Sunday, June 16, 2024

UNDERSTANDING MEN (Part 2)

Key Text: Ephesians 5:33

What if we could understand the men in our lives better and what they need, and how we could be used of God to build them up, to bless them, to be an instrument of God in their success in being who God wants them to be? And just as a reminder, these principles apply beyond the relationship of Wives to Husbands, but can also be applied to many of the MAN RELATIONSHIPS that you have in your life… Mother’s to sons, Father’s to sons… Children to Father’s… Spiritual Mother’s and Father’s to Spiritual sons, Spiritual Children to Spiritual Father’s.

It’s the Ephesians 4:29 principle

Ephesians 4:29
29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

So far we’ve learned that we can build men up according to their needs, whether young or old, married or single, with the following ACTS OF LOVE

• They need UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
• They need encouragement (built up)
• They need to know you BELIEVE in them
• They need to know you are PROUD of them
• They need to know you TRUST them (don’t forget men that trust can be lost and must be earned)
• They need to know you are ON THEIR SIDE

Today I want to add 7 more ways we can build men up…

• They need you to be PATIENT with them
• They need to know you WON’T GIVE UP ON THEM
• They need to know you will FORGIVE them
• They love to FEEL NEEDED
• They want you to WANT to be with them
• They love it when you believe they have something to TEACH you.
• They like to DO THINGS for you