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Can you imagine what difference would be made if a new groom spent one year off, “simply to be at home making his wife happy”?
Deuteronomy 24:5
The Message (MSG)
5 When a man takes a new wife, he is not to go out with the army or be given any business or work duties. He gets one year off simply to be at home making his wife happy.
Psalm 119:105
The Message (MSG)
105-112 By your words I can see where I’m going;
they throw a beam of light on my dark path.
Practicing God’s Word pays tremendous dividends,
especially with my good wife and even with my grown children.
I need to get better at that practice.
3 John 1:4
The Message (MSG)
Nothing could make me happier than getting reports that my children continue diligently in the way of Truth!
Psalm 90:16-17
The Message (MSG)
Let your servants see what you’re best at—
the ways you rule and bless your children.
And let the loveliness of our Lord, our God, rest on us,
confirming the work that we do.
Oh, yes. Affirm the work that we do!
Proverbs 18:1,22
The Message (MSG)
Words Kill, Words Give Life
18 Loners who care only for themselves
spit on the common good.
22 Find a good spouse, you find a good life—
and even more: the favor of God!
The Message (MSG)
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