Do you admire the Proverbs 31 Woman who seems to get everything done?

Do you compare yourself to the Proverbs 31 Woman and realize you fail miserably?

Do you feel guilty because you know that God wouldn't ask you to do something that you couldn't do, and yet you're having trouble doing it?

Well, friend, then this episode is for you. Come in for a cup of tea, and let's get to know this famous Proverbs 31 lady.

Today I share with you:

• a sweet story of beginnings
• a few false expectations about marriage
• the dual traps of comparison and guilt
• the truth about being in authority and under authority
• the story of the centurion as our example
• what some believe to be the #1 essential quality of a good wife
• 3 ways to implement into our lives the qualities of the Proverbs 31 Woman

RESOURCES

Scripture

Proverbs 31:11-12

11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

Matthew 8:5-13 (the story of the Centurion)

Ephesians 1:4

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.

Psalm 139:1-2

1 O LORD, thou hast searched me and known me.

2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

I John 4:10

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us…

Psalm 16:11

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy: at the right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Ephesians 3:20-21

20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.

21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

Luke 1 (the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus)

Philippians 4:23

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Ephesians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.

Hebrews 13:5

…for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Film

The Princess Diaries, 2001

Rice Experiment

Masaru Emoto’s rice experiment. To learn more: The Hidden Messages In Water (2004)

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