Someone said, "Marriage is an institution in which a man loses his Bachelor's degree and the woman gets her Master's." While one can often find humor in marriage, the truth about the matter is that homes everywhere are under attack.
Last Sunday I began a new sermon series on the home and I preached on: "Three Materials Every Home Needs." You can listen to the sermon HERE.
While there is nothing simple about husband/wife relationships and what it takes to have a successful marriage, I believe that God has given to us some simple instructions in His Word that will heal and help every marriage.
Ephesians 5:21 says, "Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God." This may be a small verse but it packs a powerful punch! The Apostle Paul said that every home needs "the fear of God." Think about it, when every member of the home is living in "the fear of God" and they are submitting themselves to God, then they will have no difficulty in submitting themselves "one to another."
The reason many children have not submitted themselves to their parents, is because they have not first submitted themselves to the Lord. Likewise, a wife will not submit to her husband and a husband will not submit himself to his wife if they have not first submitted themselves unto the Lord.
Homes are chaotic and falling apart because there is no "fear of God" anymore. The one thing that would get your home and marriage back on track is if you once again put the fear of God into your home!