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Questions & Answers by Kenneth Copeland Q: I recently made Jesus Christ the Lord of my life. My husband, however, has not, and that’s causing problems in our home. My husband says I’m neglecting him and my family because I spend so much time studying my Bible. I try to tell him how important it is to put God’s Word first place, but he just doesn’t understand. What should I do? A: You are right in wanting to put The WORD first in your life. According to Joshua 1:8, The WORD of God should be uppermost in your thinking all of the time, whether it be on the job, at home or in your leisure time. As you meditate on that WORD day and night, The LORD will reveal how it applies to your life and how you can act on it. So your desire to grow in The WORD is good. But don’t let the devil take your enthusiasm for the things of God and turn it into a stumbling block that comes between you and your husband. Instead, let 1 Peter 3:1 be your guide. “Wives, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives” (New King James Version). Let your husband see The WORD in action in your life. Let him see that your love for God has increased—not decreased—your desire to love and serve your family. Care for the needs of your husband and children. Attend to them. Look for ways of showing how important they are to you. Titus 2:4-5 says, “Admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.” In other words, don’t close your husband’s heart to The WORD by making him feel it’s robbed him of your attention. Instead, let him know he’s more precious to you than ever. Your diligence and affection will be more of a witness to him of the love of God than your being able to quote every scripture in the Bible. V ********************************** ****continued from page 29***** The first group let the devil devour the Word immediately. They were the kind of people who heard what the Bible says and instead of receiving it, they rejected it. As a result, they didn’t receive anything from it. Not one thing. The second group of people received the Word and rejoiced over it for a while, but they didn’t really let it take root. So “when affliction or trouble or persecution [came] on account of the Word” (verse 21, AMP) the devil was able to convince them that God’s promises would never become a reality for them, and their faith in the Word faltered. Their divine vision withered up and died. If you let him, the devil will pull the same stunt with you. That’s why you have to be determined to hold on to God’s promises. That’s why you have to hang on tightly to what God has said to you about your divine callings and dreams. Those things don’t usually come to pass overnight. They often take time. God might have given you a vision 30 years ago of something He has in store for you, and it might not have come to pass yet, but that shouldn’t discourage you. Just keep saying and believing it. Keep holding on. Don’t let it go. Timing is everything with God, and it may not be time yet for that particular vision to be fulfilled. If you let go of it now, it will perish and you’ll never see it happen. You’ll miss out on a precious part of God’s plan for you. So don’t quit! Instead, keep following God every day. Keep obeying His Word and responding to the promptings of His Spirit. One of these days, you’ll take one small step of obedience and, without even realizing it, you’ll step into the next phase of God’s plan for your life. Who knows how it might happen? God might lead you to go to Starbucks and you wind up meeting the husband He promised you. He might prompt you to call someone you haven’t seen in a while and, because of that conversation, you wind up getting the business opportunity of your dreams. 30 : BVOV

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