Welcome to Nancy Wilson's Femina Podcast.

This audio is brought to you by Cannon Press.

Before we get started, I wanted to point you to Nancy Wilson's book,

The Fruit of Her Hands, Respect and the Christian Woman.

In this short book, Nancy Wilson asks us to imagine what power God would unleash

through godly men who were respected in their homes.

Nancy exhorts wives to stop focusing on their husband's problems and shortcomings

and to look at their own responsibilities and learn

the contentment which the Bible continually exhorts us to.

This book on Marriage for Women reminds us to keep our eyes fixed on what the Bible defines as our duties and not on the modern lies which flatter us.

You can get this book at cannon press.com. Welcome to the feminine podcast. This is Nancy Wilson and thank you for joining me.

Today I'm going to discuss reciprocity and you might be thinking hmm that's not a word I've ever seen in the Bible

but I guarantee you the concept is in the Bible first let me just lay out a definition

reciprocity is when we exchange things

that correspond to one another.

When we have equal privileges,

equal advantages,

corresponding privileges, and advantages.

And so what does this have to do with biblical living?

I'd say actually lots.

Jesus had a lot to say about this.

In Luke 14, 12 through 14, this is a great prime example of our view of reciprocity,

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