A Wife After God's Own Heart Quotes

“Your assignment from God is not to change your husband, but to love, follow, assist, and minister to him.”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“Make it your goal to employ the sweet speech that marks you as a wife after God's own heart.”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“Your commitment to follow God's plan makes a difference in the atmosphere in your home and improves the climate of your marriage.”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs” will cause you to sing and make melody in your heart to the Lord (Ephesians 5:19).”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“To know God’s will is man’s greatest treasure; to do His will is life’s greatest privilege.”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“Six things are requisite to create a “happy home.” Integrity must be the architect, and Tidiness the upholsterer. It must be warmed by Affection, lighted up with Cheerfulness; and Industry must be the ventilator, renewing the atmosphere and bringing in fresh [vitality] day by day; while over all, as a protecting canopy and glory, nothing will suffice except The blessing of God.”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“Life is what happens to you while you’re failing to plan it.”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“A body at rest tends to remain at rest, and a body in motion tends to remain in motion.”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“Something is always better than nothing” no matter how small that “something” is.”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“Just like a gourmet meal takes time in preparation, so do your intimate times together. Think about it…enjoying a full-blown meal requires creating a menu, searching for the right recipes, making a list of ingredients, taking a trip to the store to gather the necessary items, putting out the money for the goods, spending time cooking in the kitchen, time setting the table, time making the atmosphere just so, and then time to serve, time to partake, and time to savor. The same applies to your times of lovemaking with your husband. You need to schedule and allow time…to think, to pray, to prepare, to run to the store to purchase something special, to set the scene and the mood, to enjoy, to linger. Wow, what a “feast” that will be!”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“always—you have God’s Word to guide you. When in doubt, check it out!”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“if I am faithfully and regularly acknowledging my sin to God, it’s much easier to apologize to my husband because I’m already in the habit of saying “I’m sorry” to God.”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“Every day ask your husband two questions: “What can I do for you today?” and “What can I do to help you make better use of your time today?”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“help us apply God’s teaching, I’ve put these four biblical elements into an easy-to-remember formula using the word W-I-F-E. Warm up his life with your love Improve his life as a helper Follow his leadership with a willing heart Esteem him highly with utmost respect”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“God’s recipe for a happy marriage, a recipe made up of four basic ingredients: help, submit, respect, and love?”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“The husband leads, loves, and works hard to provide, while the wife follows, loves, helps, and appreciates his efforts.”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“Spiritual growth results from self-denial. At times we must give up something good in order to do what God wants. Each person’s special duties determine the discipline and denial that he or she must accept. Without a goal, discipline is nothing but self-punishment. With the goal of pleasing God, our denial seems like nothing compared to the eternal, imperishable reward that will be ours.”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“I sit in the driver’s seat concerning most of the structure of my every day, including growing in the Lord. I decide whether the things of the Lord are really that important to me…or not. I decide whether I will make the effort to grow…or not. I decide whether I will schedule in the time it takes to grow, to meet with God regularly, to stop, look, and listen to Him by reading my Bible…or not.”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“Proverbs 7:11-12—These verses describe, of all things, an adulteress. She is doing the opposite of the wise homemaker who tends to her house and housework. She is “out there,” walking the streets, instead of being at home. “Her feet would not stay at home. At times she was outside, at times in the open square, lurking at every corner.”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart

“My friend, a relationship with God is the key, the key to all of life, including your marriage.”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart

“You contribute much to your marriage by the wise, thrifty, diligent management and oversight of your part of the household budget.”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage

“God desires that we develop spiritual muscle so we are strong enough to be His kind of wife.”
― Elizabeth George, A Wife After God's Own Heart: 12 Things That Really Matter in Your Marriage