Crisis-Proof Your Family

"It's important that as a husband, you take time to invest in your wife. What do you do to build her up? How do you help her grow spiritually and otherwise? What do you do to challenge her? What do you do to affirm her? How do you help her weaknesses?

She is not the only one who should be helping you. Don't marry her and just leave her to herself; you must pour into
her and her progress must be evident for all to see.

You can't be moving forward spiritually, intellectually, and otherwise while she is still on the same spot since the day you met her. That is unfair and it shouldn't be ok by you. It says a lot about you as her husband! Don't be the one tearing her down!

The making of your wife is in your hands so do something. When you do, you would have absolutely NO reason to compare her to another woman, and she would have NO reason to compare you to another man who is also building up his own wife.

Don't be irritated by her flaws; use it as an opportunity to polish her! Remember that is what Christ continues to do for the church! Whatever you do, do it all in love if you want to see the desired results. Don't do it grudgingly, don't do it with criticism, and don't do it in anger. Ask God how you can enhance your wife.

Remember that no man hates himself but nourishes and cherishes it and that is how God expects you to handle your wife. If you don't do more for her than you do for yourself, your love is questionable! Most importantly, remember, that everything about your wife is a reflection of you"

 - Excerpt from a Family Life Class teaching by Kemi Oyedepo
 —  with David Oyedepo Jnr