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That you think creatively and with cultural sensitivity (just as he must do) in shaping the style and setting the tone of your interaction with men.

14.That in all your relation ships with men(not just in marriage)you seek the guid ance of the Holy Spirit in applying the Biblical vision of manhood and womanhood; that you develop a style and demeanor that does justice to the unique role God has given to man to feel responsible for gracious leadership in relation to women-a leader ship which involves elements of protection and provision and a pattern of initiative.

13.you develop a wartime mentality and life style;that you never forget that life is short, that billions of people hang in the balance of Heaven and Hell every day,that the love of money is spiritual suicide, that the goals of upward mobility (cars,houses,vacations,hobbies)are a poor and dangerous substitute for the goals of living for Christ with all your might and maximizing your joy in ministry to people's needs.

No chapter has all the joys. Finite life is a series of trade-offs, Finding God's will, and living for the glory of Christ to the full in every chapter is what makes it a success, not whether it reads like somebody else's chapter or whether it has in it what only another chapter will bring.

12. That you step back and (with your husband, if you are married) plan the various forms of your life's ministry in chapters.Chapters are divided by various things age, strength, singleness, marriage, employment, chil dren at home, children in college, grandchildren, retire ment, etc.

9. That, if you are married, you creatively and intelli gently and sincerely support the leadership of your hus band as deeply as obedience to Christ will allow; that you encourage him in his God appointed role as head; that you influence him spiritually primarily through your fear less tranquillity and holiness and prayer.

8. That, if you are single, you exploit your singleness to the full in devotion to God (the way Jesus and Paul and Mary Slessor and Amy Carmichael did) and not be paralyzed by the desire to be married.

6. That you be women who have a deep grasp of the sovereign grace of God which undergirds all these spiritual processes; and that you be deep thinkers about the doc trines of grace, and even deeper lovers of these things.

5. That you be women of prayer, so that the Word of God will be opened to you, and so the power of faith and holiness will descend upon you, that your spiritual influence may increase at home and at church and in the world.

4. That you be women of the Book, who love and study Bo and obey the Bible in every area of its teaching. That meditation on Biblical truth be the source of hope and be faith. That you continue to faith grow in understanding grow through all the chapters of thro your life, never thinking that your study and growth are only for others.