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one another as heirs together of the grace of life, and together submit to God, honoring Him. Honor One Another "Be kindly a ectioned one to another...in honour preferring one another" (Romans 12:10). I'm reaching every day to learn more from God about how to treat my wife. When I live in honor toward her, it brings the Father on the scene. The believing husband is to honor his wife as 1 Peter 3:7 says, as "heirs together of the grace of life." Why? So that your prayers are not hindered! An agreement between a husband and wife who honor one another is an impenetrable shield. But when I am dishonorable toward my wife, I've destroyed Matthew 18:19: "If two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven." When I am out of agreement with my wife, it also destroys verse 20: "For where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I in the midst of them." That dishonor in a marriage is strife. Your prayers will not work if you're not going to be obedient to The WORD of God. How can your prayers work if you claim to be a child of the living God, and at the same time you're whipping up on God's child—His own daughter? I must be just as honorable to my wife as I am to God. How can I be dishonorable to the child and, at the same time, be honorable to the Father? I can't, because my wife is bone of His bone and fl esh of His fl esh. She is a Covenant sister in The LORD, and to be treated as such. In the world of covenant, from the moment a man and his wife are covenanted together in marriage, a remembrance is put forth. From that day forward, he cannot have a thought that doesn't include her, because his marriage covenant partner is involved in everything he does. You can't have a spiritual bond without some kind of covenant involved. There has to be a covenant commitment. There's not a thing in my life—not one decision I make, twenty-four hours a day—in which Gloria is not involved. She's my covenant partner. There's no such thing as an independent thought as far as my life is concerned with her, because my life is totally committed to her, and hers is totally committed to me. We are one. In the Hebrew language, covenant talk leaves the impression that something almost like a claw, or the talon of an eagle, is set into the brain or the forefront of the face; in such a way that the person in covenant with another can't see around it without looking right at it. The covenant partner can't think without that person and their covenant connection being part of their thought life. I don't ever think about or do anything— there's no act that I can accomplish large or small—that does not a ect Gloria's life in one way or another. We are covenanted together, and I delight to honor her. The marriage covenant is a picture of our covenant relationship with God. That's why the Apostle Paul said, "For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one fl esh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church" (Ephesians 5:31-32). It's a picture of God's Love for mankind. He is saying the same thing: "I can no longer have thoughts that are independent of you." Jesus is saying that every time you lift the Communion cup, you are lifting the cup representing the blood that was shed for you that ratifi ed that Covenant. You do that in remembrance of Him because there's not anything in the life of a believer, a Covenant child of God, that He doesn't a ect. Hebrews 13:4 says, "Marriage is honourable in all…." Now you can see why the woman is an heir of God's grace and a joint heir with Jesus Christ. She does not deserve to be mistreated, abused or dominated. She does not deserve to be put in bondage. She deserves honor because she belongs to God just as much as her husband does, with whom she is one fl esh. When you honor your wife or your husband in obedience to God's WORD, because it's His command and it's the right thing to do, you become more than a conqueror through Him who has given you His Name and His life. When you act on that honor—even if it is contrary to every feeling in you, it threatens your fi nancial status or your business, or makes it look like you'll lose everything; and step out in faith to do it anyway—that kind of determination to honor will bring your Father, whose Name is Jehovah, God Almighty, on the scene. You'll never lose! God will honor you, according to 1 Samuel 2:30, with mercy, love, grace, marital happiness and prosperity. 8 : B V O V Schedule is subject to change without notice. Schedule is subject to change without notice. 2025 ALIVE Men's Conference June 13-14 | Newark, Texas New Jersey Victory Campaign June 26-28 | East Rutherford, N.J. 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