HEALING THE HOME - Part 2

TOPIC:  SOME COMMON AREAS OF COMPLAINTS OF WIVES AGAINST HUSBANDS AND HUSBAND AGAINST WIVES

There is no person without complain in this world. It is either we are complaining again God, government, others or our family members. Sometimes it is difficult to thank God for the person that God provide for you. As the husbands have complains against wives, so wives also have complaints against their husband also. Know the complaints against you, you will be able to adjust.

PART A: - WIVES AGAINST HUSBANDS

1.               Insufficient provisions for the family(Money, shelter, food and clothing) 1 Timothy 5:8, Genesis 3:16

2.             Insufficient attention, communication and concern. Eph 5:19, 1 Peter 3:7-8.

3.             Lack of appreciation for the labors and provisions made by the wife.  2 Timothy 3:1-2

4.             Leaving the disciplinary job only to the wife 1Timothy 3:4.

5.              Excessive demands for sex resulting to unwanted pregnancies and overbearing of children. 2Tim 3:4

6.             Love for extended family members more than wife. Genesis 2:24-28.

7.              Mistrust on wife over monetary matters and the opposite sex relationship. 1 Peter 3:8-12.

8.             No consultation with wife before final decision.

9.             Not minding the little things that matters in a woman’s life

10.         Not caring about the spiritual well-being of the family.

11.           Not caring about seasonal  provisions, gifts and commitments

12.         Alcoholism and gambling if the husband is an unbeliever.

PART B: - HUSBANDS AGAINST WIVES

1.               Dirty and disorderliness. Ruth 3:3, 11, 18.

2.             Late preparation of meal or no meal at all sometimes. Eph 5:33

3.             Unnecessary suspicion of husbands over money matters and opposite sex .Eph 4:25

4.              Making and keeping of bad friends 2 Corinthians 11:12-15.

5.              Betting with sex and lack of romantic approaches

6.             Shielding the children from discipline

7.              Love and care for partisan extended family members

8.              Gossip, slander and backbiting

9.             Nagging

10.         Wastefulness. Mathew 14:19-21.

11.           Stubbornness

12.         Laziness and time wasting

13.         Lack of understanding

14.         Ungratefulness to husband’s provisions.

CONCLUSION: - If in your marriage you discover, you are at constant war with each other instead of loving one another, address the wicked spirit squarely together. The Bible wants us to provoke one another to love but many are provoking one another to anger. By Pastor S.N. Maichibi