We ought not let childhood things negatively influence our behavior. It is not ours to look back at the slights we feel from our history, but to move on to our destiny.

When we decide that we are “good Christians”, we have the tendency to develop either disdain or anger for those that are not, even as Moses showed his disdain for his fellow Israelites by calling them “rebels”. We have to be vigilant to be neither disdainful of nor angry with one another in order to overcome evil with good.

We can only pass God’s test by implementing wisdom in our lives, disciplining our desires to listen to the rebukes of life, fear God, and keep His commandments. We have to modify our propensity to act on our desires and rather comply with God’s commands. When we do so, we become wise.

A man cannot be responsible, in most cases, for his wife’s happiness. He can provide her with the creature comforts that are available to him, but her happiness is directly proportional to whether or not she decides to be grateful that that which he does. It is impossible for a man to do whatever a woman wants, because her desires change with her circumstances.

God tells husbands and wives to be “one flesh” with one another is to preclude the warfare that goes on between women if a man has more than one. It is a good idea for a woman to not expose herself sexually to a man that has not made the formal commitment of marriage to her.

Love is a complex concept that can be explained simply with respect to marriage. To show love to your spouse, wake up every morning thinking of what you can do to make your spouse glad that they are married to you. And then do it.

We are to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. We are to do that which the Word of God tells us, regardless of our feelings about our situation. We are to govern our speech so that it conforms to that which God expects from us.