Author: Bryan Gibson

Weekly Bulletin
January 8, 2023

Resolutions for the Husband (Part 1)
by Bryan Gibson
I will make the same resolution that Joshua did: “But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15).
I will prepare my heart to seek, obey, and teach the law of the Lord, just like Ezra did (Ezra 7:9-10).
I will not discuss whether or not we’re going to worship services, whether it’s Sunday morning, or any other service. If our brethren are gathered together to worship the Lord, I plan for us to be there, and it will take more than a minor illness, more than a few aches and pains to keep us away (Hebrews 10:24-25; Acts 11:26; 20:7).
I will work together with you in the kingdom of the Lord, just like Aquila did with Priscilla (Acts 18:26; Rom. 16:3-4; 1 Cor. 16:19).
I will join with you in showing hospitality to our brethren (1 Peter 4:9).
I will not do like Lot did and take us somewhere to live that will clearly be detrimental to our family (Genesis 13:11-13).
I will gladly “spend and be spent” for your soul (2 Corinthians 12:15).
I will love you “fervently with a pure heart” (1 Peter 1:22).
So that you “know the love which I have so abundantly for you” (2 Corinthians 2:4), I will love you, not just “in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:18). In other words, I will “prove” my love to you (2 Corinthians 8:24).
And one of the ways I will prove my love is by listening to you. “Swift to hear and slow to speak” (James 1:19)—that will be my motto, toward God’s word, toward you, and toward all others (Proverbs 17:27-28; 18:13; 29:20).
I will love you—even through the most difficult times. Christ doesn’t abandon His bride during these times (Romans 8:35-39), and I won’t abandon you. If we face financial difficulties, I will still love you, even if you’re the cause of them. If you become overweight, I will still love you. If you become very ill and I have to spend all my time taking you to the doctor, I will still love you. If you become an invalid and can no longer do anything for me, I will still love you. God joined us together and I won’t let anyone or anything tear us apart.
I will love you, even if you don’t return it (Matthew 5:46; Luke 14:12-14). If you should ever say, “I don’t love you anymore,” I will keep right on loving you, and I will seek to win back your affections.
I will not give in to bitterness, no matter what you may say or do (Colossians 3:19).
I will not ever seek revenge against you. If you speak ill to me, I will speak kindly to you. If you throw something at me, I will pick it up and put it back where it belongs (Romans 12:17-21).
I will be kindly affectionate to you (Romans 12:10).
I will sacrifice my time, my body, all my material possessions—for the Lord I serve, and for you. I will gladly become poor so that you can be rich (2 Corinthians 8:9; 1 John 3:16-18). If we can’t afford two new sets of tires, I will drive around with the bald ones. Should the situation call for it, I will even give my life for you.
I will praise, compliment, and encourage you (Proverbs 31:28-31), just as the Lord does His bride (e.g., 1 Cor. 11:2; Phil. 2:19-20, 25, 29-30).
I will do for you the very things I want you to do for me (Matthew 7:12).
I will appreciate the work you do in the home, especially the work you do in raising our children, because that’s the most important work in the world (1 Timothy 2:11-15; 5:14; Titus 2:3-5).
I will not put more on you than you bear (Matt. 11:28-30; Gal. 6:2). I will not put more work on you than you can handle; I will not micromanage you; and I will not make it impossible to please me.
(More to come next week, if the Lord permits)

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