HOW TO BECOME A

BIBLICALLY
SUBMISSIVE WIFE
 WE CAN BE EXTREMELY
STUBBORN WHEN WE THINK
WE KNOW WHAT IS BEST.
WE WANT TO DO THINGS
OUR WAY!
What should a submissively-
challenged wives do?
How can we learn to submit
to our husbands?
1. We need to learn what true
biblical submission really is.

2. Make sure your life is

submitted to God first.
WHAT IS SUBMISSION
IN MARRIAGE?
(according to Galatians 5)
SUBMIT
To place yourself under, to cause to
be in a submissive relationship, of
submission, involving recognition of
an ordered structure, of the entity
to whom appropriate RESPECT is
shown.
Submission is an active role
that we choose to take on
as wives, to recognize the
authority God has set up
and to be subject to it.
The healthy context for
biblical submission happens
when both husband and wife
are under the headship of
Christ.
WHAT IF MY HUSBAND ISN’T
A CHRISTIAN?
DO I STILL NEED TO SUBMIT?
1 Peter 3:1-2
 HOW BEING A
SUBMISSIVE WIFE
BLESSES YOU?
Here’s why submitting to your husband is a blessing:

1. It takes the pressure off of

you.
2. It makes you happier to
embrace your God-given role.
Here’s why submitting to your husband is a blessing:

3. There is less chance of

infidelity and separation
4. Your husband will likely show
his appreciation right back
HOW DO I BECOME A
SUBMISSIVE WIFE?
 HOW DO I BECOME A SUBMISSIVE WIFE?

1. Brainstorm ways to help him

2. Make him feel important
 HOW DO I BECOME A SUBMISSIVE WIFE?
3. Be selective in how you
“instruct” him
4. Practice gratitude for all the
things your husband does
 HOW DO I BECOME A SUBMISSIVE WIFE?

5. Pray for God to give you a

heart of submission
HAVING A SUBMISSIVE SPIRIT
MAY BE THE TOTAL OPPOSITE
OF HOW YOU WERE RAISED—
IT’S SOMETHING WE MUST
ACTIVELY SEEK AS WE STRIVE
TO DO GOD’S WILL.
GOD BLESS!