​Chapter 5: Husbands 

​Husband's, God has given you a great responsibility to love and protect your wives. It is our hope this section will help you to view your role as the spiritual leader and authority in your family as Jesus did over the church. We believe each man will have to provide an account for his spiritual leadership, and how he has loved and protected his wife. Spiritual leadership is probably one of the more neglected roles in the Christian home.

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Discussion Questions

1. Men, in what way do you feel you’ve made your wife your priority?
   
2. Ladies, how has your husband shown you that you are a priority in his life?
   
3. How do you serve your spouse day-to-day?
   
4. What are some ways you can improve on the idea of serving within marriage?
   
5. If you were to give advice to a couple coming to you for guidance, what would you say to them?

Discussion Questions

1. What does it mean to serve your family?
   
2. What does it mean to give 100% to your mate?
   
3. How can we give spiritually to our spouse?
   
4. What does it mean to love each other as Christ loved us?

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Discussion Questions

1. Individually and quietly to yourself, reflect on a time when you did not handle a public situation quietly.
   
2. To the group, share a time when your spouse protected you publicly in a situation.
   
3. Can you think of a time when you did something wrong or made a mistake and your spouse took the blame?
   
4. What is the result of protecting your spouse publicly?
   
5. How did or will Jesus defend us publicly?

Discussion Questions

1. Discuss why the Apostle Paul addresses the order of authority in our relationships.
   
2. Do you think those who are in authority have less accountability than those they lead? Why?
   
3. How does our Heavenly Father and Christ set the example for accountable authority?
   
4. Husbands, what do you think your responsibilities are as the spiritual leader?
   
5. Wives, what is your role as a co-heir and co-worker with your family’s spiritual leader?

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Discussion Questions

1. What does it mean to you to have your spouse as an heir in Christ?
   
2. Is your co-heir spouse different from that of your co-heir Christian friend?
   
3. Why do you think your prayers can be hindered, if men do not treat their wives as heirs?
   
4. What do you think is meant by weaker partner?