The Peaceful Wife Quotes

“If... I focus only on what God commands for us as wives to do, it detracts nothing from God's commands for our men. His Word for them still stands.”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife

“I cannot look into the eyes of my Lord Jesus, blazing with such great love, mercy, and grace for me—knowing what He did for me on the cross—and say defiantly, “No, Lord!” Now, I can only joyfully say, “Yes, Lord,” even if it costs me dearly—even if it costs me everything. He gave everything for me, now I have the joy and privilege of giving everything for Him. I”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife: Living in Submission to Christ as Lord

“Male domination—where a husband forcefully asserts dominance in physically, emotionally, or spiritually abusive ways and treats his wife harshly without godly love—is a sinful distortion of male headship. A wife becoming slave-like is also a sinful distortion that undermines the value, dignity, beauty, and worth of a wife and warps the picture of what godly femininity is supposed to be. Male passivity is a sinful distortion of biblical masculinity that abandons God-given responsibility and accountability and endangers a man’s wife and family.”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife: Living in Submission to Christ as Lord

“My refusal to follow my husband’s God-given leadership hurts the gospel, hurts the name of Christ, and repels unbelievers from finding the real love and real life that is only available in Jesus.”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife: Living in Submission to Christ as Lord

“Becoming a godly wife is not about following a bunch of rules... If I am feeling overwhelmed and overburdened, I am probably trying to do this in my power, apart from the Spirit's strength.”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife

“I decided to throw out everything I thought I knew about following Christ, being a woman, being a godly wife, masculinity, and marriage.”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife

“This is what I had always dreamed marriage would be... Everything was absolutely perfect... for three short days.”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife

“In the center of God's will, we find the greatest peace, fulfillment, and joy.”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife

“We don’t talk a lot today about consecrating ourselves to God, devoting ourselves wholeheartedly to Christ, or submitting ourselves completely to Christ, but this is exactly what we must do if we are to be free from the fear and lies that have imprisoned us.”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife: Living in Submission to Christ as Lord

“If all my husband sees is my constant unhappiness, contempt, criticism, or condemnation, he loses his motivation to even try to delight me. He may feel totally defeated.”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife: Living in Submission to Christ as Lord

“It can feel scary to lay down our expectations of our husbands, but as we learn to find contentment in Jesus and nothing else, there is so much freedom, joy, and peace. We”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife: Living in Submission to Christ as Lord

“husbands are to love their wives as Christ loves the church, and they are to honor and respect their wives in many ways.”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife: Living in Submission to Christ as Lord

“Only Jesus can satisfy the deepest longings of my soul; not my husband, not getting my way, not being in control, not worldly happiness, not romance, not feeling loved”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife: Living in Submission to Christ as Lord

“When I started really obeying God, I was shocked at the changes that began to occur in my soul that were unlike anything I had ever experienced.”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife: Living in Submission to Christ as Lord

“I learned that husbands and God have a much different (usually much longer) timetable from mine, and that is actually a good thing.”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife: Living in Submission to Christ as Lord

“I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea.” (Isa. 48:17–”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife: Living in Submission to Christ as Lord

“One of the greatest temptations early in this journey will be for you to want to learn to respect your husband in order to try to change him, to make him be more loving, or to get what you want from him. That won’t work. Husbands know when our motives are selfish; God knows, too! You want your husband to love you because he really loves you, not because he wants something from you. Husbands feel the same way about us respecting them. I am not talking about pretending, being fake, and playing games. I am talking about total heart change, which is a very long process.”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife: Living in Submission to Christ as Lord

“There is a level of interdependence that is needed in a marriage relationship, where both spouses realize they are part of a team and they are both contributing to making the other stronger than either one of them could be on his or her own. “We” becomes more important in marriage than “I.”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife: Living in Submission to Christ as Lord

“Unfortunately, there are sometimes leaders in positions of authority who abuse or mistreat those they are sworn to protect, serve, lead, provide for, and care for. That is wrong! I cannot emphasize this enough. God will repay those who misuse the authority He gave to them. They will stand before Him and give an account and He will dispense justice (eternal condemnation in hell) unless they repent, turn to Christ, and receive mercy through the blood of Jesus in this lifetime. Either an abusive husband will pay dearly for his sin, or Jesus will pay dearly for his sin.”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife: Living in Submission to Christ as Lord

“For me to submit to my husband as a believing wife means that I trust God more than I trust my husband or myself. It is about my submission to the lordship of Christ and my trust in God’s sovereignty to lead me through my imperfect husband.”
― April Cassidy, The Peaceful Wife: Living in Submission to Christ as Lord