April 15
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PSALM 45 BOW DOWN TO YOUR LORD
10 Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear:
forget your people and your father’s house,
11 and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your lord, bow to him.
12 The people of Tyre will seek your favor with gifts,
the richest of the people.
13 All glorious is the princess in her chamber, with robes interwoven with gold.
14 In many-colored robes she is led to the king,
with her virgin companions following behind her.
15 With joy and gladness they are led along
as they enter the palace of the king.
16 In place of your fathers shall be your sons;
you will make them princes in all the earth.
17 I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations;
therefore nations will praise you forever and ever. – Psalm 45:10-17
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WISDOM FOR THE BRIDE by ILMA
All you women, listen to these wise words for the bride
When you commit to unite with your bridegroom, your life shifts
No longer will your siblings or mother or father will be priorities
Your goal is not to please your parents and family of origin anymore.
Your bridegroom who desires your beauty, also wants your respect
He now becomes the head of your new life and you are to submit to him
Like the bride of Christ towards his Lord, you are now under his headship
Your independence can not be continued since you are now in relationship.
Your role is to respect your husband as the church respects the Lord
You are expected to trust and be subject to your head in all things
The control you used to exercise must be relegated to your husband now
Since the two of you have committed to be one flesh and one body.
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REFLECTION
• How has Paul explained this psalm in Ephesians 5:22-33 when he instructed husbands and wives?