<-- Back to Help Meet by Design Main Last week, I shared that the Jezebel infection was in woman long before Jezebel the person ever existed. We looked at Eve. This week we will look at the Jezebel infection in Sarah. Jezebel "Helps" Her Husband 1 Kings 21:5-7 His wife Jezebel came in and asked him, "Why are you so sullen? Why won't you eat?" He answered her, "Because I said to Naboth the Jezreelite, 'Sell me your vineyard; or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.' But he said, 'I will not give you my vineyard.' " Jezebel his wife said, "Is this how you act as king over Israel? Get up and eat! Cheer up. I'll get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite." Jezebel was not a child of God, however, she still desired to help her husband...even if it was for selfish reasons. She wanted to be his all in all. She did not want him to serve the Lord. Sarai (Sarah) "Helps" Her Husband Genesis 16:1-5 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne … [Read more...]

<-- Back to Help Meet by Design Main During this study it has become clear that our husband's needs should be our priority. We were created too be their helpers. Our mission is to help our husband live the dream and destiny that God created for them. Unfortunately, there is a little Jezebel infection in all of us. To understand this, we must first go back to the beginning. Eve was the first to be infected by the spirit of Jezebel. Genesis 3:16-17 To the woman He said, I will greatly multiply your grief and your suffering in pregnancy and the pangs of childbearing; with spasms of distress you will bring forth children. Yet your desire and craving will be for your husband, and he will rule over you. And to Adam He said, Because you have listened and given heed to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it, the ground is under a curse because of you; in sorrow and toil shall you eat [of the … [Read more...]

<-- Back to Help Meet by Design Main This week we will talk more about the ACT of submitting. Let's begin with two core Scriptures. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and He is the Savior of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. ~ Ephesians 5:22-24 (KJV) Wives, be subject to your husbands [subordinate and adapt yourselves to them], as is right and fitting and your proper duty in the Lord. ~ Colossians 3:18 Let's look at the word submit in this passage, in it's original Greek. It is almost the same as last week's "submissive," yet different enough to look at on it's own. Submit (hupotasso or hupatatto) - to be under obedience, submit self unto, to place in an orderly fashion. The opposite of this word in Greek is anti and means; against. Just what does all this … [Read more...]