The Excellent Wife

Not only does this book explain what God requires of a Christian wife, it explains clearly how to obey God's commandments in order to become that wife. --from back cover.

A companion study guide written and designed to provide reinforcement of the principles presented in the popular book. This is an excellent format for group study. A separate teacher's guide is available, and both have convenient spiral bindings.

A practical prayer-book designed to help wives pray God's Word for their husbands consistently. "God sees when women kneel in prayer for their husbands, and 'Prayers of an Excellent Wife' provides the reader with all the scriptural principles and language needed to cover a man with powerful intercession-prayers so effective, they'll resonate throughout his life." -JONI EARECKSON TADA"'Prayers of an Excellent Wife' will inspire you to pray faithfully and fervently, and instruct you how to pray according to Scripture. I hope many wives will use these prayers to lavish their husbands with kindness." -CAROLYN MAHANEY, Author of "Feminine Appeal" "'Prayers of an Excellent Wife' provides a guide for humbly engaging in the joyful duty of intercession, petition and thanksgiving for our husbands. I am delighted to speak these prayers with and on behalf of Matt." -LAUREN CHANDLER

A companion study guide written and designed to provide reinforcement of the principles presented in the popular book. This is an excellent format for group study. A separate teacher's guide is available, and both have convenient spiral bindings.

Wanted: a wife of convenience James had never been in love. He intended to marry a woman who didn't make demands, or who would change his life…. So why did he find Patience Kirby so attractive? She certainly wasn't his idea of marriage material! For one thing, she was a sparky redhead, while he'd always preferred cool blondes. For another, he was used to a peaceful, elegant life-style, and Patience's home was full of kids, old people and animals; noise, warmth and caring…. But in order to have her in his bed, did James have to make Patience his wife? MAN Talk There are two sides to every story—now it's his turn!

The Timeless Textbook is an educator's look into God's plan for education as revealed in the Old Testament Book of Proverbs. The premise of this book is that God inspired Solomon and others to create a textbook for students to use as they were taught by parents or by instructors in Solomon's palace. The Book of Proverbs looks at the teaching/learning process and explores the roles of parents, teachers, students, and authorities. This timeless textbook is applicable to students of all ages and is just as relevant today as when it was written close to three thousand years ago.

Now you can study the Bible with the faculty of the Moody Bible Institute! Imagine having a team of 30 Moody Bible Institute professors helping you study the Bible. Now you can with this in-depth, user-friendly, one-volume commentary. General editors Michael Rydelnik and Michael Vanlaningham have led a team of contributors whose academic training, practical church experience, and teaching competency make this commentary excellent for anyone who needs help understanding the Scriptures. This comprehensive and reliable reference work should be the first place Sunday school teachers, Bible study leaders, missionaries, and pastors turn to for biblical insight. Scripture being commented on is shown in bold print for easy reference, and maps and charts provide visual aids for learning. Additional study helps include bibliographies for further reading and a subject and Scripture index. The Moody Bible Commentary is an all-in-one Bible study resource that will help you better understand and apply God's written revelation to all of life.

Whether you’re in the honeymoon stage or celebrating your fiftieth anniversary, you have never before been in this season of your marriage. Your family dynamics, finances, health, emotional state, location, ministry, employment status—all the factors of your life—are in a perpetual state of transition. As a married woman, you are continually wife-changing. The Scriptures never change, but they can always be freshly applied to every season of marriage. Crown is a resource that combines solid Bible teaching, humorous and humbling tales from the author’s own marriage journey, and dozens of compelling stories from real women just like you. Based on Proverbs 12:4, “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband,” Crown includes concrete Scriptural truths and real-life examples that will equip you to be the excellent wife God created you to be. Complex issues such as biblical roles within marriage, physical intimacy, communication, forgiveness, and home management are all addressed with candid honesty, encouragement, and biblical substance. In thirty wife-changing lessons, you will be instructed, challenged, and motivated to walk in obedience to God’s beautiful design for marriage.

Superior studies on salient themes and texts of Proverbs now join similar anthologies on Job and Ecclesiastes that have been compiled by Roy B. Zuck. 'Learning from the Sages' assembles thirty-two essays by twenty-seven scholars, covering genre, themes, and expositions of selected passages. Some include technical details of Hebrew, but in-depth linguistic knowledge is not necessary. Part 1 looks at the structure, context, and message of Proverbs, and offers suggestions on understanding its content, terms used, and metaphors for wisdom, wealth, and poverty. Essays on individual texts are arranged in canonical order in Part 2. Commentators discuss such memorable sections as the advice to young men in Chapter 3, the seductress of Chapter 5, and the comparisons of the fool and the wise. Contributors include Kathleen Farmer, R.N. Whybray, William Mouser, Jr., Bruce Waltke, William McKane, Roland Murphy, Duane Garrett, Sid Buzzell, Allen Ross, and David Hubbard.

As I walked down the aisle, I had all sorts of ideas about marriage. Like many, I created a perfect picture of married life that was a fairy tale. I had to renew my mind to God's picture of marriage, not mine. Becoming Wives Who Please God is a journey from inward focus to outward love, from what is wrong to what is right, from the few annoyances To The many blessing, from cool coexistence to warm intimacy. By drawing closer to God, we learn how to love, encourage, respect, forgive... A growing and healthy marriage doesn't come from pleasing yourself; it comes from pleasing God.

How closely does your relationship with your husband match what God had in mind when He designed marriage? Why did He create marriage in the first place? Is it possible for your marital union to change from miserable to happy? How is your spiritual life? Are you closer to the Lord today than you were a year ago? What does it mean to be a part of the bride of Christ? Comparing marriage to the relationship of Christ and the church, Sue Angel explores not only how you can become the wife that God intended you to be, but also how you can enhance your walk with the heavenly Bridegroom. Sue Angel and her husband Charles have enjoyed a rich and deeply satisfying marriage since 1964. Drawing on her own marital relationship and on the study of God's Word, Sue has over the years taught Bible studies for women and led women's ministries and retreats. The Angels live in central Arkansas, where they are active in their local church.

An introduction to the Bible offers background material on the text, its history, and the Bible world, summaries of each section and book, and information on civilization in Biblical times and the historical context.

The book of Proverbs was written to develop skillful living and thinking. Its wisdom will benefit the inexperienced as well as the mature. The title of the book comes from Proverbs 3:18 where the father urges his son to pursue wisdom saying, “She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her.” The commentary opens with an explanation of the long lectures of the father to his son. Then each of the short proverbs are grouped together in common topics. This commentary covers the entire book of Proverbs.