Christian Womanhood

1. 1. It involves cultivating selflessness
      1. She is warm
         1. Safe and trustworthy v. 11-12
         2. Good - agreeable, pleasant, better (root is joyful and delightful)
         3. Illustration “You’re better than that”
         4. Don’t allow issues to turn you into a hard, cold, sarcastic, eye-rolling wife)
         5. Financially - no need of spoil
         6. Personally - does good and not evil
            1. Be careful that the familiar does not become an irritation
         7. Deeply - “good and not evil”
            1. Can He share? When and how he wants to share?
         8. Romantically - intimately - no need of spoil, good and not evil
            1. Beware of hurts, bitterness, frustrations, struggles
               1. Talk them out, work it out, get help-out
            2. Don’t fizzle; make it sizzle

1. 1. 1. She is wise
         1. Think - every time
         2. Be kind - every time
         3. Psalm 19:14
         4. Psalm 141:3
         5. Eph. 4:32

1. 1. 1. She wants him to win v. 23
         1. Follow him - treat him like the leader God made him to be Eph 5:22-24
         2. Promote him - with reverence and awe Eph 5:33
         3. Be counter cultural

Conclusion:

Pro 31:28-31

So many women seek validation, praise, honor, status

They want the priceless label, but sell themselves short

What does Biblical Womanhood Look Like?

Consider the word virtuous

1. It involves cultivating strength
   1. Virtuous is Strong in purity, chastity, and righteousness
   2. Modern dictionaries get it all wrong
      1. One strives to be virtuous to appear to be better than others
      2. Bible- it doesn’t make you better but priceless
         1. Dictionaries:
            1. Collins - to do what is expected and feeling pleased with themselves, perhaps too pleased
            2. Cambridge - Thinks oneself morally better than others, only does good so he can feel virtuous
            3. Oxford - behaving in a very good or moral way, irreproachable, claiming to behave better or have a higher moral standard than others.
            4. Modern philosophies get it wrong:
               1. A strong woman follows her heart
                  1. The heart is deceitful and desperately wicked
               2. She shows her authentic self
                  1. In my flesh dwells no good thing
               3. She cultivates her own interests
                  1. Be kindly affectioned one to another . . . in honor preferring
               4. She is self-aware and continually growing into herself
                  1. For me to live is Christ and to die is gain
               5. She stands up for herself and and is not afraid to share her thoughts and ideas regardless of what others think
               6. She speaks her heart and mind
                  1. Whoso keeps his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from trouble Proverbs 21:23
2. Same word for going into battle
3. Root is to twist, writhe, twirl, dance
4. The Virtuous woman is strong
5. She is prepared for battle
6. She cha-cha-chas her way through her busy days
7. Cf. Ephesians 6
   1. She is strong 6:10
   2. She is ready for battle 6:11
   3. She is prepared for whatever comes her way 6:13

It involves cultivating a strong relationship with God v. 30

1. A woman who fears the Lord
2. Can’t get enough of God
3. Is in awe of God
4. Will be praised

Dave and Bethlie's youngest child, Charity Young, joins them for this episode. As 15 year old young lady, how did God speak to Charity recently when she read through Proverbs 31?

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