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Husbands are to appreciate their wives, while the wives are to praise their husbands. That’s the magic.

I will dedicate the aspect of ‘wives praising their husbands’ to all husbands and fathers. To mark our father’s day celebration. The day is for fathers’ so let’s focus on how to make them happy and feel good because that’s the essence of marriage.

I believe this is in order. Then the aspect of ‘husbands appreciating their wives’ will come up tomorrow.

The two words appreciate and praise have same elements but are slightly different. We just concluded celebrating our fathers and by extension our husbands. It feels good to know that at least a day is set aside to shower encomium on our fathers and husbands.

Every wife should know how to praise her husband. If you wait till your husband is perfect, you will wait a long time. Besides, who says you have the right standard to judge him? You may have a thousand things against him, look for and focus on the good things he has done.

How he has been faithful? How he has been a good father to your children? He didn’t neglect you when you were pregnant, he didn’t abuse you, he provided for you, he prayed and fast for you.

The truth is that your husband has done so much for you, that you are not even aware of. It will take eternity to discover some of the things our husbands have done for us. Just like it will be in eternity to unravel the so many things our heavenly father has done for us.

Sometimes we have misjudged their motives, yet God is the judge of all and He looks into the heart.

God our heavenly father loves praises and men are created in the image of God, so there is a part of every man that craves praises.

If every wife will look beyond the pains and hurts and just praise your husbands for what they do, I believe that praise will work wonders.

But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst [before the company] and pleased and fascinated Herod, And so he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. Matthew 14:6 – 7 AMPC

That is what praise can do. We can learn this principle from this young girl, who despite who King Herod was or whatever he had done, danced with all her heart, honored him till he felt so wonderful.

She could access what the king had by simply honoring him. She brought herself to a place of prominent to forgetting herself and praising the king first. She was rewarded for it.

Let us all as wives focus on praising our husbands. Let us be selfless. Let us not be too mindful of ourselves.

We can’t dance unless we learn to forget whatever issues, grievances we had towards our husbands. For us to dance in a way that pleases and catch the attention of our husbands, our hearts must be free of offences.

Have a light heart. So you can dance well. All you want is for your king to open his mouth and give you half of his kingdom, his heart, his life, his commitment, his loyalty, his attention.

The principle is do his own first.

May God grant us the heart of humility to rid our hearts of everything that will not make our hearts light, so that we can dance for him.

God bless our marriage

CONFESSION FOR THE DAY
I will honour my husband and king

PRAYERS FOR THE DAY
Father, teach me how to honor my husband.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life (Proverbs 31:11-12 KJV)

ACTION PLAN FOR THE DAY
Praise your husband today.

BIBLE READING FOR THE DAY
Ps 129

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