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Naklily256 View Profile History	Balancing ministry and Marriage. Posted : 27 Feb, 2024 01:47 PM How can you help or support your spouse to stay in her calling / Church ministry yet she has a family to run? Post Reply
WalkNTalk View Profile History	Balancing ministry and Marriage. Posted : 27 Feb, 2024 01:58 PM Might I say Matthew 19:29 and Luke 18:29 ? Matthew 19:29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. Luke 18:29-30 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life.” Post Reply
Handyman62 View Profile History	Balancing ministry and Marriage. Posted : 27 Feb, 2024 02:10 PM First off I don't believe God would call a married woman into a ministry that would interfere with her spousal/wifely duties at home. A husband & wife can be called together but there again not to the detriment of the marriage or family. It's scriptural for men to be called to lead congregations and and carry the bulk of ministry not women. Post Reply

WalkNTalk View Profile History	Balancing ministry and Marriage. Posted : 27 Feb, 2024 02:33 PM I would agree with Handyman, but just throwing a verse out for the unhindered gospel. If one wants to talk about Jesus and tell the world about Jesus, what is hindering you? Yet, you have more than one calling. You have kids. You have a husband. You don't want your husband. You want a different husband. You are separated from your husband. 1 Corinthians 7:11 says But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. I wouldn't be looking for another husband. That itself is a hindrance to your calling. If you cannot multi-task, you will need to focus. Is the father of your children willing to look after the kids while you pursue your calling? And should you be pursuing another husband while you are currently married? I do not think that helps your ministry. But it appears that is what you are doing. 1 Corinthians 7:27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. You are bound to your husband as long as he lives. But if your husband dies, you are free to remarry. (1 Corinthians 7:39 and Romans 7:2-3) But I see you are inclined to another husband and it does not appear you want to mother your children and it does not appear that you are getting along with your husband. It is workable that you can follow your calling to tell the world of Jesus while also fulfilling your duty as a wife and mother. But it appears you want to escape your role as a wife and mother. Post Reply
Cuzzie1 View Profile History	Balancing ministry and Marriage. Posted : 7 Nov, 2025 09:01 PM Naklily..Ideally that is something you talk about with a potential spouse before getting married, either between the 2 of you or as part of pre marital councilling. That way you can hopefully go in to marriage on the same page and agreeing on how to move forward together. Or at least make an informed decision as to whether you should both actually get married. A loving husband is going to want to support you in the use of your God given talents for the kingdom in the same way as you should support him in the use of his God given talents also for the kingdom. The key I believe is to find someone you can join with to the point where you both might be making certain sacrifices for the sake of your family and marriage but also both feeling like you are able to use your God given talents at least to some degree, even if not to the degree of when we were single. There are seasons in life. Single, married, and even within marriage so it may not look the same all the way through but talk it through and pray about it BEFORE getting married so you are on the same page, should you get married and know what to expect. Ministry of any kind is good but a healthy God centered, stable home/family life is also ivery mportant for the raising of your children. So find someone who is wanting to lead in such a way that you work together to benifit all in the household (husband,wife and kids) both in home life and in other ministry. I wish you all the best and may God give you the wisdom and discernment to know when the right one for you comes along. and also to spot the wrong ones early. Post Reply
Cuzzie1 View Profile History	Balancing ministry and Marriage. Posted : 7 Nov, 2025 09:26 PM Just to clarify what I mean by ministry coz it may differ from others here..When I say ministry in this context I mean not just pastoring but anything that can be used for the functioning/extending of the church or even in the community if done with an attitude of it being for Christ. Do everything as unto the Lord. So it might be music, greeting people at the door, helping someone practically, praying, the list goes on. All in my view are forms of ministry. Post Reply