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Alright, thank you. Hello. Thank you. Hope everybody's doing well on your end there in Dallas. Make sure you know me Facebook. They try to drag the man and I know to see my Facebook peeps in here. So that's on public. What's that? picture look like that. That's that's what the setting does that. Oh, that was okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Then you show how you doing, sister? Hello. You messed me up last last live with that. With that 23 year old dude, girl. You messed me up, messed me up. Alright, there's some Facebook people coming in. There's Ray and bitch. How y'all doing? Sarah and Barry? How y'all doing? So Sarah Reynolds, Barry Reynolds, Princess Elisa. Is that all of y'all in here? I'm trying to make sure. Welcome. Welcome. Anyway, glad to have y'all here. Glad to have y'all here. Please tag a friend, please share this video, like this video, subscribe to this video, hit the notification bell on our video channels, particularly on our love life and marriage channel. 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She's in in DC, Maryland and Virginia on her. What is that? The the you want to say CSI or CSI program? Yeah, the program. Like a camp. Yeah, like a camp. So, yeah. So, you tagging them. Okay, good. So, anyway, be praying for her. She will be coming back a little bit on Monday. We're looking forward to hearing her experience and what the Lord has has done and allow her to see as well. So, let's see. Hey, what's going on? What's up? Jesus loves you. Yeah. So, y'all see the people tagging right now. My wife tagging these people. So, we want to we want to go ahead and kind of like get started. Now, I want to get started with a what they post that yours truly had made, you know, just minding my business. Just trying to do what I what I do, you know, out here in these social media streets, hit up, hit up Anisa. Hit Anisha up. Anisha. Oh, okay. Hit her up. Let me see who else. I spilled it. Anisa. I know. Okay. Okay. I have to do each one individually. No, you don't. Like when I try to type a second name, it won't highlight. I don't know. But anyway, so y'all can hear us. Okay. I'm assuming it's highlighted though. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Once you like right there in a show. But anyway, I put up a post. I think it was it. Was it Thursday? I think it was it. Yeah, it was Thursday. It was Thursday. Okay. Thursday. So, I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna read this because again, I don't know why, you know, it was a problem. But you know, it was. Yeah, you do know why. Oh, I do. Well, I mean, I didn't, I wasn't attacking anybody. I was based on, on comments and just attitudes and mentalities that we see all the time occur in the world and unfortunately in the church. And that's this whole attitude, the strong-willed, you know, strong-willed woman. And some people don't have a problem with it. I believe as Christians, we should and I believe that there are, there are differences between the two. So, it was Thursday and you can go on my page and check it out if you want to as well. But on Thursday, I had made a statement or a post and said, strong women are just strong women. Excuse me. Some women are just strong-willed. That's what I said. Some women are just strong-willed. But that's the statement and that's the view that I hear a lot of, you know, people make regarding women and particularly women of color. Oh, tag Lisa. Yeah, tag Lisa too. Lisa. You know, she's like, why, you know, I missed it. I told you, you, you, you, you be seeing my stuff and tag Sean because Sean said he and sometimes I get shadow banned. A lot of people are saying they don't see my, my posts. Sean Isaac. Yes, they say they don't see my posts and they haven't unfriended me. They haven't unfollowed me anything like that. But for some reason, they don't, they don't see the videos. They don't use the notifications. So, you know what Big Tech is doing with that. But anyway, so I put up a post on Thursday and I have said strong, I'm like you're saying strong. Some women are just strong-willed and I responded and said, and I said, no, they're rebellious. That's what I said. And I put a scripture. I put, I put the scripture right. I mean, I don't, I don't know why that would be a problem. I mean, if you have the, if you have the scriptures and that's supposed to be the final authority as, as, as believers, why would anybody have a problem with that? So, if you have your Bible, I know tomorrow is Sunday, but you know how we do here on our little, you know, channel and stuff like that. If you have your Bible, could you turn with us to Proverbs chapter 27, Proverbs chapter 27 and we want to read what the Word of God has to say about, about the statement that I made. Okay. Do you have it? You're going to read it. Let me read it. You got it. Proverbs chapter 27 verse 15 and 16. We want to read this and then that's what we're going to launch this discussion. Proverbs chapter 27 verses 15 and 16. Go ahead and read it for me, please, dear. All right. A constant dripping on a day of steady rain and a contentious woman are alike. Yes, speak a little bit louder now. You're talking to people in the, in social media land. He who would restrain her restrain the wind and grasp oil in his right hand. So, that's what I said. I put descriptions up that this, this, this strong-willed woman is really a rebellious woman because what do you mean by strong willed? Maybe, and maybe that's the question. Maybe that's the question. Maybe we need to look up that definition. Since this is live, I'm going to look up what, what does a strong-willed woman mean? You want to do that? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What does a strong-willed woman mean? Yep. And they got a black person up on here? Oh my gosh. Okay. The first, the first entry that is pulled up. What is it? 12 things you need to know about a strong-willed woman. Oh boy. Y'all want me to read this? I'm getting the same reaction that, that you all are going to get when, when I read this list to you. Okay. You ready for it? Go ahead. Read. Now, this is, yeah. This is, this is the first entry. This is from theodicyonline.com. I don't know what this person's theological views are. I'm just reading the very first entry that I got as I pulled it up in the search. This is by Teresa Lorenz, October 26, 2015. Quote. I'm going to read it word for word. Quote, being a strong-willed woman is often associated with the following traits. Bossy, headstrong, confident, stubborn, assertive, independent, demanding, hotheaded, and even itchy. And you can put the B on there. To her, that's exactly what she wants to be. This kind of woman is sure of herself and takes matters into her own hands without pausing to care about what other people think of her. She sees herself as a feminist and trailblazer, working towards the greater good for herself and the people around her. She doesn't always behave and never fits into stereotypical roles, nor does she want to. Sometimes she is hard to handle and you might not know how you should approach her. See, can I, let me just pause for a second. Go ahead. Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, if you think this live is going to be lit, wait until you see the videos that we get coming up in the next few weeks. I'm going to tell you what they are right now. I'm going to tell you what they are right now. That way, you can tag a friend and get yourself ready when we drop these videos. These aren't going to be live. These are going to be pre-recorded. We're going to drop them. We're going to do them in parts. The first one that we're going to do, and we're going to do a two-part series entitled, 10 ways women can destroy their household. Tear down. Tear down, yes. 10 ways women can tear down their household. Now, I never read this before. This article that I'm reading to you right now, because words matter. We know that definitions matter, right? We know that all these things give context and gives a basis by which we are to respond to things. So, as I'm reading these things to you, this article, this reader, this woman, this author, she's kind of like already must have seen my sermon notes because I preached against this very thing back in, when did Fon's and Joy get married? This is when I dropped this. They got married in July 2011. 2011. Yeah. I did this 10 years ago. 10 years ago. 10 years ago. Now, is it going to hit some of you all, particularly you ladies and your spiritual snot locker, but, you know, let it bleed, because you know what I notice, there is what I notice. I notice that when I get on the men, oh, the women be like, Amen, bastards. Amen, brother. Get them. Get them. Get them. Yep. Amen. He showed. Yep. Well, if I were to read my Bible and go to Ephesians 5, verse 22 come before verse 33 and verses 22 to 25 talks about the responsibility and the prescriptions and the imperatives that women are to have toward their husband. So, I'm saying this right now because I want you all to understand, this is not going to be an imbalanced live. What we do, we don't do imbalances. We don't play favorites. We don't try to play sides. Right is right. Wrong is wrong. Right. And we don't care who it is and what they've done. If it lines with the word of God, that's what we ride with. The moment they veer off, that's when we get off. Simple as that because our allegiance is to the word of God. And if our allegiance is to the word of God, then we want everyone else's allegiance to be to the word of God. So, I just wanted to say that to y'all. Okay. We're going to do, we're going to do at least two, at least a two-part series in our videos on 10 ways women can tear down their household. If you are that kind of woman and if you are looking for a surefire way to tear down your house, you don't want to miss these videos there. You don't want to miss them because listen there, just for you. Just for you. And then we're going to do one on the husbands because that's how we, that's how we roll. But here's what, here's what this article said. It said just know that she is worth your time because she is the woman you want on your side. What is it? This is, you can pull it up. It's on Odyssey. It's Odyssey, the Odyssey online. You can just pull it up where it says. It says 12 things. That's only number one. This is only number one. Yeah. Number one. Here are 12 things you need to know about a strong-willed woman. 