CounselingChristians

Q: Why is it in convos when believing women say "my husband treats me terrible… and this is how…” but those providing responses or counsel go right to “are you a good wife…?”  I say this because I was raised in a “godly, Christian home” and guess what?! My dad just straight was a narcissist… no matter how my mom acted.  God didn’t say worship yalls man… God didn’t say slave to yalls man… men should be held to a higher standard. Yall are giving them the bare minimum and that’s not okay. A: Voddie rightfully notes that when believers go their own way (marry unequally yoked in rebellion to God's command), they reap what they sow. "You married him. You got exactly what you wanted".  Equally-yoked married couples focus on pursuing holiness, being a godly spouse. The husband loves the wife as Christ loves the Church, and the wife loves her husband. She is a blessing to him, a treasure, and he is grateful to God, and treats her as such.  In unequally yoked marriages, the be...

Q:  I am struggling with sin and could use some advice.  When you sin throughout the day with whatever it may be,  Lust, pride etc, there are sins I commit every day.  I feel so guilty and beat myself up mentally.  I am trying to stop but it's not that easy.  How does one move past these sins in the way God wants us too.  Does he want me to feel guilty and disappointed in myself? A: We grow in righteousness day by day as believers who pick up their cross and follow Him. We kill, conquer and have Victory over sins so we become more holy and become more like Christ.  When we read and study Scripture, and gain deeper understandings at Sunday School, Church Bible study offerings, and by our pastor sermons, it helps us grow in sanctification and maturity in the faith.  We know God has forgiven all our sins in Jesus, by His work (in his perfect life, being our propitiation on the cross, dying in our place, and raising from the dead, [showing God ac...