Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, 
giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel,
and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your
prayers be not hindered (1 Peter 3:7).

Right now we are in the midst of one of the mightiest outpourings
of God’s blessings in the history of mankind. Yet many
believers are missing out on these blessings. The Apostle
Peter tells us that prayers are hindered because of
dishonorable lives. This applies not just to husbands,
but also to wives and children.

Honor is an integral part of prayer—and vice versa. Prayer
doesn’t work for someone who is continually disobedient to
the Word of God. If one claims to be a child of the living
God, but at the same time is mistreating one of His children,
then that person cannot expect God’s blessing to continually
be on his prayer life.

As husbands and wives, as brothers and sisters in
Christ, we have a covenant agreement before God
as well as a covenant agreement with one another.
I must be just as honorable to the Body of Christ as
I am to my wife and to my God. You are His child just
as much as I am.

How can I be dishonorable to His child and at
the same time be honorable to Him? It can’t be done,
because you are bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh.

Honor Pleases the Lord

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children
walk in truth (3 John 4).

When we honor one another because of obedience to the Word
not because of tradition, not because of our own selves,
but because of God’s command the Lord is very pleased.
It is the godly thing to do.

Jesus Christ of Nazareth has honored us with His Name
and His life. When we act on that kind of honor and walk
in it, when we are honorable regardless of our feelings or
our finances or whatever else we think we might lose
if we do so, we are truly walking hand in hand with Jesus.

Walking in truth, honesty and honor pleases our heavenly Father.

Kenneth and Gloria Copeland