12 things you need to know about a strong-willed woman. Number one, she doesn't need your help. I mean, it says right there, she doesn't need your help. That person right there just takes me out, period. She doesn't need your help. Because I need your help. The strong-willed woman, the bra burner, she don't, she don't, she don't need your help, man. See, I'm not sure, I'm not sure if Kevin Samuels, I don't know if he talked to this person yet, but anyway, number one, she doesn't need your help. In fact, it says it is the last thing she wants. It's for you to help her. She needs to be able to solve problems on her own and speak up for herself because she craves being challenged and pushed. If she really needs help, she will ask for it. It won't be easy for her to do, so take her seriously when she reaches out. That's the first thing. Number one, she doesn't need your help. What's the second one? That's not it. No, no, no. It's going to tell you right there. Oh, thank you. Number two, she'll tell it how it is. I'm telling you, this article, I never read it before, but this is like, it's helping me with my stuff. She'll tell it how it is. She doesn't have time to sugarcoat things and she doesn't want to, because that's when meaning gets lost or confused along the way. I'm going to put the article in the chat and I'm also going to put it in the description box below this video. It says, I'm reading it again. She doesn't have time to sugarcoat things and she doesn't want to, because that's when meaning gets lost or confused along the way. She'll often throws in vulgarities to get her point across. If you want an honest opinion or viewpoint, just know that you'll get one from her no matter what. She'd rather tell you the painful truth than make you feel better with a lie. Number three, she thinks. She thinks a lot. Her mind is a constant whirlwind of information. Emotion and analysis. To her, every word is loaded, whether she wants it to be or not. She is always trying to put pieces together in her mind because she wants to make sure of what is going on before she vocalizes anything. Her imagination can run wild, but that's only because she wants to be prepared for anything that comes her way. To her, her thoughts and ideas are what bring everything together. And once she gathers them, she will make them known. Okay. Number four, she questions every rule, norm, assumption, and basically everything that she is told. How many of those do you know? Too many. How many of them are married or want to be married and can't get married. Yeah. And won't get married. Ain't no real man going to put it with that. No, no real one. That's why I try to tell that lady. Laverne. Laverne, I hope you hear. Number four, it says nothing is normal or static in her book. She thinks that rules are meant to be broken. Norms should be changed and assumptions are typically off. She doesn't like traditional notions because she doesn't see the fun or uniqueness in them. When she's told something, she questions it because she is looking out for herself and believes she deserves the honest information. Let her question and challenge things. It keeps her on her toes. Number five, she's passionate about the things she loves. Once you get her going, there's no stopping her. She can go on and on about her goals and passions because she invests everything she has into them. You'll see her eyes light up as if you flip the switch. Number six, she is fiercely loyal and faithful. I don't know how you're fiercely loyal and faithful if you're not willing to submit. Anyway, let me shut up. Let me just continue reading. She is fiercely loyal and faithful. Number six, she will stick by the people she cares about through thick and thin. She will never try to hurt someone she loves intentionally. And to her, the biggest betrayals in life are lying and cheating. If done to her or someone she cares about, she will not hesitate to call you out on it and or cut you out of her life completely because you broke her trust, which is unacceptable from her point of view. Okay. We can work with that. Okay. That's fine. I'm not going to push back on that too much. Number seven, she refuses to settle. She doesn't want to wake up 20 years from now wishing she tried harder. She's always searching for something, something more, whether from a relationship or job. She expects the best for herself and she will work for it. If things ever start to settle for her, she will stir up the waters to make life interesting again. Number eight, she values her freedom and space. She usually likes to do things on her own and goes out of her way to bond with herself. Freedom is what drives her and space is what she pines for. Try to take those things away from her and she will go from zero to 100 real quick. Number nine, she's comfortable in her skin. She embraces it. She wears what she wants without even considering what others will think. Let me just read that again because this is where the list is getting more and more interesting to say the least. She is comfortable in her skin. She embraces it. She wears what she wants without even considering what others will think. She takes care of herself and dances whenever she pleases. The scars on her skin are beautiful to her, reminding her of what she has survived. She plays up her features and emphasizes her unique quirks. When complimented, she would reply, quote, I know, end quote or simply thank you for saying something. She doesn't need reassurance because she can give it to herself even on her worst days. Number 10, she has a hot temper. When provoked, beware, she will say what is on her mind without hesitation. A strong-willed woman. A strong-willed woman will stick up for herself and advocate for what she thinks is right in the heat of the moment. Most importantly, remember to give her time and space when she is angry. She will likely see more clearly when the smoke settles and she can recollect their thoughts maybe after she's locked up for hurting somebody or whatever, but anyway. Number 11, she's hard on herself. That's what it said. Number 11, she's hard on herself. She is her toughest critic. She is consistently pushing herself, expecting more in order to achieve. If she fails, she takes the blow directly because she knows that she can do better. She expects a lot from herself and will continually set the bar high. She doesn't give up. Instead, she takes the time to learn from mistakes and mishaps so she doesn't have to be in the same position again. She doesn't need someone to tell her everything's okay. She can do that herself. It may take time for her to regain her perspective and pick herself up, but she will. See, there's a lot of nuance into that because we all need encouragement. We all need to be told some things that's going to build us up. But anyway, this is the worldview that this individual has. Number 12, lastly, her silence will speak much louder than her words. If she's not saying anything after a while, you should be concerned. A strong-willed woman will speak up after she gathers her thoughts, but if not, her silence itself is a message. At this point, she may not even want to waste her time and energy on the subject. It may also mean that she is working out things in their head, demonstrating that she values what's going on enough to actually think about it. But don't get your hopes up if she is silent for a long period of time. Usually, this is past the point of no return. A strong-willed woman is a person who speaks her mind and defends her values. Even if she is seen as bossy, demanding, or stubborn, she doesn't really care. She's the kind of woman who wants the best for herself, her loved ones, and for the better of society. End of quote. Now, that was a lot, but I wanted you all to see that when I read that post, and I gave that comment on Thursday, and I said that some women are just strong-willed, and people use that as a compliment. It's not a compliment. It's not a compliment. Why would you feel that there's a compliment? That's really more of a criticism and an indictment, especially if you are a Christian. And so, when you read Proverbs 27, 15, and 16, dear, I mean, it's pretty clear how a strong-willed woman is not the kind of woman that any Christian woman should be. That's far to be. All right. Right. So, I'm reading again for those who have just came in and may have missed it. So, we're talking about there are two kinds of women, strong-willed women and submissive women. And the question that we want to ask those of you ladies and those who may desire to be married is which one are you? Which one are you? And as promised, I said I was going to do this, and I want to make sure that I don't forget because we have enough people now here on the live, so that way they can chime in. And if you want to be a part of this discussion, let us know. We'll bring you on the live for discussion as well, too. And we'll put up the studio link, and then that way you can come in. She is so petty. I'm just here for Miss Sharon. Natasha, you're going to be hay today. I'm going to call Kamal on you. That's what I'm going to do. So, I want to read this verse again, and I want so everybody can be on the same page here. Proverbs chapter 27, verse 15 and 16. We believe as Christians that God calls women to submit. Now, notice what I'm not saying, because I already know how some of y'all think. Being submissive does not mean that you should be dogged or mistreated. As you can't speak your own mind or have your own thoughts, rather, and have an independent thought. That is not what biblical submission means at all. And nobody that I know that understands the Word of God and understands how God treats his bride, the church, whatever postulates such an aberrant and ungodly idea like that. So, submission just means willingly and willfully placing yourself under the authority of God-ordained leadership. For your good, ultimately, God's glory. Simple. Because when you are under submission, there's protection. It's like an umbrella. It keeps you protected from the elements that may come upon you. So, when a wife is submissive to her husband, he is the one that goes before that woman. But when you try to circumvent and when you try to usurp, when you try to be the man, you want to wear the bra and the britches, then you are the one now that has to take responsibility for that ungodly decision, that ungodly choice. Because there's no protection there. None whatsoever. And notice, I'm not talking about single parents. I'm not talking about single women right now. I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about wives. I'm talking about women who are married or who desire to be married. And if your mentality is like we just described in this article, these 12 things that a strong-willed woman is, then you need to check yourself for the most part. Oh, yeah. Definitely. You may need evangelism. You may need the gospel if that's your mentality and pattern of life. You're not saying- I think that some women that are truly saved could possibly be in rebellion or I guess live in a rebellious state or attitude because nobody has discipled them. Nobody has shown them. This is how you should respond to your husband. This is how you should- what submission actually looks like to your husband and to Christ, what it really looks like. Because nobody has ever painted that picture for them. They didn't have that. And there are women out there like that. But I do believe that once God brings that situation to their attention, then they should desire, they should want to change that mentality, that worldview, and that way of thinking and that life. Because if you are a Christian, then your goal and your desire is to please God. And if you're pleasing God, then you're going to please those that he has brought into your life. There's no shortcuts around that at all. I think too, you have women that have this viewpoint of instead of focusing on themselves, they try to flip the script and say, well, what if he's too domineering? What if he's this or what if he's that? Instead of taking reflection and looking within themselves to see how they're not fulfilling their particular role? Yeah, there's two sides of it. First of all, when we hear those kinds of statements, what we do, we hear those kinds of statements, we kind of dig deeper into that. Because there's usually more to that. It's either usually more into that or the person just not telling that you did his line. Because you can say that this person is not treating you right. What do you mean by that? Treating you right by house. We need examples. Right. They're not giving you what you want. You know what I'm saying? That's not mistreating you, especially if what you are wanting is either unrealistic, ungodly, or it's not in that time that the husband has decided. It's not a betterment for the family. It's more selfish motivation. You're asking for something because it's going to benefit