Walk Together in Marriage - The Crosswalk Devotional - December 17

PLUS...10 Ways to Recapture Your Husband’s Heart  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ &zwnj [Crosswalk.com Logo]( The Crosswalk Devotional  [Devotionals](        [Newsletters](        [e-Cards](      [The Crosswalk Devotional]( Walk Together in [Marriage]( Dr. Michael A. Milton “Be imitators of God as beloved children and walk in love.” - [Ephesians 5:1-2]( If there has ever been a time when we needed divine guidance on marriage, now is that time. Mercifully, the Bible is filled with God’s truth about this most essential institution. Consider the truth and life from the devotional thoughts in [Ephesians 5:1]( 22-33. Here the  Apostle Paul is applying the love of the Lord Jesus Christ to wives and husbands in marriage. Now this passage contains two admonitions: one for the wife and one for the husband. And they're both grounded in that anchor verse, [Ephesians 5:1-2]( “Be imitators of God as beloved children and walk in love.” Paul writes to wives in Ephesus, “Submit to your own husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is head of the Church, His body, and is, Himself, its Savior. Now, as the Church submits to Christ, so, also, wives should submit in everything to their husbands.” If the Apostle’s teaching sounds unequivocal, it is undoubtedly because Paul had to use precision short of terseness. Why? One might opine that it was because Ephesus, like other pre-Christian Asia Minor and Southern European pagan religions, emphasized female deities and the complicating (and degrading) role relationships that the sexually-charged religion produced. However, others believe that the issue is deeper than culture. Humankind after the Fall was (and remains) infected with predictable dark dispositions that must be addressed: the fallen female can be inclined to misuse her feminine influence to beguile. In contrast, the fallen male defaults to his greater physical strength and consequent “tribal” dominance to "lord it” over the woman in brutish and violent ways. Mankind’s (male and female) fallen condition is interminably unjust and invariably disastrous.  [CONTINUE READING →](            You May Also Like:        [10 Ways to Recapture Your Husband’s Heart](  Cindi McMenamin Suddenly I wished I could turn back the clock and have that man I married see me the way he once did – as the captivating woman he fell in love with. And then I realized if that was to happen I had to become the woman I once was – as a young bride – and treat him like I once did.  [CONTINUE READING →](       [How Can We Stay Focused on Our One Need This Christmas?](  Amanda Idleman I realized recently that I have been living the last twenty years with a wildly inaccurate formula in my head regarding my needs. Thankfully, it’s simple. We only have one need: a relationship with God.  [CONTINUE READING →](            [5 Things a Wife Really Needs (But Doesn’t Know How to Ask For)](  Joy Allmond There are numerous things wives need from their husbands, but they don’t know how to articulate them, or they hesitate to ask because of the tension they fear the question will bring.  [CONTINUE READING →](                            Bible Trivia Question of the Day                                           The scroll that Ezekiel ate tasted like what? A. Wafers B. Bitter water C. Bad figs D. Honey [ANSWER THE QUESTION →](     [Crosswalk.com Logo](  [Read about Salem Web Network](  |  [Unsubscribe](   [Email Preference Center](  |  [View in Browser](   © 2022 Salem Web Network. All rights reserved. 111 Virginia Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219. This email is never sent unsolicited. You are receiving this email because your email address, {EMAIL}, is signed up to receive newsletters, updates, and special offers from Crosswalk. Â