4 "Tipping Point" tips

By the time I finished the last 2 posts on "Ministry is not just the Father's Business"*, I noticed this pending post and it was obviously time to publish it. I'm sure you're wondering why the title is "Tipping Point" tips.

"Tipping Point" means "the point at which a series of small changes or incidents becomes significant enough to cause a larger, more important change." So I'd like to share tips of small changes that can make a big difference in our families.

Imagine the possibility if all the families - whether in the Ministry or not lived by these 4 verses? Without as shadow of doubt. it will definitely a Tipping Point for them & those around them.

¹⁸ Wives, understand and support your husbands

by submitting to them in ways that honor the Master. 

¹⁹ Husbands, go all out in love for your wives. Don’t take advantage of them.

²⁰ Children, do what your parents tell you. This delights the Master no end.

²¹ Parents, don’t come down too hard on your children or you’ll crush their spirits.

(Colossians 3: 18-21 - MSG)

The thing that struck me about these verses was that they not only tell us what to do but why we should do what it says we should.  

 

Zooming in on verse 18 which speaks to me directly, I can't but link it back to these verses which always speak to me in a different way as Mrs Pastor:

 

Proverbs 31: 11 -12 - ¹¹ The heart of her husband trusts in her [with secure confidence], And he will have no lack of gain. ¹² She comforts, encourages, and does him only good and not evil All the days of her life. (AMP, italics mine)

 

Ephesians 5: 22 - 14 - ^22-24 Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ. The husband provides leadership to his wife the way Christ does to his church, not by domineering but by cherishing. So just as the church submits to Christ as he exercises such leadership, wives should likewise submit to their husbands. (MSG, italics mine)

 

In Ministry, it is easy to get discouraged especially if/when you find yourself as the woman married to your sweetheart who also happens to be a Pastor - not because she answered any call - or even the echo. However, God's expectation of us is that we support our husbands (because we're married) and be the head of the "Supporters' Club" of 1 - in Marriage first & then in Ministry. We must never be a clog in the Ministry - except there's sin...

 

One thing I desire to always be to my husband is the "gift" that shines and glorifies God as Proverbs 12:4 says -  

A worthy wife is her husband’s joy and crown; the other kind corrodes his strength and tears down everything he does. (Living Bible)

 

It's my prayer that my family continues to live by these lively verses...I pray the same for you.

 

References:

* http://mrs-pastor-and-pastor-mrs.blogspot.com/2016/08/ministry-is-not-just-fathers-business-1.html#more

http://mrs-pastor-and-pastor-mrs.blogspot.com/2016/08/ministry-is-not-just-fathers-business-2.html#more

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