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"Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her". We are by nature self-centered. Apart from the work of Christ and the ministry of the Holy Spirit, we are not likely to be that kind of husband.

The one Biblical command given to older wives is to teach the younger wives to love their husbands and their children.

As husbands, we should focus our love and attention on our wives as Christ loves and focuses His attention on the Church.

Women often recoil when hearing the Scriptural mandate for wives to submit to their husbands. What's often missed is that both husbands and wives are to submit to each other. This calls for an attitude of service.

The head of the husband is Christ, and the head of the wife is the husband. There is perfect unity and equality between the husband and wife; but their roles are different.

Does your wife respect you? Maybe not; but the one thing you don't want to do is demand respect. Respect has to be won. A good starting place is to make sure you're speaking her love language.

How do you deal with a husband with an abusive temper? Uncontrolled anger is one of the most destructive forces in a marriage. Be sure you're speaking his love language, them ask him to go for counseling.

It's not appropriate for a husband to make comments about beautiful women in front of you. Remind him that he's married and his attention should be focused on you.

God's design for marriage is that the husband should be the head of the wife; but it's one of the most exploited concepts in the Bible. Instead of the husband lording his authority over his wife, he must follow the example of Christ's headship over the Church - through sacrifice and service.

What is the husband's role in marriage? God wants to use the husband in the life of his wife to minister to her needs sacrificially.