you. Exactly. It's not going to benefit the family or the marriage. If he tells you no, that's not being unloving. That's not being domineering when he's telling you no, that you can't do something that's not in the betterment of the family or for the marriage. Because it's not about you. And it shouldn't be just about you because you're not in the marriage by yourself. The interesting thing about all of this as well is that the idea of oneness is missing. Because you see two people here sitting here on this live, but we're one. Two individuals, but we are one unit. Two minds, but we have one mind that is in Christ. So we want what the Word of God commands us to desire and for us to want. And when either one of us veer off, then we have to get ourselves back upon biblical footing. We have to get ourselves back upon a biblical worldview because what happens is when you're doing what you want to do, or I'm doing what I want to do, it's going to affect the entire whole. It's going to affect the entire family unit. And all it takes is one individual to mess it up for everybody. So when a person is selfish, when a person is strong will quote unquote, they're showing that they're being rebellious. And if that is you, if that is you, be honest with yourself. And if you're watching this video now, you need to ask yourself, wow, these people are talking to me. How did they notice? Because the Spirit of God has brought it to your attention. He's lovingly, graciously, providentially, and has sovereignly allowed you to watch this video so you can get yourself together because time is running out for you. It really is. I mean, and you have no control when God blows the whistle and says, okay, that's it. Enough is enough. That's it. I gave you everything the Bible says in 2nd Peter 1, 513, where he's given us everything we need for life in Godliness, everything. So there's nothing that you and I are lacking to be obedient to God, nothing. I want us to understand that. And I think too that if you are a part of a church, then it wouldn't, it would behoove you to get with some of the older women or some of the ladies in the church and see if someone cannot, you know, take on that role to disciple you and say, hey, I'm having an issue with this and I really don't know how to go about changing the way I think. I don't really know how to go about changing the way I say things and the way I speak to my husband or to my spouse. You need somebody to help you. So don't be afraid to ask for that kind of help. Yep. Because that's what the body crisis is there for. And again, the Bible says in Proverbs 27, 15, a constant dripping on a day of steady rain and the contentious woman are alike. Notice, constant dripping. Can you imagine? A constant dripping on a day of steady rain. So it's coming through the roof of the house. You're being affected by it. You can't, you can't ever stop it from coming in. It just is constantly dripping on your head. And God says that's how a contentious, argumentative, feisty, unsubmissive wife is like nagging. The text says in verse 16, he who would restrain her. Notice, he who would restrain her restrain the wind. Can you hold back the wind, men? And notice, notice there. He didn't say she who would restrain her. Solomon said he who would restrain her. Yes. And so notice, because men are stronger than women. There's a physical difference between how God made men and how God made women. I don't care. Nothing what these alphabet people and what they said. Miss me with that foolishness. God made men differently than he has made a woman. So men are physically stronger than a woman. For a reason, right? God in his word says he who would restrain her, he who would try to restrain his woman is like restraining the wind. You can't hold back wind. You can't even hold back wind. The only time we see the winds being held back is that God sends his angels and he holds back the four corners of the winds. It's going to take God to hold that woman and to control that woman and restrain that woman. You can't even do it. So if you have a woman like that or a wife like that, God help you because it's impossible to restrain an uncontrollable woman. And here's the thing. I give you a little sneak preview. When a person is uncontrollable, they're not being governed by the spirit. Because matter of fact, the byproduct of the spirit is self-control. That's one of the fruits of the spirit. The last fruit of the spirit is self-control. When that woman cannot be controlled, she can't control her mouth. Let me rephrase that. It's not that she can't control her mouth. She won't control her mouth because it's an act of the will. This whole strong will thing, it's an act of the will. You said what you said because you wanted to say what you said and you meant what you said. So he says he will restrain her, restrain the wind and grasp oil with his right hand. The word right hand is a symbol of power and of strength. So anytime you see in the Bible where it says the right hand, it's talking about authority, it's talking about power, it's talking about strength, it's talking about control. He says you can't even, you can't even grasp oil with your right hand and it all stay in your hand. Same way as with an unsubmissive and rebellious woman. Somebody asked a question in there. He said, stirring the pot, is there a place for conditional submissiveness? If so, what conditions? Well, yeah, yeah. And I guess he's talking about because we hear people say wives are to submit to their wives too. Well, let's unpack that. Matter of fact, let's just read what the text says in the Ephesians 5 because it's right there in verse 20 through the 33. But for the sake of time, I'll just read the section that Paul is referring to here. It says in verse 22, verse 21, it says, and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. Now, of course, the word and is a conjunction. So we need to read the previous verses and what he's talking about. Therefore, be careful how you walk. Okay, what is it therefore? Therefore, well, you go down the verse, you go to the previous passage description, and you see in verse one of chapter five, Paul is right into Christians, and he's telling Christians how they are to live. He's telling Christians how they are to think. He's telling Christians how they are to behave. And he tells us and how our life is not to be full of immorality, impurity, filth in this course, jesting, silly talking, things of that nature. He says, if these things are a pattern of your life, you don't inherit the kingdom of God, you're not saved. He says how we are to expose the deeds of darkness and not participate in those things. He says in verse 18, that we're to be filled with the spirit, not be drunk with wine, be filled with the spirit. Verse 15, he says, we're to be careful how we walk, not as unwise, but as wise, making the most of our time, because the days are evil, right? He says in verse 20, always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and to God, even the Father, and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. So, be subject to one another in the fear of Christ and how we treat each other, how we are to respect each other, how we are to love each other and love our neighbor as ourself. That's all Paul is talking about. Then he goes into verse 22 and gives the responsibility and the role of wives and how wives are to submit themselves to their own husbands. Wives notice, and the word be subject in italics, so it's not really in the original text, but for the sake of context and for the sake of bringing a clear thought to the author's writing, the word be subject is written in there. It says, wives to your own husbands, notice, as to the Lord. So, notice, you see the connection there. Verse 21, I mean verse 20, verse 21, rather says, and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. Wives to your own husbands. So, notice, so see the connection. Wives to your own husbands. So, he's giving how this subjection and submission plays out. Okay. Now, he says, wives to your own husbands, as to the Lord. And he explains why. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church. He himself, the savior of the body. But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives to their husbands in everything. Now, we know everything doesn't mean every little thing that he tells you to do that you do it. You have a mind, ladies. If your husband is telling you to sin against God first and foremost, then you don't do it. You don't do it. You respectfully decline. You respectfully decline and you respectfully unsubmit yourself to that request. Why? Because your allegiance is to God first. Now, we need to make it clear though, dear. Yes. It must be what God's word defines as sin. Not what you think sin is, ladies. There are some of you who want to add 67 books to the Bible. You want to add a Bible part two to your preferences on what you are to do. No, no, no. God's word is complete. God's word is clear and his commands are just the same. No. You, ma'am, you, sister, you, wife, if that husband is telling you to do something as long as it does not violate God's word, and it must be clearly said and clearly shown either in precept or principle or in precedent, meaning pattern of practice. What do we see in scripture? You don't see Christian women sitting against God and saying, I'm submitting to my husband. No. And when we do find that, like Abraham and Sarah, Abraham told Sarah to lie saying that that's my sister, so he wouldn't get killed. Well, she shouldn't have did that, but that's what happens when you don't follow what the word of God says. And we know sometimes we can find ourselves in situations where we're thinking that we're helping somebody and we get caught up in the fear moment or we try to rationalize with sin. Those things happen, but let there be an exception and not the norm. That's my point. But verse 25, it says, husbands love your wives. And can I, can I say this as well? When, when as husbands, we're subjecting ourselves to our wives and how we love them. I mean, think of this way, man. We don't always want to show love to our wives when, when they do things that we don't like, but we must submit ourselves to what they desire and what they and what is best for them at times. It doesn't mean we are coming under their authority. It simply means that we're laying aside our will. We're laying aside our desires. We're laying or setting aside what we want for the betterment of our bride. Can you give some examples of that? Yeah. Okay. Like case in point. And I hate doing it, but I know at times I have to when I come home or my wife will say, can you stop at the store? Yeah. And she knows that when I get in that car and I got to take that 45 to 50 minute drive back home across town, the last thing I want to do is stop. Yeah. And even when I got to get gas, sometimes I want to get, I'll try to get it in the morning because I'm ready. I'm ready to go home. But I know she doesn't do it on purpose. At least that's what I'm saying that now. I'm saying that now. No, I don't. I mean, I'm like, why do you do it for? But when is the last time I've done that? I haven't done that in a long time. I haven't done it in a long time. Let the record show, ladies and gentlemen, that she's admitted that she has done it though. Yes, I have. I'm not saying I haven't ever done it. No, but I know, you see that comes with me understanding you. I know that you don't like to stop on your way home because the kids are asking me, why don't you just ask dad to get it on his way home? I'm like, no, I'm not doing that. You're just not going to get, you're not going to have it today because I'm not asking him to stop anywhere. Unless it's