sugar coating” this issue usually gets that made it stand out for me. I know I dont give my wife the attention or security she deserves sometimes. Its hard to believe that we forget to show our wifes, the women in our lives (mothers, etc.), that they are as special to us as they are. From what Ive gathered over the span of my marriage, I have determined that women seek something much deeper within us that is so incredibly difficult for us men to comprehend. We are accountable for these deep sought after qualities. Some of us are simply lucky enough to have a woman that believes we have these qualities. And we blow it sometimes. It shouldnt be this hard. Why do we need a reminder of how we should charish these women? I dont know the answer, but I sure do want to be better at it. Im sure my wife would enjow it as well. You should charge an additional fee once these series turn into therapy sessions! They are great.