Be kindly affectioned one to another… in honour preferring one another (Romans 12:10). As husbands and wives, we must honor one another in the Lord.

I’m still learning, but I’m reaching to learn much more from God about how to treat my wife. The Bible says I am to treat her with honor, as unto a weaker vessel. She is not weaker. To tell you the truth, I wouldn’t want to get in a fistfight with her! But that is not what this book is all about. It is about honor. So to honor her, I understand that I am to treat my wife as if she were as fragile as glass. I am to treat her as I would a fine, priceless treasure—which she is.

We husbands must start treating our wives right and in honor as God commanded. The honor of God, His covenant with us, will change not only our attitude toward our wives, but also their attitude toward us. When we live in honor, it brings the Father on the scene.

Many husbands have been treating their wives as mere women. Instead, we are to treat them as children of God. The believing husband is to honor his wife as an heir with him of God’s grace. The child of God with whom he shares a marriage covenant is not just his wife. She is his covenant sister in the Lord. She is the daughter of Almighty God!

This woman is an heir of God’s grace and a joint heir with Jesus Christ. She does not deserve to be mistreated or abused. She does not deserve to be dominated. She does not deserve to be put in bondage. She deserves honor because she belongs to God just as her husband does.

Honor the covenant Almighty God has offered you. Honor it, and He will honor you—with mercy, love, grace, career satisfaction, marital happiness and prosperity.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries