INTRODUCTION

With all the difficult challenges that a woman faces within the home, it should not be surprising that the Lord repeatedly gave warnings against a woman with a contentious spirit. How does the downward spiral begin? She may spend her life serving others with little to no thanks. She may honour and submit to a husband who deserves little honour or authority. If she does not continually walk with the Lord, she can become disillusioned with the Lord and with her duties as a mother and wife. She might begin to be contentious (Proverbs 21:9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
See All...; Proverbs 25:24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
See All...; Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
See All...) causing greater problems in the home, perhaps to the point of causing those she loves to become bitter against her (Colossians 3:19Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
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DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For children): A woman with a meek and quiet spirit “is in the sight of God of great price” (1 Peter 3:4But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
  See All...). A hateful, argumentative woman disquiets (takes peace away from) the earth (Proverbs 30:21For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
  See All..., 23a). It is impossible to hide her (Proverbs 27:15-16 [15] A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. [16] Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
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• (For everyone): Is there peace or contention in your home? Have you done things as a husband or child to cause the wife/mother in your home to grow weary in well doing? Why not unilaterally change and trust God to fix the situation?
• Are you a wife and mother? Are you contentious with those within your home? What happened to cause you to become disobedient to God’s commands?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask God to help you walk with Him in the good times and in the bad.
• Thank God for giving you a Christian home.

HYMN

YIELD NOT TO TEMPTATION

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