What should older women teach younger women

Be Sensible — The word sensible means to be self-controlled or sober-minded. Young women, like anyone else, can be led into sin and to forsake their God-given responsibilities when they fail to be self-controlled and sober-minded. The older women must teach the young women to exercise control over their actions, thoughts, and emotions so that they will not become easy targets for the devil.

Be Pure — This word here means chaste or modest. It is common for worldly women to judge themselves and others based upon the clothes that they wear. But the older women must teach the young women that expensive, fancy, and revealing clothing is not important. Be Workers at Home — The question of whether or not a wife may work outside the home is one that can generate passionate debate from those on both sides.

I will save that discussion for another time. She kept herself busy by working with her hands v. Kindness involves showing love and doing good toward others. The older women must teach the young women to show kindness and do good to others. Be Subject to Their Own Husbands — The thought that a woman is to be subject to her husband is ridiculed and attacked by many in our society. Women are taught by society that there is no such thing as different roles for men and women, despite the fact that the Scriptures describe distinct roles for husbands and wives Ephesians Many believe than a woman can be the head of a household over a man, even though the Scriptures teach us that she must be in submission to him Colossians The younger women are not going to learn these lessons from our society, from their peers, or from the modern books on marriage, parenting, and womanhood.

But God still wants the young women to learn and develop these qualities. As a man, and a preacher, I can teach the truth on these things and it can be helpful. But any effort made by me or other men cannot compare with a faithful older woman teaching, mentoring, and showing by example. Click on the link to read more about the book. Andy, this is a great article and my observation is that this is grossly lacking in churches — specifically, the concept of older women teaching the younger women.

Often, older women neglect this duty because 1 they have not applied these principles to their own lives and are not the models they should be, or 2 they simply do not want to come across as pushy or judgmental our society trains us to be overly-sensitive to criticism.

The result is a detachment between older and younger generations. Very sad. Just my observation. Hopefully this is not a widespread problem. Casey, I think your second point may be a big part of this.

One solution may be for the younger women to seek out the advice of the older women, rather than simply waiting for the older women to initiate the instruction. I have thought about this topic as well as the verse that tells us to confess your faults to one another. It seems the culture of the church is infected with the our culture and with the nature of man sometimes.

From Genesis to Revelation, so much to learn and apply in our lives. I totally agree with you. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 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.

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you.

Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. 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. Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.

For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food,.

Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it. This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—.

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior; To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband,.

Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity. Honor widows who are truly widows. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day, If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,. The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 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.

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.

And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous that is, an idolater , has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. The churches of Asia send you greetings.

Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord. If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord. If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home—so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come.

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. Here are 5 things about which I wish older women would teach younger women like me : 1. I want and need older women who have successfully remained in a godly marriage to teach me how they did that. I need to know how to be the spiritual support my husband needs as we strive to help each other go to heaven.

I need all your tips on how to make our home a peaceful, God-centered haven even during chaotic times. I need advice about how to practice hospitality and use my home to extend love to those in need. This includes cooking shortcuts, housework secrets, decorating ideas, how to entertain guests, and so much more.

I will be missing out on a lot of godly wisdom.