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Be Strong in the Lord

Be Strong in the Lord

To be a good and Godly husband, wife, son, daughter, father, mother, man,

woman, employee, employer, citizen of the Kingdom of God we all need to

 be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

St. Paul distills all of the lessons provided to Him by Jesus Christ Himself:

“In conclusion, be strong in the Lord (be empowered through your union

with Him); draw your strength from Him (the strength which His boundless

might provides).

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able successfully to stand

up against all the strategies and the deceits of the devil.

For we … Continue Reading

Harmony in Marriage

Harmony in Marriage

Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ

(the Messiah, the Anointed One).

Wives, be subject (the Savior of His body.

be submissive and adapt yourselves

to your own husbands as (a service) to the Lord.

For the husband is head of the wife as Christ is the Head

of the Church, Himself the Savior of His body.

As the Church is subject to Christ, so let wives also

be subject in everything to their husbands.

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the Church

and gave Himself up for her,

So that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the

washing of water with the Word,

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DEAD TO THE LAW

Do you not know brothers and sisters,

for I am speaking to those who are

acquainted with the Law, that the legal claims

have power over a person only for as

long as he or she is alive?

For instance, a married woman is bound

by law to her husband as long as he lives,

but if her husband dies, she is discharged

from the law concerning her husband.

Accordingly, if while her husband lives,

she marries another man, she will be

called an adulteress, but if her husband

dies, she is free from that law, so that

if she marries another man she is not an

adulteress.

Likewise my brothers and sisters you

have undergone … Continue Reading