BALANCE

BALANCE
1 Corinthians 11:2-16 http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=1+Corinthians+11:2-16
Dear Father, God of the present and the future, but also of thepast,
Make me willing to consider and accept new things. But also helpme to respect and maintain the traditions from the past. May Iacknowledge that Christ is my head and submit myself to him, evenas he acknowledges you as his head.
May Christian wives acknowledge the headship of their ownhusbands, and may their husbands honor Christ as their head. Helphusbands and wives live inter-dependently, realizing that they needeach other for mutual support and procreation. May all the women inyour holy church conduct themselves in a way that shows theirdevotion to your Word and to their own husbands, and may allhusbands give their wives due honor and genuine love.
Help each of us who follows Christ not to be contentious orself-willed. Let us adapt ourselves to the traditions of the pastthat promote good order.
In the name of Jesus I submit to your authority, asking thesethings according to his will. Amen.