READ Proverbs 31
An excellent wife cares for her home, is kind to the needy, and is an example of good
character.

INSIGHT
One view of women is that they are merely caretakers of the home and have no role other than changing diapers, cooking, and cleaning house. Another view seeks to free women from the responsibilities at home. Both are wrong. Women are to care for their homes and maintain certain responsibilities—just as men should. But their role carries with it great flexibility and variety. The Proverbs 31 woman is a skillful, industrious person who models integrity and esteems her home and family highly.

PRAYER
Thank God for the women you know (mothers, grandmothers, friends) who exemplify Christ´s love:
And Mary said:
My soul magnifies the Lord,  
And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,  
Because he has looked with favor
On the humble condition of his servant.
Surely, from now on all generations
Will call me blessed,
Because the Mighty One
Has done great things for me,  
And his name is holy (Luke 1:46-49).

Pause for praise and thanksgiving. Now pray this confession to the Lord as you seek to keep your life free from sin:
Be gracious to me, God,
According to your faithful love;
According to your abundant compassion,
Blot out my rebellion.  
Completely wash away my guilt
And cleanse me from my sin
(Psalm 51:1-2).

Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind. Now pray this affirmation to the Lord:
How sweet your word is to my taste —
Sweeter than honey in my mouth.
I gain understanding from your precepts;  
Therefore I hate every false way.  
Your word is a lamp for my feet  
And a light on my path (Psalm 119:103-105).

As you make your requests known to the Lord, include:

• A more Christ-like character
• Strengthening of the church in China
• Your activities for the day

Offer this closing prayer to God:
And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment,  so that
you may approve the things that are superior and may be pure and blameless in the day of Christ, filled
with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God
(Philippians 1:9-11).