The First Step To Submission. The Plan of Salvation.

You may be asking that very question. Should I submit to my husband, and if so, what all does that mean? 
I want to take some time and help you understand what submission is and what submission is not.
Between Hollywood, novels, and a lack of teaching, women today have no idea what it means to submit. or how to even start.
Unfortunately even most of the older ladies who are called to teach the younger ladies, know nothing about submission and therefore can't even begin to expound on it which has created a generation of women who do exactly as they please with no regard as to who it effects.
I want to take some time tonight and expound a little bit on submission. A subject which has been extremely difficult for me and I am praying that my struggles will be a help to someone else who might be struggling with the same thing.

I believe this is one of the most important verses to a wife. Because this verse holds so much truth in it. It is a treasure chest full of wealth. 
Most women look at this verse and are completely thrown off as soon as they see the words "Submit" but if you read on to the second half where it says "As to the Lord" you will unlock the one key to submission.
If you are going to submit to your husband the same way that you submit to God, doesn't that mean that you would need some kind of relationship with God? Wouldn't it mean I am supposed to be close enough to God to read and hear and feel the prodding of the Spirit when I am supposed to do something?
In order to have that close relationship with Christ, you first have to be saved. You need to make that first step in allowing God to control your life.
If you have never done so, I encourage you to keep reading as I give you the plan of salvation.

The Bible tells us that we can know that we have an eternal home in Heaven.

I John 5:13 – “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life…”

1. Realize That God Loves You

God loves you and has a plan for your life.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” – John 3:16

2. Realize That You Are A Sinner

Our sins have separated ALL of us (including you) from God.
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” – Romans 3:23
God made man in His own image. He gave man the ability to choose right from wrong. We choose to sin. Our sins keep us from God.

3. Realize That Sin Must Be Paid For

“For the wages of sin is death…” – Romans 6:23
Wages means payment. The payment of our sin is death and hell, separation from God forever. If we continue in our sin, we shall die without Christ and be without God forever.

4. Realize That Christ Died To Pay For Your Sins

All of our sins were laid on Christ on the cross. He paid our sin debt for us. The Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross, and He arose from the dead. He is alive forevermore.
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” – Romans 5:8

5. Receive Christ By Faith As Your Personal Savior

You can pray and ask Christ to save you…and He will! It is not the prayer that saves, but believing and meaning it in your heart. A Sinner’s Prayer: “Lord, I know that I am a sinner. If I died today, I would not go to heaven. Forgive my sin, come into my life and be my Savior. Help me live for you from this day forward. In Jesus Name, Amen.”
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”  – Romans 10:1

I encourage you to leave me a message or comment if you just accepted Christ as your Savior.
Without Christ as the center of your relationship, submission is nothing but a word with a scary meaning.
I tried to submit before I got saved. But, what was the point. I hated it. I didn't have a happy heart. I was doing it for all the reasons.
I beg of you to consider what is written above. Your entire future depends on it.

Join me tomorrow as I go into our next point. This is a heavy subject and not one to be taken lightly. 
May you all have a blessed evening.

Bre Shafer AKA Crazy Mama