a need. Unless it's something that they really, really need. Yeah. And if I know it is, if I know it is, then, you know, then, hey, I do it. Yeah. But I'll say this also as well. Love is not, love is not always based on convenience. Right. Okay. Exactly. And so, so you said, to give you an example, that's, that's just in a little thing, because that's not a, you know, a divorceable issue or anything like that. But loving, loving my wife means that I have to sometimes put myself in uncomfortable situations or make myself uncomfortable for the betterment of her or for the betterment of my family, our children. It's not always based on convenience. Right. Love shows itself in its inconvenience on what Christ did for us from leaving heaven's glory and coming down in the farm of a human being and dying on a cross for our sins. That was not just uncomfortable. That was excruciatingly unbearable. But he did it anyway. So when we talk about love, yes, husbands are responsible for their households. And so I don't want to shift these gears too much because about I want to show you all that when, when I hear women talk about, well, what about him? And what about this person? What about why he ain't doing this? I gotta always do this and you're focusing on the wrong thing. And matter of fact, let me give you another precursor in a preview for this. Go with me real quick to John 21. I want you to see something. John 21 and Jesus has already died, has been resurrected. He's appeared through the disciples and he has he's showing himself and he's already challenged, Peter, you know, who denied him three times and asked him, Peter, do you love me? Peter, do you love me? Peter, do you love me? Right? And in verse 20, I want to read verse 20, verse 20, verse 20 of John 21. It says, Peter turning around saw the disciple whom Jesus loved, loved, following them. And he's talking about, he's talking about John. John, talking about himself actually, Peter turning around saw the disciple who Jesus loved, following them. The one who also had leaned back on his breast after suffering and said, Lord, who is the one who betrays you? Peter, therefore, seeing him said to Jesus, Lord, and what about this man? Now, why would Peter say this? Well, because in verse, in verse 20, in verse 18, Jesus is telling Peter how he is going to die. He's telling them how he's going to die. He's telling them how he's going to suffer and on all of these things, right? And so when you read verse 18, it says, truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird yourself and walk wherever you wish. But when you grow out, when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you and bring you, and bring you where you do not wish to go. Now this, he said, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he turned and he said to him, follow me. And then you see in verse 20, Peter turned around and saw the disciple and he said, in verse 21, Lord, what about this man? He said, what about, what about John? What about this man? What, what, what, what, what you gonna do with him? That was what Jesus said in verse 22. Jesus said to him, that is Peter, if I want him to remain until I come, what is it to you? You follow me. This saying, therefore, he went about, went out among the brethren that that disciple would not die yet. Jesus did not say to him that he would not die. Only if I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? Peter was focusing on somebody else. Peter was asking you, well, what about this man? What, what you gonna do with this man? Jesus says, don't worry about him. What, what do I tell you to do? And that's the point. Too many of you ladies, too many of you women are, are, are focusing on what the husband is not doing. Well, Lord, when are you gonna say something to him? When are you gonna do something about him? Jesus saying, God is saying, what have I told you to do? We have enough to do as wives and as women that we have not, there's no way we're going to master it all. No. So if we are focusing on what it is the scriptures tell us to do, and we're focused on what it is God has called us to do and who he called, called us to be, we, our time is taken. We don't have time to focus on what the spouse is doing, because we're trying to grow in the areas that God has already told us to do. We can't do that if we're focusing on, if I'm sitting here focusing on what the thing, and I just started nitpicking. Right. Stuff that I think you should be doing. Right. You know, why, why are you not doing such and such? Why are you not, you know. So, so this whole, so what, what, what precipitated, what caused this? Well, because of the comment that I had put up, and I'm noticing how, and not all of you, but, but for those who need to hear it, it is what it is. So Laverne Lewis, who happens to be an evangelist and a prophet, this, let that, let that sink in. So there you have it. There y'all have it. And I tell people all the time, when I hear, when I hear a woman call themselves an evangelist, you just want to be a preacher on the low. Just, just stop it. She's single. I wouldn't be surprised. I'm not sure. But I went to the page. Okay. Well, then there you have it. Okay. So she responded to the post and said, different strokes for different folks. And that sounds good on the TV show, your Arnold and Willis and, and, and Mr. Drummond, Ms. Garrett and Kimberly, you know, that's, that's, that sounds, that sounds fine there, but it ain't biblical. So I just basically, you know, like, what do you mean? What are you talking about? So she responded and said, and I'm trying to read it the way she said it. This is, this is how she said her, her subjects and verbs weren't agreeing. They weren't touching in the grand. So I'm just reading how she said it. You would think of your prophetess and you'd think God would tell you how to spell. But anyway, she says, quote, I'm reading in how she said it. Strong will women works with the man that doesn't mind her pushing her will now I'll ask you again, do you get it different strokes for different folks? So I tried to cognitively try to decipher and what she was saying, right? So I said, okay, I said, no real man I know, once a woman described in the text that I cited, and she said, yes, you're not every man. I said, are you every woman in my shocker con Whitney Houston voice? I said, if my original posts don't apply to you, why do you feel the necessity to comment? I said, usually when things aren't pertaining to me, I don't respond. I just keep scrolling. So then she responded and said this, I'm reading it, how she said it. I do not have dyslexia. Okay, I don't. I don't. I can read fairly well. I can read fairly well. This is what she said. She said, quote, Seco W bless you and you and your will don't mean a whole lot because you air can and you elevate yourself and you think that long as you put another person down is going to heighten you, it's going to elevate you, but it won't you ask a question, you put a post up anybody that is on Facebook have the right to make a statement about your post yourself centered and you are arrogant, nasty and extremely rude. I say it again. There's different strokes. There's different folks for different strokes. Some men like for the woman to take charge, some which most women prefer a man to handle the rings. And I stated that everybody is not the same different strokes for different folks. And if that offended you that much, I'll tell you what get the behind me Satan. Yeah, that's what she said. It's all there. She goes on and says, you are not me. I'm every other person on the internet that has a right to respond or not to respond. Because when you open it up like that, that's what you're going. That's what you're doing. You giving people the right to give their pain. I mean, no, no, no periods. Yeah, see, thank you. Here's a teacher right here. She writes at a middle school level. Yeah. That's kind of insult the middle school students, right? I mean, I mean, she would read this like, okay, we're right. This is what I call a diarrhea post. It just runs. There's no commas. There's no there's no hyphens. There's no semicolons. None just just ran. I mean, this is this is a fugitive statement. It's on the run. Scott Newman asked her, are you married? And nobody she never answered. And then he said, I bet she got a cat. I mean, anyway, so she she then some other sisters have responded. And it was interesting to say the least, because these other women that responded to her, she started at them. And one one person said, and I just read it. Leah Johnson said, there's nothing more outputting than a pushy entitled woman who thinks her way is our best and makes life difficult for everyone else if you don't oblige her. I hate women like that and have no problem resisting them. Now, this is another woman saying that. So, so, so game recognizes game and real recognizes real and real people can see the fake and the rebellion and that Jezebel and that Delilah, you know, spirit of attitude, you know, and when a woman, you know, sees that now. The interesting thing was that Laverne responded to to Leah and said, quote, I don't know you, but if you hate me, you're not the only one. God bless you anyhow. And Leah responded, oh, you think you're doing something right because you you're hated for being a strong will woman, please. You should scroll down to read Brandy Gabriel's comment and get over yourself. Now, I want to read Brandy Gabriel's comment. Oh, yeah. Because her comment was just straight up fire. Right. I mean, it was just, it was just, I mean, it was on point and I told her, I said, I was going to read her comment because she pretty much nailed it. I mean, it was just, you couldn't get any, any, any better of a statement than that. And but here's the here's the problem that I'm noticing with a lot of women. This this attitude that you can be strong willed and be submissive, you don't see that in the scriptures. I mean, you just don't. How you do that? How you do what? How you be strong willed? Ask Ask Laverne, ask these women that that think that they can, you know, you know, because she said in the comments, she said that there are men that like women to I'm like, I don't I don't know no real man. No, no real man I know wants that none. So you know, I'm going to bring this up. Oh, this is real, right? We keep a real conversation. Okay, well, then come on. Go ahead. Let's have it. I'm not going to say any names to protect the guilty. However, do you recall when we were living with other people? Oh, yeah. What did you see? I know the Lord allowed us to see what we saw. Oh, yeah. Because from the outside looking in, it was one thing. But then when you go to live with somebody, oh, yeah, you see things a whole lot different. Oh, yeah. I mean, what you see on Sunday morning. