Submit – to
subordinate, to obey, be under, obedience, be in subjection
to, submit self unto, to yield to another
1. James 4:7 – Submit yourselves therefore to God
As a born again child of God do you find it easy to submit
to your Heavenly Father now that you are a new creature in Christ
Jesus?
Do you hunger
to know more of His Word and then put it into practice? Do you
still have a problem with wanting to be in control of your life?
Are
you still in that tremendous “2” years old stage of spiritual
life and tell God “No” to his commands for your life?
How do you submit to God?
2. Hebrews 13:7,17 – Obey them
that have the rule over you and submit yourselves
Who has the rule over you spiritually? Does the Holy Spirit make it
easy to submit to them? Does God hold you accountable to submit to them?
To whom is it easier to submit to: God or those that have the rule over
you?
3. 1st Peter 5:5 – Likewise ye younger, submit
yourselves unto the elder.
Who is your elder? Does it make a difference if they are Christian
or not?
4. Ephesians 5:22-24 – wives submit yourselves
unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord…as the church is subject
unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.
Is your relationship with your husband just like your relationship
with the Lord? How do you submit to the Lord and to your husband
in everything? What areas of your life do you need to work on to
be obedient
to these verses?
5. Colossians 3:18 – Wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands,
as it is fit in the Lord. “Fit” – be proper,
to attain to, convenient, be fit
What kind of submission is “proper” in the eyes
of God? To what degree or depth of submission is God joyful with
in your
life? Are
you sensitive in knowing when your submission level is not pleasing
to God?
6. Ist Peter 3:1-6 – Likewise, ye wives be
in subjection to your own husbands, that if any obey not the word…
Does your conversation (lifestyle) of submission to your husband put him
under conviction of the Holy Spirit to be more Godly in his lifestyle?
Can your husband sense in you a dynamic walk with the Lord Jesus?
7.
Ist. Corinthians 11:7 – but the woman is the glory
of the man
Glory – to brag, boast, worship, exhalt
Does your husband give you compliments for your godliness? Does he brag
about you to others for your meek and quiet spirit? Is your husband excited
to be in your presence? How will submission to his authority in Jesus elevate
you in his eyes? Does your husband have a companion in submission to Jesus
or does he live with a Jezebel?
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