Open Heaven 4 May 2020 Memorise: For then husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Ephesians 5:23
Read: Ephesians 5:22-30 Open Heaven 4 May 2020
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Open Heaven 4 May 2020
Bible in one year: Proverbs 7-9
Hymnal: Sing hymn 6
Message: – Open Heaven 4 May 2020 Thursday Daily Devotional
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” Genesis 2:24
“This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.” Ephesians 5:32
The union of a man and woman in marriage is a mystery because it conceals, as in a parable, a truth about Christ and the Church. The divine reality in the concept of marriage is that God ordained a permanent union between His Son and the Church. Marriage between a man and a woman is the earthly representation of this divine plan. As God willed for Christ and the Church to become one body (Galatians 3:28; 1st Corinthians 12:13), so He desires for marriage to reflect this pattern.
Husbands and wives should consciously copy God’s model for the relationship between Christ and the Church. Some essentials of this divine model are as follows:
Open Heaven 4 May 2020 Thursday
First, the Church is to be led by Christ as the woman is to be led by her husband. The responsibility of the man is to see the vision for the family and that of the woman is to submit to the leadership of her husband as they work together to fulfil it.
It is also the responsibility of Christ to provide while the Church puts the resources into use so as to achieve the joint goal. The man is to provide for the home; in fact, 1st Timothy 5:8 describes anyone who does not provide for his home as worse than an infidel, having rejected the faith.
The woman on the other hand, is to use the resources provided by the man (While also supporting as much as she can) for the good of the home, not for buying frivolous jewellery or shoes, except where the man has provided specifically for that. The wife being a ‘help meet’ should however support the man as much as she can (Genesis 2:18, Ephesians 5:22).
If we could pattern our marriages according to the relationship between Christ and the Church, we would have many more fulfilling marriages today.
Action Point – Open Heaven 4 May 2020
Like Christ, husband, you are the priest and provider for your home. Take up your responsibility and ask God to help you.
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Good morning Daddy, I bless the Almighty God for the teaching of today’s open heaven. Daddy I married and have not children since 2007 and have done all manner of test but my husband refused to go to the hospital with me . So in 2017 , he went and married a woman with two children from her father’s house. He is not the biogical father to the children. He abundoned me here in Porthacourt. Currently he is living in Ebony state with the woman and her children. Moreso , before then the elder brother went to my step mother and my step brother and collected the bride price . I don’t have brother or sister am the only one from my mother’s house, since the only brother I had died in accident in 2004. I also lost my both parents. But my hope is in God. In this situation what do I do Thanks.
God help me in my responsibility as a husband. I confess all my shortcomings, help me to love as you have directed. Our conscious effort is required as to pattern our lives following God’s model for the relationship between Christ and the Church. The watch words are SUBMISSIVENESS and UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. And to Sis Amaka, I pray God will comfort you and visit you in your situation (Amen).