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I mean, and I just put like this, you know, we have people stay with us, haven't we? Yeah, but I mean, not for six months. No, but what they saw was what they saw. Yeah. It was nothing. It was no fakery. It's nothing, you know, what they saw was what they got. And we did not. We didn't we didn't we didn't play, you know, this this front and then, you know, if there was an issue, there was an issue. But there wasn't it was clear who the husband and the wife were. It was clear who the head and the help meet were. It was clear that when there are things that need to be handled in the house, each one of us knew our role, each one of us knew our assignment. And I think that that's what the problem is for a lot of women. You mentioned earlier, they have been discipled. No, they either either they have not been discipled or they have not been delivered and delivered for the same say this person was not delivered because number one, like we stated earlier, she did not see that at home. No, she didn't have that example at home. No. And number two, I think her husband became passive aggressive. Oh, definitely. Because he got tired of trying to deal with it. And he said that. Yeah, he said that. You know what, I'm tired of fighting, tired of fighting it. Yeah. I'm tired of pushing it because every time I do this, I'm like, yeah, but I mean, he was always teaching other people. That's right. How to. Yep. Having classes and see here's here's here's the thing that I'm telling people. You can have degrees out the wazoo. Yep. All these letters behind your name. Exactly. All that you can have you can speak at conferences you can you can forward and and endorse people's books and do all of that and your family and your marriage can be nothing of what you preach and what you teach and disciple others to do. Yeah. And that's just the reality for some people. It really is your first ministry, man, is your home. Ladies, wives, your first ministry is your home, your husband, that's your first man, your children, if you have them, that's your first ministry. Yep. Everything else is secondary outside your relationship with Christ. That's it. Yep. Christ is first. Your marriage is second. And if your marriage is aligned with God's word and his principles, then it's going to flow in others and other people will see it. They will definitely see it. And this is this is not this is nothing about us boasting and bragging about it's not that but we're not going to apologize for what God has done and what God has brought us and what God has in our life. No, police ain't never came to our house and had to knock on our door because they heard a disturbance in our house. No, we're not going to do that by God's grace. So we glory and we are grateful for what God has done in our marriage and what he's doing in our life. So we don't apologize because we don't fight or we don't have arguments where our kids are afraid to be around us or they're afraid and wondering is mommy and daddy going to break up? Is mommy and daddy going to get a divorce? That has never by God's holy grace never been the conversation let alone the fear in this household. Our children know who the head of the house is and they know who the help me in the house is. They don't have to worry about any of that. They've never seen me put their hands on their mother unless we just joking to plan around that kind of thing. But violence, aggression, verbal abuse, none of that stuff. They've never seen their mother disrespect their father. Never seen that. Never seen that. But a lot of you are setting a course and setting a trend that is ungodly and you want to use, listen, you want to use your past as an excuse and I'm going to tell you something. It doesn't wash when you stand before God at the Bama seat. You're going to give an account for what you do and how you treated that man, ladies. You're going to give an account for this and saying your strong willed and listen, you can watch all these stupid sitcoms and House of Pain and all these women dawning their husbands and leading their husbands and their husbands afraid to go home and I mean that may sound good in a comedy series. But in the Christian home, no, no, no. The only thing I'm afraid of is God ever telling me to park me. I never knew you. That's it. I don't want everyone to hear those words. But me being afraid to come home to this, me being afraid to come home to all of this, all of this. No, no, no, no. There's no fear in it and my wife has no fear of coming home to me. She said, don't you do you? You sure? Okay. I think somebody said blink twice if you're afraid. They say that. No. So any questions so far? I hope we're, you know, we're driving some points home because we want people to understand that this type of thinking that we see going on in the church in the body of Christ is foreign. It's scripture. It's foreign. It's totally foreign. Talk about this as well. The, since we're on the subject of, you know, spouses coming home and all of that, the popular phrase, you know, happy wife, happy life, you know, happy spouse, happy house. I don't see it in the scriptures. Your happiness is my least concern. Your holiness is my primary concern. And I don't say that as cliche because if you're holy, I should, you should be happy. Yeah, you mean you should. Because listen, when I, when I read, when I read the scriptures, it doesn't say that I am to make my wife happy. Right. It says, it says, it says I'm to help her and make her holy. I'm to present her holy as unto God. Read Ephesians five, 25 to 33. Nowhere in the text is to talk about my responsibilities to make her happy. Nowhere. And vice versa. And vice versa. Because listen, happiness is based on what's happening. Holiness is regardless. Regardless of what's happening. You and I are called to be holy. We're not called to be happy. We're not. Right. That's true. And, and, and listen, Pharrell did a song called happy. Sounds cool. Sounds nice. Catchy tune. Yeah. Catchy. The hook is catchy. It just ain't Christian. Sorry. I mean, it's not. And you know, some churches have played that song. I know. I don't get me started on that. I know. I know. And, and, but see again, but again, because you don't, you don't have biblical worldview of, of holding this, you don't have a biblical worldview on what the church is to be. So, but, but no, my wife's happiness is not my primary concern. Her holiness is because I am going to have to give an account for that. I'm going to have to give an account on what I present her and what I bring in her life and the atmosphere and surroundings that I, you know, put her in. So with that, am I also going to be held responsible for how I treat you and how I respect you and how I respond to you? Why don't you read, why don't you read 1 Peter 3? Yeah. I noticed she brought that up, y'all. She, yeah. Thank you. Thank you, Rick. There is no Department of Happiness in the bottom. No, there's not, bro. Sorry. Yeah, I don't, yeah, there's no, there's nobody standing, standing waiting to take, to take the calls. Sorry. Department of Happiness. Nope. Nope. Sorry. Yeah. Proud. I mean, 1 Peter 3. Yeah, 1 through 6. All right. Yeah, you gotta speak louder, dude, because you can't be, you know, with your Tabitha Brown voice. If y'all saw that video, y'all know what we're talking about, but go ahead. I'm sorry. Whatever. Anyway, can y'all hear me? Can y'all hear me? Shut up. All right. First chapter 3, dude. Go ahead. I have some things in my mind, too. When I finish reading these. Now, do you need to say them first? No. You show? I can write some down for you. You know, you get flowing. No, you know, when you get flowing, you're like, what am I gonna say? And if you don't tell me. But it's okay. Go ahead. All right. All right. Okay. So, 1 Peter 3. In the same way you wives, be submissive to your own husband so that in, so that even if any of them are, oh, Lord, I can't. Can you read that? And she got glasses on, y'all. She got glasses on. No, because I have all the, you know, like, my pen and stuff. Look, look, turn, look, this, this is how, look, look, look, this is how, this is how, but now notice it real quick, y'all, look, let me show y'all something. Why you got to show them all that? Look at this. This, this is, this is her Bible. It is who she said it is. This, this, this is, I'm trying to, trying to put it. Okay. Let me have my Bible back. There you go. Now it is marked up though. I mean, she got the colors in there. Y'all, look, look, look at the back of the cover. The back of the cover. It's, it's Lord Jesus. Look at it. Change this and stuff. I just want, I want y'all, I mean, my wife being in and out, she, she, go ahead. This is, yeah, she, yeah, she does do this. Yep. She uses it. And I, I ain't trying to be bossy. Okay. Oh my goodness. All right. Go ahead. Okay, go ahead. Let me finish. First we did, first we did three read. Let me start over. Yes. In the same way you wives be submissive to your own husbands so that in, so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be one without a word by the behavior of their wives. See, that's one right there. As they observe your chase and respectful behavior. Hold on. And let not your adornment be merely external braiding of the hair or wearing gold jewelry or putting on dresses. But let it be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God. For in this way in former times, the holy women also who hoped in God used to adorn themselves being submissive to their own husbands. Thus Sarah obeyed Abraham calling him Lord and you have become her children if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear. Okay. Go ahead. I'm going to unpack what you say. One done pack. I'm going to let you knock that one out. Okay. So when you go back down to verse first verse in the same way you wise be submissive to your own husband so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be one without a word by the behavior of their wife. Stop right there. Yes. Verse one says in the same way. So those of us who have studied it come on and what way are you talking about Pete? Pete says I'm glad you asked. Look in the previous passage above. He talks about Christ being our example. How is Christ our example? Glad you asked. Christ is our example and how he submitted himself to the Father's will. And how did he do that? For you have been called for this purpose. What purpose? To submit ourselves to Godly authority. We see that in verses 13 throughout verse 20. But Christ is the example. He is the epitome of submission. For you have been called for this purpose since Christ also suffered for you leaving you an example for you to follow in his steps who committed no sin nor was any deceit found in his mouth. And when being reviled he did not revile and return while suffering he uttered no threats but kept entrusting to him who judges righteously. And he himself bore our sins in his body on the cross that we might die to sin and live to righteousness for by his wounds you were healed. He wanted to use that to talk about physical healing that had nothing to do with that but anyway I digress. Verse 25. For you were continually straying like sheep but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls. Now in verse one he says in the same way in the same way that was previously spoken of how Christ lived. How does the wife live? How does she carry herself and govern herself to that unsubmissive or even unbelieving husband? Yep. How does she respond? Even if any of them are disobedient to the word they may be one without a word. Not nagging huh? The behavior of their wives. So no nagging? No. No putting a little gospel tracts in his lunch. Or no setting the presets on the radio to 105.7 KSBJ or KCHB? KACB rather or KSBJ here? None of that stuff? No. So how would a woman I guess minister to her husband per se if we are to follow this just this verse alone the way we live, the way we carry ourselves, the way we speak? Yeah right there. As they observe notice he says your chaste, your modesty, your respectful behavior. So it's like you say that's how you carry yourself. So even if your husband is unsafe we are still to respect them. We are still to submit to them and unless he's asking you to do something simple. Exactly. First Corinthians chapter seven. Let's read that real quick. First Corinthians chapter seven. Verse 13 says in a woman who has an unbelieving husband and he consents to live with her let her not send her husband away. Why? Verse 14 says for the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through a husband for otherwise