1 Peter 3:1-8 - Win Your Spouse - Study Notes

 To what sport would you compare your marriage?  Why?

Who was a role model for you as a married couple?  What qualities made set that couple apart?

Win Your Spouse:
Read 1 Peter 3:1-7
We have been asked to submit to authorities and our bosses.  Now, who are we being asked to submit to?  Why?

What makes a person beautiful to their spouse?  What is the hardest part for you?  Do you respond more to outward beauty or inward beauty?  Why?  What does that communicate to your wife?

In what ways does your wife make you a better man?  How are you helping her become a better woman?

The Weaker Partner:
Tim McGraw promotes a plan to discourage domestic abuse by refusing to be a friend to men who abuse their wives.  What do you think about that plan?

What can we do to discourage or eliminate spousal abuse?  As individuals?  As a Bible Study?  As a church?

What does Peter mean, “nothing will hinder your prayers?”

ApplicationWhat will you do to encourage your wife in her faith this week?

Homework:
Read 1 Peter 3:8-12.