Faithful Steward Ministries and FSM Women's Outreach

The above AI-generated picture is meant to depict a typical household with a distracted husband. As the family provider, he is hard at work even though he is not at work. Some today will argue that the man of the house (Yes, a biblical household is a man (male) and wife (female) ) read the book, does not have to be the breadwinner. while there is a valid argument that some wives earn more money than their husbands, this does not negate the husband’s duty as head of household and provider. This understanding has to be grounded in the belief that Christ Jesus is the ultimate provider, the true head of every Christian household. Here are a few verses that confirm that:

• “But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” — 1 Timothy 5:8
• “So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.” — Ephesians 5:28-29
• “A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.” — Proverbs 13:22
• “For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior” – Ephesians 5:23 

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What, indeed, would most men give if they could say, “The Queen herself has served me, and was most anxious that I should be well supplied!” But each believer has the Lord Himself for his Provider. He loads our table, and fills ours cup. Providence is no other than God providing!
 He . . .
  measures out our joys,
  weighs our sorrows,
  appoints our labors,
  and selects our trials!

Providence is no other than God providing!
(Charles Spurgeon, “Flowers from a Puritan’s Garden” 1883)

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Devotion

The Lord Is My Provider

Michael Staton

Imagine a couple, married for decades, who has an anniversary coming up. The husband makes reservations at his wife’s favorite restaurant weeks in advance and tells her they will celebrate their anniversary in style. In anticipation of the celebration, the wife gets her nails done and excitedly purchases a special outfit…