your children are unclean but now they are holy. It doesn't mean that they're saved. It just means that they're under the protection and favor and blessings of God by that saved spouse, that saved individual in the marriage. We see an Old Testament example with Joseph. When Joseph was in Potiphar's house the Bible said God allowed everything that Potiphar had to be blessed. Why? Because Joseph was in that house. His house, his business, his establishment was sanctified, was protected because of Joseph being a godly righteous man. So in verse 14 it tells us that the unbelieving wife sanctified by the believing husband, unbelieving husband, sanctified by the believing wife, that children are also sanctified and considered holy or set apart is what it means. And in verse 15 says yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let them leave. The brother or sister is not under bondage in such cases but God has called us to peace. For how do you know verse 16, O wife, whether you will save your husband. So that carries over into 1 Peter 3 verse 2 by the chase and respectful behavior of your husbands. Wives, ladies, if your husband is unsaved and you're nagging and you're and you claim to be a Christian but he don't see that, maybe the reason and listen, so please don't go there and talk about what God is sovereign. I got that. Y'all talking about somebody that's, I'm a big sovereignty of God man but I'm also a big man that's responsible for his action man too because God says if you cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble you better are tying a millstone around your neck and being drowned in the depths of the sea in Matthew 18 verse 16 verse 7 he says that there are, there are offenses are inevitable in this world but woe through whom the offense comes. So nobody gets away with causing people to fall into sin or to fall into to error or to be ushered into hell because of how you treat them. They're responsible for their decisions. They're responsible for how they react but you also are responsible for setting that up or causing that action. So ladies, how are you treating your husbands? How are you responding to them? Are you respecting them or are you disrespecting them? Are you honoring them or are you dishonoring them? And because they're not saved doesn't give you the right to say, and I've heard women say this, that mean I gotta submit to them if they're not saved. Yeah, we just told you that unless or until they tell you to violate God's word or the law. That's it though. Those are the only two justifications that you have the right to respectfully rebel. And when I say respectfully rebel the same way Daniel and his friends respectfully rebelled the same way Peter respectfully rebelled and acts five. You ain't gotta be shaking your neck and oh who's ain't doing that. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, you don't have to do all that. We'll see you just talk about that in the next. Yeah, go ahead. But let it be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God. So does that mean that she can't talk, she can't say anything? Does that mean that she's not able to voice her concern or voice her opinion about something? I know that that's not what that means, but I know that that's what someone will say that they said it as a cop or they said it because they may or that so that means I can't say nothing. The fact that you're asking that question, you're I know the answer to that stop being stop being petty and stop being immature and grow up and say okay, Lord, let me deal with my selfishness. Let me deal with the fact I'm not getting what I want. And can we just talk about this? Nobody put a gun to your head until you marry that person either. True. Nobody put a gun to your head. And I say this because you may have gotten saved and the husband didn't get saved. Okay, that's fine. But some of you were saved and you married the unbelievable person. Married him anyway. Consequences. Consequences. And the text says if he or she desires notice, they're not abusing you. They're not mistreating you. They're not taking advantage of you. The Bible says they are content with living with you. That means it presupposes that they, I'm not saved, but I love you. I want us to still be together. If you want to go to church, that's fine. I'd rather stay home. I'm going to watch TV. I'm going to go play golf. But then they're not stopping you from going. They're not stopping your children from going. They're not doing anything that will cause you to say okay, this person is abusive. This person is treating my children. None of that. The Bible says they consent. They are content with living with you. You don't have a right. You have biblical grounds anywhere to divorce that person because you got saved and they are not saved. No. The Bible says no. Stay. Because how do you know if your behavior, you're chasing respectful and godly behavior does not win them, does not cause them to say man. Why does she act like that? Yeah. I mean, wow. Why does she still respect you? Exactly. Or if the wife is like, man, I didn't know this was, you know, wow, this man is, he's still able to love me. And even though I haven't, you know, and it opens their eyes to the true living God because God is doing the work in their life and doing the work in their heart and soul. So Paul says, how do you know whether or not you are not the conduit in saving that unbelieving spouse? So, you know, you have this, you have this attitude with this strong will women thing. It's unbiblical. It's totally unbiblical. In fact, I want to read this commentary. This is Charles Bridges in his book and the Proverbs. Charles Bridges writes in there's a commentary in verse 15 and 16 in Proverbs 20 70 says quote, the figure of dripping has been given before. The time is added here on a rainy day, shutting us up at home. There's rain inside and outside and both are troublesome. The one stops us from going out with comfort. The other from staying at home in peace. I'll read that again. I'm going to read that one again. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Charles B. He hit it. He says there is rain inside and outside and both are troublesome. The one stops us from going out with comfort. The other from staying at home in peace. The storm within however is much more pitiless. Shelter may be found from the other, but there is no shelter to be found from this dripping. The other wets only the skin. This gets through to our bones. Prudence and prayer, not blind affection, give the only security of happiness and peace. Hmm. I am a living witness in telling you that not this wife, but when I wasn't there, not, not, not this, not all of this, but when I was an unbeliever and I had was married before to one of my previous wives, I was put it that way. Before you was saved. Before, that's it. Before I was saved. Yeah. Before I was saved. Going home, I rather stay at work because going home, not a joy. Going home was a chore. Going home was a terror to me because I just hated going home because of that kind of woman. And the sad thing about it, there, there are some of you watching this live or watching this video later that you're going to have to ask yourself some very hard penetrating questions. Some of you are claiming to be Proverbs 31 women and you're not a Proverbs 31 woman. You're a Proverbs 14 one and Proverbs 15 one woman. Let's read that and then we'll, we'll, we'll tie this up. They don't know how to keep their mouth. Come on. Proverbs chapter 15 verse, I mean, chapter 14 rather verse one, then we read 15 one, one chapter over Proverbs chapter 14 verse one, the wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands. This is why we say we're going to be talking about this in our video series. 10 ways wives or women can tear down their household. The wise woman deals her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands. Proverbs chapter 15 verse one, a soft or gentle answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger. Some of you really believe that you are a Proverbs 31 woman. And when we do this series, you hope and pray to God to realize that you're not, that the truth that God brings will show you that being a Proverbs 31 woman, God has to, God has to bring that out in you. God, matter of fact, has to be in you from the Lord. Going to Proverbs or going to P 31 meetings, don't make you a Proverbs 31 woman. No, it does not. It does not. No. Learning how to cook and so, but you don't do it doesn't make you a Proverbs 31 woman. No, it does not. Sorry. And how can you be a Proverbs 31 woman if you haven't even become a tightest two wife? Because both describe women who know their role and know their God. And again, we're going to talk about it. I'm not going to do it tonight. I'm not going to do it today in this video. But it is true that when a man is looking for a woman, the last thing he wants to see is a strong, willed one. And can a man spot that off? A real man can. Listen, I'm talking about real dudes. I ain't talking about these weak, soy beta dudes. I'm talking about real alpha men. I'm talking about a real one. I'm talking about a man, a man's man. I'm talking about a man who knows who he is. He's not a bully. He's not, you know, abusive. No, he's a man. He knows what he wants, knows what he's looking for. And he does not let her dictate how to be a man by what's between her legs. Never. What about the loud and boisterous woman who? What about her? Well, two things. Okay. You have some women who have a loud personality, but they're saved. Okay. You know, you say loud personality, meaning not boisterous. No. Well, no. Okay. Not contankerous. Okay. I'll say that. They're just loud. Okay. I mean, she did that. They're outgoing. They're outgoing. Okay. Okay. Yeah. I got that. Yeah. Versus someone who is more laid back and more quiet. Yeah. You know, but they're both women of God. Yeah. Well, you already said it. They're both women of God and you didn't know what personalities. Right. So, so, so let's, let's, let's, let's be real. There's two people that I know that we both know. I'm going to say the names right now. Pat and April. Yes. Both of these sisters. They're very outgoing. They're outgoing in their personalities. I would, I would, which one is loud? April loud. April, April. No. She, but she's godly loud though. See, she, she, she's, she's godly loud. And, and, and, and Patty's, Patty kind of like, she, she kind of like throttle back now. Because matter of fact, before Pat met us, she was one of them evangelists. She was one of those ones that was like, you know, yeah, yeah, yeah. So she, so, but, but, but both of these women, they're outgoing people. They're, they're outgoing. They're, they're, they're extrovert people. But here's the, here's the thing, like you mentioned, they're women of God. They know, they know their place. Yes. And they know when, when to be back, they know when to, you know, when to be loud, when it's okay to be loud. I say that. Right. Right. Right. Right. Brandon said, what about women that are very aggressive? Okay. I guess we, if you can help us unpack that. It's aggressive. What do you mean? Yeah. Give us, give us some examples if you can, because I don't want to misperceive, you know, what you mean by that. I'll say this, I will, I'll say this as well too. A man wants a woman to act like a woman. Okay. A man, I'm talking about a man wants a woman to act like a woman and not have man tendencies. Okay. And I think real men know that. Yeah. Um, I'm not talking about, I'm not talking about women who may know sports or may know, you know, that that's, I'm not talking, I'm talking about femininity. I'm talking about when a man sees that woman, he, he, he knows that that's a woman and she's caring herself by that. Um, but, but if you're, if you're talking about aggressive where she thinks that she can challenge or that she thinks that she can, um, body another dude, then no, no, that's, that's not femininity at all. And I'm not sure if that's answering your question or not. Um, let me see. You said aggression is a negative male trait. Yeah. Yeah. And I think aggression, yeah. And I think, um, I think aggression, depending on the circumstances, I'll put it this way. Somebody breaks in my house. I'm going to be aggressive. Yeah. He said next, he said, except in certain cases. