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How to be a Biblical Wife for Ungodly husband

Our behaviour cannot be dependent on our husband. God expects me to be a biblical wife, even if our husband sometimes don't embrace his godly role in the marriage. That is what 1 Peter 3:1-4 is all about; living a life that is pleasing to God—A life that reflects His nature to the world, and of course, to husband.

1. A godly wife must pray

Prayer invites God to work in our lives. Start by asking God to help change you into the biblical wife He desires you to be. Ask Him to reveal the areas you need to work on and to give you the discipline to achieve personal and spiritual growth.

Also, pray for your husband. Only God can convict our husbands of their sin and mold them into godly men. But we can be our husband’s prayer warriors. Plead with God to work in your husband’s life and pray against attacks from the enemy.

2. Love your husband unconditionally

God loved us without being loved in return. Our love for our husband should imitate God’s love for us.  But the question is, “how to love your husband unconditionally?”.

Theologian Miroslav Volf explains unconditional love this way,

"You love God for nothing, or you don't love God."

He uses marriage as an example saying if he only loved his wife for everything she did for him, and how she made him feel, then he didn't actually love her.

Biblical love cannot be conditional. It cannot depend on whether you feel loved, or whether you receive love in return. Even when it is hard and painful to do so, you must love your husband unconditionally.

3. A christian wife shows compassion

Bitterness will thrive in the heart of a Christian wife who doesn’t show compassion to her husband. (Ask me how I know.) But bitterness is not an attribute of a biblical wife, so we must learn how to have compassion.

4. A christian wife leads from behind

One of wife's responsibilities is to counsel the husband. She is the number one sanctifying agent in her husband life. 

But we in doing so, we must remain within our God-ordained role and therefore, lead our husbands from behind.  This includes praying for your husband, demonstrating the behavior you desire to see from him, encouraging him, and giving him opportunities to learn from godly men.

5. A christian wife must learn to forgive

It doesn’t seem fair, and somedays, it might not even feel worth it. But I promise it is! Over time your behavior may win over your husband as 1 Peter 3:2 suggests. But even if it doesn’t, you can stand confidently in God’s presence and say, “I did my part. I followed your instruction and worked hard to be a biblical wife – to an ungodly husband – in whom you can delight.”

Source : https://hopejoyinchrist.com/biblical-wife-ungodly-husband/

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