Realistic Expectations: The Needs of the Wife

Submitted by mark on Mon, 06/20/2011 - 19:53
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Realistic Expectations:  The Needs of the Wife

"Don't marry someone you can live with.  Marry someone you know you can not live without".

Romans 12:10

I.  Introduction:  needs versus neediness.

A.  The needy person is ---never satisfied---.

B.  All persons have ----common--- needs.

C.  Men and women have ---differing---  needs.

II.  The seven basic needs of women:

In marriage she is the ----completer---.
Genesis 2:18

A.  ---treated as something special---.

B.  ---honesty and openness---.

1.  She must be able to trust her husband.
Proverbs 12:22

2.  He must be honest with his feelings and innermost thoughts.
Proverbs 20:7

C.  ---financial---  security.

1.  Maternal, nurturing nature of a woman.

2.  Anxiety.

3.  The feeling of safety.

4.  Her financial responsibility.

D.   The man's ----commitment to the family---.
Luke 15:20-24

E.  -----Teachable---.
Proverbs 19:20

F.  ---Conversation----.
Ecclesiastes 10:12

G.   ---Spiritual---- leader.