Wednesday, 11-AUG-2010
Peace be with you.If I want to be humbled, I will talk to and listen to God. My path takes me where I want to go. If where I want to go is pleasing to God then praise be to God. If I am choosing my own path without listening to God, then shame on me, thus I am humbled.
How do I keep my Man Card and be a tender loving husband that serves my wife? To serve my wife I need to serve God first. My Man Card remains intact because a real man does not act the way our culture has trained him to act. A real man has courage and resolve to look straight ahead to God and follow Him.
To give the proper credit where credit is due, the following is inspired by the song "LEAD ME" by Sanctus Real.
PRAYER FOR HUSBANDS
Christ Jesus, you have called me to love my wife tenderly and sacrificially, even as you love the church, but too often I know myself to be a selfish man with a distracted heart.
Please give me patience, gentleness, and kindness toward my wife, and the wisdom to value her for her gifts and ideas.
Teach me to be vulnerable with her, openly sharing my own heart and thoughts, hopes and fears, even as I seek to better understand her.
Remind me to be ever mindful of her interests and needs with each decision I make and to structure my life in such a way that she receives the best of my energy and attention, rather than the leftovers.
Give me courage to passionately pursue relationship with her even when I feel wronged or wounded.
Let me become for her a man of tenderness, kindness, creativity, and itegrity, protecting and cherishing her by vigilantly guarding my own eyes and heart.
Above all, teach me to lead as you led, Jesus, in humility and service.
Only by your grace can I be a godly man and a good husbanc for my wife.
Lead me Lord, I pray.
Amen
"Lead Me" by Sanctus Real
I look around and see my wonderful life
Almost perfect from the outside
In picture frames I see my beautiful wife
Always smiling
But on the inside, I can hear her saying...
“Lead me with strong hands
Stand up when I can't
Don't leave me hungry for love
Chasing dreams, what about us?
Show me you're willing to fight
That I'm still the love of your life
I know we call this our home
But I still feel alone”
I see their faces, look in their innocent eyes
They're just children from the outside
I'm working hard, I tell myself they'll be fine
They're in independent
But on the inside, I can hear them saying...
“Lead me with strong hands
Stand up when I can't
Don't leave me hungry for love
Chasing dreams, but what about us?
Show me you're willing to fight
That I'm still the love of your life
I know we call this our home
But I still feel alone”
So Father, give me the strength
To be everything I'm called to be
Oh, Father, show me the way
To lead them
Won't You lead me?
To lead them with strong hands
To stand up when they can't
Don't want to leave them hungry for love,
Chasing things that I could give up
I'll show them I'm willing to fight
And give them the best of my life
So we can call this our home
Lead me, 'cause I can't do this alone
Father, lead me, 'cause I can't do this alone
I look around and see my wonderful life
Almost perfect from the outside
In picture frames I see my beautiful wife
Always smiling
But on the inside, I can hear her saying...
“Lead me with strong hands
Stand up when I can't
Don't leave me hungry for love
Chasing dreams, what about us?
Show me you're willing to fight
That I'm still the love of your life
I know we call this our home
But I still feel alone”
I see their faces, look in their innocent eyes
They're just children from the outside
I'm working hard, I tell myself they'll be fine
They're in independent
But on the inside, I can hear them saying...
“Lead me with strong hands
Stand up when I can't
Don't leave me hungry for love
Chasing dreams, but what about us?
Show me you're willing to fight
That I'm still the love of your life
I know we call this our home
But I still feel alone”
So Father, give me the strength
To be everything I'm called to be
Oh, Father, show me the way
To lead them
Won't You lead me?
To lead them with strong hands
To stand up when they can't
Don't want to leave them hungry for love,
Chasing things that I could give up
I'll show them I'm willing to fight
And give them the best of my life
So we can call this our home
Lead me, 'cause I can't do this alone
Father, lead me, 'cause I can't do this alone
Jamey, are you listening? Yes, God. Your will is mine.
Men, are you listening?
Have you prayed with your wife today? Real men do.
Don't know how? Learn, practice and pray.
Genisis 2 is a good place to start.......
Peace and Love in His name,
Jamey
Have you prayed with your wife today? Real men do.
Don't know how? Learn, practice and pray.
Genisis 2 is a good place to start.......
Peace and Love in His name,
Jamey
