LOVEBIRDS' DEVOTIONAL

Enriching Matrimonies

MISOGYNIST OR MISANDRIST?

Scripture:
‘MALE AND FEMALE CREATED HE THEM’
(GENESIS 1:27C)

​🌹🌹🌹A misogynist is a man who hates women. A misandrist is the opposite: a woman who harbors a deep hatred for men. The blunt truth is that these are not just abnormalities. They are unusual, unnatural and satanic.

​🌹🌹🌹RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING
​From the very moment God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden, there was within him a fervent desire for a woman. This wasn’t a feeling or a need that evolved over time; it was his God-given nature. That is why God declared: “It is not good that the man should be alone” (Genesis 2:18a). The need already existed.

​If the woman had been created first, the message would have been the same. God still would have said, “It is not good that the woman should be alone.” Why? Because every woman naturally possesses a deep longing for a man of her own. God placed that longing within all women, and the earnest desire for marriage seen in many young, unmarried women provides ample proof of this fact.

​🌹🌹🌹A CROSS OR A LIABILITY?
​Unfortunately, after children arrive, many wives begin to behave as if a husband is a liability or a cross they are forced to carry.
The goal of today’s devotional is to help wives who have carried the mask of romantic pretence into marriage. ​If you have been pretending that you do not need your husband sexually, it is time to stop the pretense, pull off the mask, and be real. The same applies to husbands who behave as if they were forced into marriage.

​🌹🌹🌹BE A MAN-HUNGRY WOMAN
​Dear wife, stop acting like a misandrist in your marriage. Instead, be the man-loving, man-friendly, and man-desirous woman God created you to be. Embrace these traits as you relate to your husband.

​It is time to discard traditional, cultural, or worldly mindsets that tell wives to play “hard to get,” “too expensive,” or “too beautiful for a lowly guy to touch.” These attitudes have shipwrecked many marriages.

​🌹🌹🌹WIVES WHO UNDERSTAND
​Wives who truly understand marriage know they are covenant lovers to their husbands. They do not subscribe to behaviours that strangle romance and affection. Consider the woman in the Song of Solomon. Hear what she said: “My beloved is mine and I am his” (Song of Solomon 2:16b). She was simply declaring a truth that is fundamental to marriage.

​🌹🌹🌹EXAMINE YOUR HEART
​Are you acting like a misandrist or a man-hater? If so, you need spiritual deliverance. If you are not, then stop behaving like one. Be the man-desirous, man-loving, and man-friendly woman God created you to be.

​🌹🌹🌹A WORD TO HUSBANDS
​Sir, are you acting like a misogynist? If so, why did you lead your wife into marriage only to exhibit the strange behaviour of rejecting her advances? Using religious or other excuses to make her feel as if it is an offense to desire you is wrong. You must repent and become the man you are called to be.

​If you are not a misogynist, then be the red-blooded, “woman-hungry” man you ought to be. Being a “peak romantic” never reduces one’s spirituality in Christ!

💕❤️ Tonight’s Bedroom Assignment:
Reread this devotional together just before bedtime and discuss it with an open and sincere heart.

📚📖✒️ Quotes For Reflection:
“A husband who realizes his wife is the “Heart” of the home—pumping life into every member—will not leave her to do everything alone.
The first gift he joyfully offers is himself. He drops his phone and walks into the kitchen to help when she is overwhelmed. If he isn’t “too big” to eat the food, he isn’t “too big” to help prepare it.”(Anselm Ahman. From Lovebirds’ Devotional of March 11, 2026)

✝️ Altar Call:
Jesus Christ is calling you! Come to Him today and be saved!

🌡️⚗️ Scientific Info To Boost Your Marriage:
“Science reveals that fidelity in marriage provides significant benefits, including superior mental health, increased life satisfaction, improved physical health, and higher relationship quality.”

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