Fundamentals for a successful marriage. Part 3

Fundamentals For a Successful Marriage. Part 3.

To the man,
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her. Ephesians 5:25 AMPC
That chapter was concluded by addressing the two together:
However, let each man of you [without exception] love his wife as [being in a sense] his very own self; and let the wife see that she respects and reverences her husband [that she notices him, regards him, honors him, prefers him, venerates, and esteems him; and that she "defers" to him, praises him, and loves and admires him exceedingly]. Ephesians 5:33 AMPC
God is the one that instituted marriage, and this is how He has designed it to run for it to be successful. Seeing that no man can question God and that HE is unchangeable, it is therefore important to remember this: 
If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken it. Isaiah 1:19-20 AMPC
What do I stand to gain by so doing?
1. The verse says you are doing it as a "service" unto God. That means God will surely reward you because He is not a robber check Exo 23:25-26.
2. You will be able to "WIN" your husband.  See this account in 1 Peter 3
IN LIKE manner, you married women, be submissive to your own husbands [subordinate yourselves as being secondary to and dependent on them, and adapt yourselves to them], so that even if any (husband) do not obey the Word [of God], they(the husband) may be "won" over "not by discussion" but by the [godly] lives of their wives, When they observe the pure and modest way in which you conduct yourselves. Together with your reverence [for your husband; you are to feel for him all that reverence includes: to respect, defer to, revere him–to honor, esteem, appreciate, prize, and, in the human sense, to adore him, that is, to admire, praise, be devoted to, deeply love, and enjoy your husband]. 1 Peter 3:1-2 AMPC
3. As a man you will enjoy answered prayers. 
In the same way you married men should live considerately with [your wives], with an intelligent recognition [of the marriage relation], honoring the woman as [physically] the weaker, but [realizing that you] are joint heirs of the grace (God's unmerited favor) of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered and cut off. [Otherwise you cannot pray effectively.] 1 Peter 3:7 AMPC.

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