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HOLINESS REVIVAL MOVEMENT WORLDWIDE HOREMOW

DAILY DEVOTIONAL BY PASTOR PAUL RIKA INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR.

DATE: WEDNESDAY JULY 1, 2026.

TOPIC: OBEDIENCE AND SUBMISSION OF THE WIFE IN MARRIAGE (PART 1)

TEXT: EPHESIANS 5:22-24
22. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and He is the saviour of the body.
24. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

KEY VERSE: PSALM 119:60- I made haste and delayed not to keep Thy commandments.

Wives, Submit To Your Husbands: Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands. Some wives respect people and treat other men with honour and humility. The Bible says you should do the same to your husband. Why do you love and obey people outside more than your husband? Why do you submit to the leadership of your boss or pastor more than to your husband? Why do you deal cheerfully with neighbours more than your husband? Ensure you submit to him, too, and much more.

Do Not Delay In Obedience To Your Husband: The scripture further says you should submit to your husband as unto the Lord as if your husband were the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. How would you have treated Jesus if you saw Him physically? You would have been excited; you would laugh and want to kneel before Him, thank Him, bless Him, obey every word He speaks, and make promises and commitments. Therefore, do so to your husband. Holy wives should not break the commandments of their husbands just as they will not break those of Jesus Christ. Please do not delay in all matters to obey and submit to your husband.

Let Your Husband Be Your Head: Let your husband be your head. God gave it to him because he is a man. Headship is not given to you because you are a woman. There is no other qualification. It is not because he is born-again, educated, or intelligent. But because he is a man, he is automatically the head of the marriage and family. God divinely decided that.

Letting your husband be your head means you should allow him to lead, command, reproof you and be the final authority in all decisions in your marriage. Please do not allow the desire of the flesh to make you disobey God’s instruction. If you allow money, personal comfort, the pride of life, the flesh and the love of the world to affect your calling as a wife, you are not faithful in Christ Jesus. Obey your husband in all things and all legitimate ways.

Thought for the day: The wife is to submit to her husband as unto the Lord.

Song for the day: I surrender, all (2X), all to Thee my blessed Saviour…

Bible reading for the day: Proverbs 4-7

Those that have ears let them hear.