#1 Priority of married man.
This seems so simple and yet is overlooked so easily. Pray for your wife. Sure, I know you do, but is it a commitment you take more serious than any other? How much should one pray for his wife? As much as it takes to know that any attacks that would happen to her on account of her relation to you will be blocked. Whether you are spiritually committed or not your wife will be subjected to much oppression because animal nature is in direct opposition to a marriage based on love. Animals are creatures of passion, not of reason. Men have historically had control of women by social, physical, financial, religious, and political means to name a few. As time has progressed and God in the form of Love has been progressively revealed these controls have been relaxed accordingly. Within loving marriages the relaxation of these controls are an opportunity for a woman to be more fully expressive of the wonders of God's female creation. Outside of this there are more pressures on women by males to use the freedoms as a license to sin against the women's own bodies and through media the lie is sold by corrupted men and women for monetary and other animal world gains. Its no wonder the Word has been spoken that the whole world lies in darkness. It is a sad fact that many women after suffering use and abuse by men become so discouraged and embittered that they turn to comfort in the arms of another female which only deepens the separation of the woman from the love that God created to be shared by a husband and wife. The answer to all of life's problems is Love. This is expressed first by God in His universal acceptance of humankind and this is proved through the Word of Jesus. By this Word we can sense the Spirit that calls each of us to reunion. Next, through prayer we bring the Eye of Love to look upon the person we petition for. First and foremost this should be our wife. No one is more critical to our spiritual well being than our wife. God sends our wife to bring us to our knees. Sometimes this will be through the great joys we experience through that special relationship and at other times it will be through great pain brought to bear on us in that same special relationship. A man can take Adam's advice and blame his wife in time of difficulty. If he does he can expect to suffer until he has followed Jesus' advice and Loved his wife. Some men choose to abandon the gift of God rather than humble themselves and pray. These men will not prosper in the Mind of Christ until they repent of the double sin they have commited. The first sin was to call bad the gift God gave them and the second was to declare themselves good in the presence of God. To reject Love is to embrace death. God gave the woman to man to help him grow into the fullness of the knowledge of God. Everything in this world happens to bring us to the place of rest in Love. How can we expect to rest when we take Christ for granted. We see them in pain or upset by our actions or lack of actions and instead of softening our hearts and turning to the Living God for help we insult and bruise them. When read with the Mind of the Spirit nowhere do the Holy Scriptures condone or pardon the man who unrepentedly opresses the woman. God only supports Love. All outside Love will diminish through disuse or cataclysm. Love will remain.