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Got you. Got you. Yeah. Except in certain cases. So you say an aggressive personality. Um, did my example answer that question, Brandon? I'm not sure if it did. Maybe it did. I'm average. I probably was mentioning it when you were typing it or not, but, um, I guess maybe could he possibly be talking about a woman who, um, likes to take charge of everything, you know, lead in everything and she's married. Yeah. You know, leads in everything. No, no. And if that's what you mean, then no, that's not, that's not, that's not her role. She plans everything. She wants the man to follow suit, you know, with her with whatever she decides to do. Absolutely not. No, that's what I'm, that's what I'm picturing, but I'm not sure if that's what you're talking about. If that is no, absolutely not. No, no, that's not, that's not what God has called her to do. And you say characteristics as well. Yeah. No, if she has aggressive characteristics, man, that's not femininity. That's not femininity. Now again, you know, she may need to be disciple. I mean, if all her life has been around, you know, dudes or been around men or she's been abused and that kind of thing, then, then you can understand that that's not to be accepted. But I believe that she needs to, she needs to change how she sees femininity and womanhood because like we talked about earlier, some women just haven't been disciple. Yeah. And they just don't know. Some women don't know how to actually carry themselves like a young lady or like a lady. Because they didn't see that, you know, they've only seen a woman who ran the household by herself. Right. Yeah. They've only seen women probably from grandmother on, you know, grandmother was a single mom, mom was a single mom, you know, so that's all they know. And, you know, that's how they respond to everything. Yeah, they think they have to take charge and do everything on their right. And that's where again, that's where that one on one discipleship comes in, in that relationship, because, you know, now you're dealing with, and it's going to take time. I think ideally, you will want to see instant results. But realistically, if this person, if this is all they've known, then they're going to have questions. These women that have that mentality of being the boss or whatever like that, because especially if they have gotten with a man, that's a real man ain't going to put over that. Right. You know, do you love me enough to know that number one? I got you back. I'm here to protect you. I'm here to cover you, not you cover me. And if they understand that, then it's going to, it's going to take some work on that woman's part. You said too many women are mirroring unhealthy. Yeah, I agree. I agree that they are. And again, it goes back. It goes back again to the home and it goes back to one-on-one discipleship. A lot of these women are not being discipled by the older women, the tightest two. They're not, I mean, and a lot of these older women, I mean, what do you say to them? I mean, a lot of them don't have a biblical theology when it comes to womanhood. Very few do, very few do. And the rest have already died out and are gone. But, you know, this generation of women, if you have one, you better hold on to them tight. Better hold on to them tight because they are a rare find. But what about like in a marriage, if you have, if your spouse, if the wife, I don't want to say carries herself like a male, but I will say what if she, the clothes that she wears. And we were talking about the, we were talking about that in the, no, I actually, no, that's, that's one of the things I was going to talk about. I mean, if nothing she wears says femininity at all, except when you make or do it. I think that's a problem. I think that's a problem. I mean, because again, there should be a characteristic in how women are portrayed. If I see women dressing like men, that's a problem. I mean, it just is. I mean, because, and unless something is wrong with, unless they don't have, if they don't have long hair or their hair is not kept up, you know, in a way that is distinguishable for a woman that's feminine. And if they have short hair and they wearing man clothes, then that's automatically going to be suspect to a real man. That's going to be suspect. Right. There's no sense for me trying to play and cut corners with that because a man is looking for a woman. He's not looking for somebody that's going to be just like him. It's just not going to happen like that. At least no real man that I know. Right. And I think that that's where the, that's where those conversations have to happen, because femininity, I can't teach a woman to be a woman, but a woman, a godly woman, that's their responsibility to teach the women. I mean, you read Titus too. It's a one-on-one personal discipleship between these other, between these other women. The older women. Yeah. The younger women. Grace Mercer said, is it possible for the husband to put the wife in that role of not being feminine because he would not walk in his role? Yeah. Yes. Absolutely. He's abdicating his responsibilities. And sometimes I would say, and my wife is right here, when a woman is taking charge, either one or two things are happening. Either the man is not leading or the woman, or the woman is forced to lead. Because if decisions have to be, because the man is not leading, because he's not leading, or the woman just wants to lead, I'll say it that way then. Because somebody is going to run that relationship. Somebody's going to run the marriage. And if he is not putting, if he's not putting in the effort, and that putting in the work, and making sure that he's leading his household according to God's word, then that woman, unless she's just bottom line, that's still strong, that strong-willed woman that we read earlier, then she's not going to submit to it. I mean, if she's not going to submit to it, then automatically it's going to fail. But if she understands her role in her place, then it may take time for her, if she has been brought up in that type of relationship or family background. But true womanhood, they're looking for true manhood. And women know when a woman is not acting like a woman too. They know that. And they also know when a man ain't really acting like a man. When a woman calls a man a punk, and I'm not saying that they're calling it faith, but they're saying that he acting like a real punk. I mean, that's just, you know how women talk, because when they're saying that, that's, bruh, that's not good at all. Because you're not, you're not, you're not, you're not running your lane and filling your role. Vic says, yes, they have like examples in the home and they see how other men have behaved. So who also don't have examples? Yeah, it is. It's a toxic feedback book. It is. Let's not even mention how some sports are almost impossible to participate without marrying Matt. Vic, gee, bro. Yeah, that's true. Oh boy. That is true. Oh boy. See, see, that's why we told our daughters, I'm like, mm-mm, some sports you just not playing. It ain't made for you, baby. It ain't, it's not, it's just not made for you. Again, real men want real women. I just, I mean, I don't want, I don't want nobody just as hard as I am. I mean, for what? Would you want a Claire Huxtable? Okay, define, define that. I mean, Claire Huxtable meaning like money like Claire Huxtable? No. Oh, okay. The type of wife that she was. No, no, no, no. And here's the reason why. Because everybody know when he watched the college show, Cliff basically was kind of like, he wasn't leading. I mean, he, yeah, he was the father, but it was Claire. It was Claire. And I would say he was James in Florida, you know, when he wasn't mad throwing chairs and stuff. You see, which one was Claire Claire was up. Felicia Rashad, Felicia Rashad, Felicia Rashad was Claire. Yeah, Bill Cosby is TV white. Yeah. But yeah, so no, I wouldn't, I wouldn't want that. I mean, because it's not to me that's, and that wouldn't, it wasn't that she was not a woman. Right. But she was not a godly woman in a sense of submission. Right. Now she wasn't, she wasn't, it wasn't, it wasn't like, you don't tell me this kind of thing. But you can tell she was assertive. And she was kind of like that boss chick. And you saw it in the sitcom, you saw it in the episodes. I mean, it's like, when she just like, you know, Cliff was always like, you know, hiding and like, no, no, I wouldn't. I wouldn't. I'm content with the wife that I have. And it does not mean at all that my wife doesn't speak her mind. It doesn't mean at all that she doesn't share her thought. Matter of fact, a lot of the things that that happened in this house is because of the influence that my wife has on me, because she sees she sees things going on and come I'm gone. But nothing happens. Unless basically we've talked about it. And I made the final decision. I said, Hey, you know what, go ahead and do this, or you know what, let's let's do this, or let's change this way. But most of the times we will discuss it. And I say, Hey, you know what, this is what you want to do. We want to do if it's cool with the family, let's do that. You know, I don't I don't have to micromanage every little thing to show that I'm the head. And true leadership leads number one by example, but also it leads through loving and also through freedom, giving giving your spouse that freedom and at a room to to to run that house or to, you know, take responsibility and take charge in that house, knowing that they're going to do it with your best interests at heart. So do you think I take advantage of the type of leadership that you have or that you know, if you took advantage of we wouldn't be having no lives. I would be sending a friend with you about that. What was the love like a married with myself? All right, because no, wouldn't be no, no, no, if it would if if you were taking advantage of me, we would definitely have a conversation about that. Right. I mean, this now being honest, there were oh, and I'm in our early part of America for the first like, first five years, first five years, you weren't like assuming anything. No. Okay. Anyway, no, I was thinking about something more recent. Oh, okay. I'm talking about earlier. I was talking about something more recent. Like what? When I made a decision without talking to you first. Which one was that? Okay, so it happened twice. Thank you. Okay, sorry. Okay, so I mean, I mean, I didn't intentionally do it. But did you do it? I mean, no, it was not intentional. Okay. All right. I mean, okay. So okay, it wasn't intentional. Okay, fine. It wasn't intentional. It wasn't intentional. He said it wasn't intentional. Okay, you ain't say forget you and I mean, no, no, you didn't do that. No, I didn't do all that. Something was presented to me and I said, Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And I committed to it. Yeah. And I didn't ask you about it first, right, right, which I should have. And I just, I didn't do it. Yeah. And it did affect the family. Yeah, because not only did