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So this month on the podcast, we've been talking about roles in marriage. So this week, we're going to take some time and just do a mini series

on the three qualities of a godly husband, just to kind of embrace our roles theme and learn more

about that. So each day, we're going to be talking about one of the three qualities that a

godly husband can just embrace and talking about what it looks like to embrace and embody that quality

well. So today's quality is he leads. So a godly husband leads. Dr. Kim, why is leadership a

characteristic of a godlife? Why is that so important? Yeah, I think God gives us a lot of

flexibility in the things that we do as a husband and his life and the roles that we play. But God's

pretty clear in scripture that man is supposed to be the leader of the family, a leader of his life.

He's the one who's responsible. He's the one. God's put that in a, it's a very

important position. And I think a lot of times what happens in our culture, a lot of guys don't think

they don't know how to lead or they don't want to lead. And yet that's what God, the role that God

gave us. And I think what I tell guys all the time, okay, I know you're

struggling with this, but God didn't give us that role and just leave us out there. God will equip

us to lead. We just have to be willing to learn, to be diligent, and to be willing to take on

that load no matter what, no matter what. Yeah, that's awesome. That's great advice. And I guess I would say like to the ladies

out there that are listening and also to the men, but sometimes ladies kind of like shrink away

from this or think, you know, like, why should he be leading? I'm a great leader too. Like,

you are a great leader. I'm not saying you're not. But I think the important thing to remember

here is that like when we read the scripture about like the male being the leadership in the home like

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