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Philippians 4:6-9 - Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.   (Read More...)2 Corinthians 6:14 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?Proverbs 21:19 - It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.1 Corinthians 7:1-40 - Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.   (Read More...)Proverbs 31:30 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.Proverbs 31:10-31 - Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.   (Read More...)Proverbs 13:20 - He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.Romans 8:7 - Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.Proverbs 19:20 - Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.1 Peter 3:7 - Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.Proverbs 18:22 - Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.Ephesians 5:33 - Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.Ephesians 5:25 - Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;Matthew 6:29-34 - And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.   (Read More...)Proverbs 19:14 - House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.Colossians 3:19 - Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.Proverbs 15:22 - Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.Amos 3:3 - Can two walk together, except they be agreed?Proverbs 19:27 - Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.Ephesians 5:22 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.Mark 10:9 - What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.1 Corinthians 13:1-13 - Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.   (Read More...)Genesis 2:24 - Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.Colossians 3:18 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.Ephesians 5:28 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

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When a Christian woman is looking for a husband, she should seek a man “after God’s own heart” (Acts 13:22). The most important relationship that any of us have is our personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. That relationship comes before all others. If our vertical relationship with the Lord is as it should be, then our horizontal relationships will reflect that reality. Therefore, a potential husband should be a man who has his focus upon walking in obedience to God’s Word and who seeks to live so that his life brings glory to God (1 Corinthians 10:31).

What are some other qualities to look for? The apostle Paul gives us the qualities we should look for in a husband in 1 Timothy chapter 3. In this passage are the qualifications for a leader in the church body. However, these qualities should grace the lives of any man who walks “after God’s heart.” The qualities can be paraphrased as follows: a man should be patient and controlled in his demeanor, not filled with pride but of sober mental attitude, able to master his emotions, given to graciousness to others, able to patiently teach, not given to drunkenness or uncontrolled use of any of God’s gifts, not prone to violence, not overly focused upon the details of life but focused upon God, not apt to be a hot-head or be thin-skinned so that he takes offense easily, and grateful for what God has given, rather than envious of what gifts others have received.

The above qualities describe a man who is actively engaged in the process of becoming a mature believer. That is the type of man a woman should look for as a potential husband. Yes, physical attraction, similar interests, complementary strengths and weaknesses, and the desire for children are things to consider. These things, though, must be secondary to the spiritual qualities a woman should look for in a man. A man you can trust, respect, and follow in the path of godliness is of far greater value than a man of good looks, fame, power, or money.

Finally, when “looking” for a husband, we must be surrendered to God’s will in our lives. Every woman wants to find her “prince charming,” but the reality is that she will probably marry a man with as many flaws as she has. Then, by God’s grace, they will spend the rest of their lives together learning how to be a partner to, and servant of, each other. We must enter into the second most-important relationship of our lives (marriage), not under an emotional cloud, but with eyes wide open. Our most important relationship, with our Lord and Savior, has to be the focus of our lives.

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