Household

Discuss and agree on areas of personal interest

2026-08-23

Text

Matt 7:12

Aims

  1. to study the importance of mutual agreement on how to run household responsibilities and

  2. to discuss some areas of interests of husband and wife in household responsibilities.

Introduction

The principle of moral reciprocity by our Lord Jesus Christ in Matt 7:12 suggest that we should respect the opinions of other people. In handling household responsibilities in a help meet manner, it is very important to sit down together and make a list of the chores that each person absolutely likes and dislikes or hates doing because what one despises may be the other’s delight; and this may make them switch tasks. They must take pleasure in questions like: Will you do the laundry while I do the cleaning of the floor? Can it be convenient for you to help me drop the kids in their school while on your way to work? Can we employ a cleaner to be assisting in the monthly cleaning of our apartment or we do it together? All these point to the fact of the couple giving respect to each other’s opinions on these matters. However, when there is disagreement on who or how or when to do things, both of them should find a fun way to compromise getting the task done either by taking turns, hiring external labour or jokingly flipping a coin to allot it.

Study guide

  1. Briefly explain the concept of discussing and agreeing on areas of personal interests by married couples in attending to their household responsibilities.

  2. Discuss how couples can respect the interest of each other in household responsibilities in the context of Matt 7:12; Rom 13:10 and Eph 5:33.

  3. Child care is a major part of parental responsibility in Christian homes. Discuss in the contest of mutual agreement between Elkanah and his wife Hannah in 1Sam 1:21-23.

  4. Give examples of husband’s and wife’s areas of interests in responding to household responsibilities and how such personal interests can be aligned for peace and joy in the family? Discuss from life experience.

Conclusion

Christian couples should always derive fun in respecting the interest of each other when it comes to choosing and attending to household responsibilities.

Food for thought

What is convenient for the husband may not be for the wife.

Memory verse

Matt 7:12 “Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets”.