it, did it involve me and inconvenience me, but it also involved any convenience other people in the house. And they're like, Okay, hmm. She didn't talk to us either about it. And here we are, committed to something we even discussed. I'm like, Hey, so yeah, I mean, but those things, but it wasn't it, it's not this pattern of inconsistency. You see what I'm saying? That that's a different thing. And that's on both sides. I mean, because if I do something, I know what I do is going to affect the entire family. And it's also about communication is about respect. And and so when you have a but when you have a wife, that strong will and think that they can just do whatever they want. No, I don't think they have to ask the husband. Well, you ought to say, but they already said it in that article, this is an article right here. They don't have to check. They can dress already want to dress like what? Who you married to? I mean, where's your husband for real? Vic said, that's the other thing. In America, especially in the church, too many men say I got to ask my wife for permission for it. I don't know how that is even now. See, yeah, you don't ask me for permission. No, I said, let me take you will consult with me. Absolutely. But we know that the final decision rest right, right. See, and that's what that's where first Peter three seven comes in. Husbands live with your wives in an understanding way and grant them honor as fellow heirs of life so that your prayers are not hindered. So I don't ask my wife for permission. What I asked her for is for her perspective. Those are two different things asking for her permission means or implies that if she says no, then that's it. It just stops right there. No, no, no, no, no, no, that's not that is not how that goes. No, I asked my wife for her perspective, but I don't ask my wife for her permission to do anything. Now that's not chauvinistic. That's understanding leadership and roles and shirts and see the funny thing about it is this, if some of you have a problem with me even saying that try that on your job. For those of you who work, try that on your job or if you at home and stay at home mom, let your kids try that with you. Let them make decisions and they don't and they don't check with you about something and see how you feel or you do that with your husband and see how that will work for you. Because it's funny to me that we want different requirements and different rules for the house, but then we go to our jobs and we'll let them basically, they'll submit to the 12 hours. They don't check with you about what time they want you to kind of work. They say, hey, this is the time you need to be to work. This is it. If you show up or not, if you don't, we'll find somebody else to do it. Either you do it or you don't. But they didn't check with you. They didn't ask you for your permission to tell you to go to work. You agreed and so now, based on that agreement, you have placed yourself under that authority of that establishment. They don't check with you about anything to get your permission on something. So the same thing, if not more so, is true in the marriage. No, I don't ask my wife for permission. I ask her for a perspective. Now, she has to get my permission about things, but that's structure. Boy, that's how God set it up. Right. And a real woman wouldn't have a problem with that. And I don't. I prefer that myself. Yeah. See, I don't do that either. I got to check with the boss. Oh, I got to ask the boss. No, maybe they may joke about that. They may be joking. And if it's joke, but I don't, you know, I don't, I don't say that now without, I have said people, I said, let me, let me talk, let me talk with mama about this real quick or something like that. But not, but not because I have to check with her before I do it. I give a perfect example. Just recently, just recently, we had to, we had to get one of our hard drives replaced, had all of our files on there and everything was on there. Right. And the money, we had the money to do it. I didn't have to ask her. I didn't have to ask her for her permission, but I had to ask her for her perspective and ask what she thought about it. Because why, if I had made that decision and if there was something that had came up and I had automated decision, then it's going to affect her. And now she has to move money around. And it's not the, and even if though we have it, it's the issue of consideration. It's the issue of respect. It's the issue of honor. And it's also, I would say this, how would you like it if it was reversed on you? Even though she has to ask me for permission to do certain things and I say this, she does not have to ask me for permission to do everything. That ain't what I'm talking about. I'm talking about major issues or major decisions that affect the family. My wife ain't got to ask me to go to use the bathroom. My wife ain't got to ask me, can she ask something to eat? My wife ain't got to ask me, can she go outside? My wife ain't got to ask me, can she go to the store? No, no, no. That's a prison. That's abuse. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about asking for permission or checking with your head, your husband, about decisions that affect not just your life, but the lives of others that are in your charge. And no person who understands biblical, godly, headship, and leadership and submission should have a problem with that. If you do, then the problem is you. The problem is not the word. So I wanted to do this and I mentioned, I had meant to do it earlier in the live, but we're going to wrap this up. If you husbands, this is the appeal to you. If there are husbands out there whose wives are strong will, i.e. rebellious, and you know that this live was for you and you were looking for help, you may just want an ear or have somebody that you can talk to or somebody that you can refer information, get information you can have referred to you. If your wife is what we've discussed in this live, I'm going to give you my email address. You can put it in the chat. Give me my email address because I want to hear from you. If you have a wife or if you know women like this that have been described in this live, then I want you, I want you to email me. And that's my email, Seiko Woods at yaho.com because it's time for people to be held accountable. And you may not know, but I know for a fact how it feels to feel that you can't get any help or it feels hopeless or you just feel stuck or it's always the man's fault. It's always the man's fault. No, it's not always the man's fault. It's not always the man's fault. Two people make a marriage. And if two people make a marriage, then both parties are responsible for that marriage. And it's unfair, those of you who are watching this video, it's unfair for you to put all the blame on the man when the man is doing his part because God is going to hold him responsible for his part. And let me just say this and we're going to wrap it up. Seriously, the husband is not sovereign and saving his wife. If God has not put the responsibility of saving his wife on demand, then neither should you because he didn't save himself. God saves him. And if he didn't save himself, then it's going to take God to save that marriage. But God holds both parties responsible for their part and their contribution and what they have put into that marriage. And it's too many of y'all that are blaming these men for rebellious wives. No, ma'am. No, sir. It's unfair. That's wrong. That's manipulation. And especially if you don't know the facts. If you don't know the facts and use automatic and saying, well, it's the husband, it's the husband's responsibility and he must be doing something wrong. What if he's not? Now what? Because we know some men who have lived with these rebellious, strong-willed rooftop wives. And are they perfect? These husbands? No, but they are doing everything that they can to maintain that marriage, to love that cantankerous, rebellious wife, and they still go left and they still go off. You're going to tell me that it is their responsibility and that they're the ones that are wrong for something that they themselves did not do. God doesn't even do them like that. God doesn't even treat them that way. And neither should you. And you need to stop that. So if you want to reach out to me, those who may watch this video, this live or maybe watch this video later, secowoods.com, I put up one more time for those who may want to see it. And dear, maybe some women out there may need some help. The only ones that may need help, there may be some women out there. Put your email in there if you don't mind, please, and let them see that there's help for them too. You may be that rebellious wife. You may be that strong-willed and you realize that that strong-willed is equating to rebellion. And now you are looking for, you're looking for help. And God through his spirit has spoken to you through this live and help is on the way if you're looking for it. Ladies, White's email srenaywoods36adyahoo.com. If you are needing that assistance and needing that help, we're here to help you and point you in the right directions and the ministries. One person had mentioned about Mark the Peace. Excellent book, man. Mark the Peace, the excellent wife and the exemplary husband by Stuart Scott. Two excellent resources. That's just some of them that are out there. Natalia asked the question. She said, I have a question to put into the topic. Why is it that for the majority it seems like African culture men and women seem to show more of the Proverbs 31 women. Some African men have said that what they have seen is some black American men is that they are not being real men and taking authority. They also said some of the black American women they dated before they were married were loud and saying African men are controlling. He said, no, it's not the same African men are controlling. The women, he says, don't know. I guess don't know their role or their place. And I think that's kind of, I think that's some truth in that. Yeah. Because now you're dealing with culture. It's a little nap in the floor of my face. This is live, y'all. So yeah, I believe it's about culture. Because I know like, certain African culture, first of all, they don't tolerate this respect. They understand. And it can be some people can perceive it as being in domineering. Yeah, it's on both ends. Some African men are domineering. Yes. They don't want their wives to be involved in anything. Right. They take care of everything. Right. But then you have the other side of that. There's some African men who have seen black women, black American women, African American black black American. Yeah, I'm saying black American. Yeah, yeah. That are loud. Yeah. And boisterous. Yeah. Which is something that in their culture they're not used to. Right. And they don't want. Yeah. And so I think it's an issue of culture. It really is an issue of culture. So I will say that. Hopefully you all, you know, this has been a help to you. If you would like to support the ministry of finance, you can do that as well through PayPal or through Cash App. Again, if you want to reach out to us, email information again, www.sacrowoods.youtube.com. And for my wife, ladies, you would like to, you know, reach out to her and speak more in depth regarding what you've heard today. S. Renee Woods, as R-E-N-A Woods, 36 at yahoo.com. S. Renee Woods, 36 at yahoo.com. That is her email address. And here is mine right there. So hope you all have been encouraged, been challenged, been blessed by this video. We do appreciate your prayers. Also appreciate your support as well. Yes, thank you. 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