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Modern feminism tells us that there is no significant difference between women and men as they function in society. But what does God's word say? Quite the opposite! We as women will experience true fulfillment and bring glory to the Lord as we obey His command to be keepers at home.

• Women are to be keepers at home.
• God's purpose in creating woman was to be a helpmeet to man.
• Most women will marry, so we should prepare in our youth for marriage.
• The essence of marriage is not romance, but commitment.
• A woman's ministry is to assist her father or husband in whatever he does, as fully as possible.
• Women should skillfully manage the home in a way glorifying to the Lord.
• Married women should joyfully embrace their calling to raise, teach, and train up in God's way as many children as He sends them.
• A woman should live as a member of a household, under the immediate authority of a man, normally her father or husband.

• It is a man's responsibility to provide for his wife, children, and unmarried daughters.
• A woman should never work outside the home to earn a living, nor does she need to prepare for this possibility in her youth.
• There are seven Biblical ways to provide for a woman and her children if her husband dies: her father, a home-based business, a second husband, relatives, Christian women, the church, and God's service.
• If you follow God's principles for marriage, the chances of your husband abandoning you are practically nil; but if this does happen, God is able to give you wisdom and grace to still fulfill your calling to be a keeper at home without starving yourself or your children.

• The command to be a keeper at home applies to unmarried women, too.
• Unmarried women also have a special calling to be holy before the Lord in body and spirit.
• "Single" isn't a good term for an unmarried woman -- the Bible uses "unmarried".
• Don't think of yourself as "single", independent from authority; you're as much under your father's authority now as you will be under your husband's authority once you marry.

• Give your heart to your father, and strive to earn his trust in you.
• Spend time with your father, explaining to him how you feel and what's going on in your life.
• Spend your time pursuing activities which fulfill your parents' goals.
• Ask for your parents' counsel in areas where they doesn't give you direct commands.

• High school graduation isn't really a Biblical milestone; for the Christian daughter, it simply means that, having finished her parents' academic goals for her at the high school level, she has more time to spend on being a keeper at home and developing specialized skills that will allow her to be a better keeper at home.
• Don't leave home for extended periods of time for college or ministry.
• Don't be just a "sleeper" at home -- going away all day to college, job, or ministry away from the family.
• Don't be a "weeper" at home, sitting around waiting for Prince Charming or for something exciting to happen.

• You can't necessarily serve God any better outside the home than in it.
• Don't feel pressure to do something great in your youth; commit your life to Christ, and He will use it for His glory as you focus on loving Him and serving your family in the home.
• Serve your family within the home, assisting your mother with her duties as your parents direct.
• Work with your mother to make your home orderly, peaceful, and beautiful, for God's glory.
• Ask God to show your family ways that you can serve others together.
• Your best preparation for marriage is serving your father and serving in your home.

Psalm 110:3 ~ Psalm 144:12 ~ Titus 2:3-5 ~ I Corinthians 7:25-38 ~ Proverbs 23:22-26 ~ Acts 21:9 ~ Genesis 24:15-76 ~ Genesis 29:9 ~ Leviticus 21:9 ~ Numbers 30:3-5, 16 ~ Genesis 2:20-24 ~ Ephesians 5:22-33 ~ I Corinthians 7:2-4 ~ I Timothy 2:9-15 ~ II Timothy 1:5 ~ I Corinthians 11:3 ~ John 19:26-27 ~ I Peter 3:1-6 ~ I Corinthians 14:34-35 ~ I Timothy 3:11 ~ Esther 2:7 ~ I Timothy 5:8 ~ Leviticus 22:13 ~ II Kings 4:1-7 ~ I Timothy 5:3-16 ~ Luke 2:36-37

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