Walk the Walk
Whether you are a new believer, a long-time believer or a pre-believer this podcast is for you! Walk the Walk will help answer some questions you may have. I will talk about the Bible...and what it means to me. Not only will I share, but guests will be invited to share their own stories on how God is moving in their lives. You will be encouraged, uplifted and hopefully you will want to seek God to be a part of your life. You are welcome here.
Walk the Walk
Biblically Defining Gender Roles...and Loving It!
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Ever wondered how a simple shift in understanding your God-given role as a husband or wife could revolutionize your family dynamics? This episode is all about that. Starting the new year, we venture into the divine narrative of Adam and Eve, unearthing the essence of leadership in the household from a biblical perspective. This isn't about creating a hierarchy, but a harmonious unity that honors God's vision. Men, this is your call to embrace leadership, not as a form of control or dominance, but in a way that mirrors Jesus' compassionate guidance. Ladies, this isn't about subservience, but about understanding the joy and blessing in submitting to a righteous, God-led man.
Moving on, we delve into the sacred institution of marriage, emphasizing the significance of mutual respect. We unravel how a deeper adherence to our ordained roles can usher in blessings in our family. If your marriage is on rocky grounds, fear not. We are praying for divine intervention, for God to mend and strengthen your bond. As we navigate through these profound truths, prepare to be challenged, inspired, and transformed. So, as we step into this new year, let's step up and embrace the roles God has destined for us!
Good morning and welcome to Walk the Walk. Today is day one of a new year. It's pretty exciting, isn't it? I thought I'm going to wake up today and just be the perfect person that God wants me to be from day one, and I think, as soon as I put my feet on the ground after getting off the bed, it was like I already messed up. But God's grace is sufficient and says well, you got another chance here to correct your path, and I thank Him for that. So that means that I'm going back to the beginning of my chronological Bible and starting from Genesis again.
Speaker 1For me, I think this is like the fourth time and, as I said in my earlier post or my earlier podcast, that every time I read the Bible, god brings something else to light that I may not have understood last year, but now, this year, it's like I understand that that's what God intends for us. It's a lot to take in, and he wants us to learn it when he thinks we're ready for it, and I thank Him for that. So, as I was reading, of course it brings up the beginning as Adam and Eve, and when I think about Adam and Eve, I think about the whole woman kind of being in control and I'm going to be the first to admit that I'm a very controlling woman, for those who know me Probably just said that's an understatement what happened with Adam and Eve? You know, god created those two people. There are already spiritual beings being one called Satan was present and in a glorious state, god created Adam and Eve and then, of course, satan comes into the picture and tempts Eve. And then we know that story and there's always the debate of who's at fault, adam or Eve or whomever.
Speaker 1But I think what we need to understand today is that you know we're not talking about women to be enslaved into their husbands To do, you know when they're wicked, and making women do things that they're not supposed to do. That's not what the Bible is telling us. The Bible is telling you, men, to follow the ways of Jesus Christ and then to guide your family. Are you allowing your husband to be that man of God and men? Are you even striving to be the man God wants you to be? And that's the difficult thing, I think, for a lot of men, because they just don't read the Bible or they just don't really understand what it means to lead their homes while they follow Christ. That's challenging, especially if you have a wife who's been controlling you all these years, and now it's time for you to take back the lead.
Speaker 1It's time for you, men, to take back the lead, to guide your families the way that Jesus wants us to live, to follow Him and not in a domineering or in a way that is abusive to your family. By no means is that what we're talking about. What we're talking about is the way Adam should have guided Eve. She was tempted. He should have interviewed, but he did not, and he followed her because she thought she was doing something. I guess that was good.
Speaker 1We have two people that were trying to do things their way. Is that us today? We're all trying to do things our way, my way. My way seems to be better. It's probably a lot more fun and it doesn't work.
Speaker 12023, men, you need to step up to the plate and guide your wife and your families to the way that God has asked us to do. Step up to the plate, women. It is time for you to allow your man to step up to the plate If he's following God truly following God and not his own ways and allowing God to be the head of your household, I'm telling you your life will be so much better. Will it be perfect? Absolutely not. Will your husband mess up? Absolutely so. Will you women mess up? Absolutely yes, we do. That's our nature. But our hearts have to be changed. You know, adam and Eve committed the first sin and look what it did to the generations of people. Look what it did to their own children. Cain killing Abel Probably would have never happened without that sin, but it did.
Speaker 1And when you read in Genesis, it talks about the new, the families. It talks about the sin. It talks about the generations, right from the very beginning, so much that God destroyed his creation. And then there was Noah and the seven people that God saved in the boat, but only again to have sin, because sin is ingrained into us. That's the whole purpose of being born again is to be born to God, making that choice, to say you know what? I'm being born again, I'm getting rid of my evil roots and I'm going to follow God. Have you been born again, men? Have you been born again? Are you guiding your family the way that God has asked you to do so? If not, today is January 1st. What a great day to start that.
Speaker 1Women, it's time for you to follow your godly husbands. If, in fact, that's the case and if not, let's not continue the way that Adam and Eve did let's make a change. Step up to the plate, men and women. Honor your husbands if he is following and honoring God. I pray that for you this year for 2023, and I pray that for myself, that our relationships as husbands and wives are the way that God expected us to, and I promise you your marriage will look so different.
Speaker 1Heavenly Father, I just pray for each person that is listening and reading this today. I'm asking you to intervene in marriages that are falling apart, in marriages where so much sin is abound that they can't even see their way out. And as you bless us as husbands and wives, you bless our children. Cover them in the blood of the Lamb. Cover us in the blood of the Lamb. Allow us to be strong like you. Allow us to have the respect of you and of each other in our marriages. Intervene, we need you. Marriages are falling apart at a rate that is even out of here, even in Christian homes, father. Divorce is so high and rampant. Intervene, I pray these things in your precious name, father God, intervene In Jesus' name. I pray amen.