In a world of busyness and chaos, there’s much vying for the attention of women in many areas of life. However, there are some key elements that Christian women should take into consideration for walking out a life of faith and victory.
Lila Rose, Allie Beth Stuckey and Lisa Bevere list a few areas of life that Christian women need to consider for faithfully walking with Jesus.
1. We are faced with lies that want to distract us from the things of God.
“I do not believe that we can compromise the image of God,” says Bevere.
Bevere says this plays directly into the gender wars going on in our society today, especially in regards to allowing men to play in women’s sports and having them believe that identity and physical body are not related to one another.
“They’re thinking, ‘I can’t trust God with my formation; how can I trust Him with my transformation?'” Bevere says.
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2. The role of women is uniquely different than the role of men.
“All women were born with this instinct to nurture and to nourish and to beautify and to raise,” Stuckey says. “That doesn’t just go away because the culture changes…the misplaced mothering, this gap between what women are made to do, which is mother in some way, biologically or not, and trying to fulfill that instinct with lesser things, I think that’s causing a lot of angst, a lot of anger, a lot of confusion…”
3. Submission in marriage is not the negative thing the world makes it out to be. Instead, it is designed to be protective and good.
As Stuckey notes, when Paul wrote about women submitting to their husbands in marriage, that was not a new or revolutionary idea for this time period. However, what was a radical idea at that time was the concept of husbands being asked to love their wives.
“What is the reason for authority?” asks Bevere. “It’s to provide provision, direction and protection. And so, why wouldn’t I let my husband do that for me? And why wouldn’t I want to do that for my children?”
4. Marriage is a covenant that is supposed to be for life.
As noted by Rose and Stuckey, married ladies should not be on the hunt to dissolve their marriage because of tough times. They also specifically look at the danger of people who are actually abused in relationships versus those who simply call anything and everything an abuse so that they can find their way out of something.
“I think that we need to evaluate what are we looking for when we’re talking about justifications for divorce,” says Stuckey. “Are you really looking to stay married and honor God or are you looking for unjustified reasons to dissolve your marriage simply because you want to?”
When it comes to those who have actually been abused, she also points out that the church has not done a good job of taking care of women and children who have found themselves in dangerous scenarios.
5. All women need other female mentors.
“We don’t have a lot of these deep mentorship relationships with people that really have the wisdom to help us make discerning choices,” says Rose.
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“I think the lack of relationships between older women and younger women in the church absolutely play[s] a role,” Stuckey says.
6. Do not enter into a new relationship with someone who is addicted to pornography.
One of the things Stuckey, Rose and Bevere agree on is not to begin a relationship with someone who is addicted to pornography.
“Don’t make excuses for it, don’t make yourself think ‘you know what, this is going to go away once we get married, once we have kids, this is going to stop,'” says Stuckey.
7. The abortion narrative today is filled with manipulation and lies that are far away from the truth of God.
Today, women are inundated with the lie that children will ruin their lives, and that abortion offers a better solution. However, this is far from the actual truth of the joy that comes from having children.
“My children have done nothing but enhance my life. They have grown me. They have given my husband and I legacy and purpose. They have awakened love in me in ways that I could never even imagine,” says Bevere.
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Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
