Love & Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

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1 DIFFERENCE Matthew 19:4-6 Ladies Men Love & Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs Ephesians 5:33 LOVE Ephesians 5:33a Ephesians 5:28a Ephesians 5:25 RESPECT Ephesians 5:33b Respect 1

2 DecisionAnalyst.com When you are in a conflict with your wife do you feel she does not love you or respect you? Men would you rather be left alone and unloved in the world or would you rather be disrespected by everyone? Matthew 19:4-6 UNCONDITIONAL Men Agape Hosea Women 1 Peter 3:1-2 LORD Genesis 29:32 Judges 14:16, 16:15 2 Samuel 6:16-23 Esther 1:18 Proverbs 2:16 CRAZY Without she reacts without. Without he reacts without. 2

3 How can you have 2 people say the exact same thing & mean something different? 80% to 90% of our communication is non-verbal DIFFERENCE Jesus said in Matthew 19:4-6, Haven't you read, that He who created them in the beginning made them male and female, and He also said: For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate. (HCSB) Ladies Pink: glass, hearing-aid & mega phones Men Blue: glass, hearing-aid & mega phones 3

4 Ephesians 5:33, To sum up... each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband. (HCSB) Ephesians 5:33, To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband. (HCSB) Wives need to feel LOVE, like they need air to breathe. Husbands need to feel RESPECT, like they need air to breathe. GODISNOWHERE Not wrong, just different! Jesus said in Matthew 19:4-6, Haven't you read, that He who created them in the beginning made them male and female... (HCSB) 4

5 Ephesians 5:33b,... love his wife as himself... (HCSB) LOVE Ephesians 5:33a, To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself... (HCSB) Ephesians 5:33a, love his wife as himself (HCSB) Ephesians 5:28a, Husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. (HCSB) Ephesians 5:25, Husbands, love your wives, just as also Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her... (HCSB) RESPECT Ephesians 5:33, To sum up... the wife is to respect her husband. (HCSB) Respect reverence DecisionAnalyst.com: Survey of 400 general American men; 5

6 When you are in a conflict with your wife do you feel she does not love you or respect you? 84% said she does not respect me! Men would you rather be left alone and unloved in the world or would you rather be disrespected by everyone? 74% would rather be left alone and unloved! Jesus said in Matthew 19:4-6, Haven't you read, that He who created them in the beginning made them male and female... (HCSB) Pink and Blue are not wrong, just different! UNCONDITIONAL Men Agape unconditional, choose to love Hosea Agape love! Women 1 Peter 3:1-2, Wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the 6

7 behavior of their wives, as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior. (NASB) Not ability, but priority! LORD Genesis 29:32, The LORD has seen my affliction; surely my husband will love me now. (HCSB) Judges 14:16, 16:15 Samon s wife, You don t love me! 2 Samuel 6:16-23 David s wife respected him Esther 1:18, Wives everywhere will have no respect for their husbands... (TEV) Proverbs 2:16, From the adulteress who flatters with her words... (NASU) Flattery is false respect 7

8 CRAZY Without LOVE she reacts without RESPECT. Without RESPECT he reacts without LOVE. Everything changed, but nothing changed! 8