*BASIC NEEDS OF A WIFE:* FOLLOW THIS CHANNEL https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vak8fCV9xVJbSFCiGN1K 1. THE NEED TO FEEL CHERISHED Ephesians 5:25 – "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her." Colossians 3:19 – "Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them." 1 Peter 3:7 – "Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered." 2. THE NEED FOR SECURITY 1 Timothy 5:8 – "But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." Proverbs 14:1 – "The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down." Psalm 46:1 – "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." 3. THE NEED FOR EMOTIONAL CONNECTION Proverbs 18:22 – "He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord." Ephesians 4:2-3 – "With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 – "Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!" 4. THE NEED FOR AFFECTION Song of Solomon 2:16 – "My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies." Genesis 26:8 – "When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac laughing with Rebekah his wife." Romans 12:10 – "Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor." 5. THE NEED FOR RESPECT Ephesians 5:33 – "However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband." Proverbs 31:10-12 – "An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life." 6. THE NEED FOR SUPPORT Ecclesiastes 4:12 – "And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken." Romans 15:2 – "Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up." Proverbs 31:28-29 – "Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.’" 7. THE NEED FOR COMMUNICATION James 1:19 – "Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger." Proverbs 15:1 – "A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." Proverbs 25:11 – "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver." 8. THE NEED FOR INTIMACY 1 Corinthians 7:3-5 – "The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control." Genesis 2:24 – "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh." 9. THE NEED FOR APPRECIATION 1 Thessalonians 5:11 – "Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing." Proverbs 31:31 – "Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates." Philippians 2:4 – "Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others." 10. THE NEED FOR FUN AND PLAYFULNESS Proverbs 17:22 – "A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones." Ecclesiastes 9:9 – "Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun." Psalm 126:2 – "Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, 'The Lord has done great things for them.'" 11. THE NEED FOR PARTNERSHIP Genesis 2:18 – "Then the Lord God said, 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.'" Mark 10:8-9 – "And the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate." Amos 3:3 – "Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet?" 12. THE NEED FOR REASSURANCE Isaiah 41:10 – "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Hebrews 13:5 – "Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'" Romans 8:28 – "And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose." 13. THE NEED FOR LOYALTY Malachi 2:14-15 – "But you say, 'Why does he not?' Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant." Proverbs 20:6 – "Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?" Exodus 20:14 – "You shall not commit adultery." 14. THE NEED FOR SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP Joshua 24:15 – "But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Ephesians 6:4 – "Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." 1 Corinthians 11:3 – "But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God." By meeting these needs, husbands reflect Christ’s love and create a God-honoring marriage. "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her." – Ephesians 5:25