Review of 10 Things Every Minister’s Wife Needs to Know by Jeana Floyd

Mike Leake

Author: Jeanna Floyd

Pages: 160 pgs

Publisher: New Leaf Press

Price: 11.04

Genre: Ministry/Marriage/Pastor’s Wives

I received this book from New Leaf Publishing to review.  Since I am not a pastor’s wife I thought it would be good to have my wife (Nikki) read and review this book.  The following is her review…

Quick Summary:

Jeana Floyd has been a pastor’s wife for over 32 years. Her husband, Ronnie, has also written a companion piece: 10 Things Every Minister Needs to Know. These books are intended to be a practical and handy resource for the pastor and his wife. Mrs. Floyd’s edition is meant to assist the pastor’s wife in honoring God through encouraging her husband in ministry. There are ten chapters—that could easily stand alone—that are stocked full of Floyd’s wisdom as well as helpful testimonies from other seasoned pastor’s wives.

What I Liked:

I have been a pastor’s wife for a little over six years. I found this book to be extremely relevant to many of the issues that my husband and I face daily. There are many books to assist the pastor’s wife but few discuss pressing issues with the balance of grace and honesty that Floyd exhibits. She does not shy away from the truth of Scripture and how it applies to our lives, but she also writes with a compelling tenderness. The perspective that she offers is very encouraging and opened my heart to the enjoyment of ministry—to “thrive and not just survive”!

What I Disliked:

At first I thought I wanted the book to give more in-depth practical application, but the lack of such specificity actually became one of the things I loved about the book. She says just enough to allow the Holy Spirit to convict you, but also gives you the freedom to express the fruit of that work in ways that are unique to your person. That will look different for everybody, but the essentials are the same.

Should You Buy It?

Absolutely or you ministry will die…just kidding, but I really do think every pastor’s wife could benefit immensely from reading this book. I have looked for assistance in many books written to pastor’s wives few have been as helpful as this one.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Proof that the End Does Not Justify the Means

Mike Leake

“For in [Jesus] the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things…” 

“…making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.” 

“Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

Just a little sampling from Colossians, Ephesians, and Philippians to show that it is God’s intention that Jesus rule the world.  (That sounded so Pinky and the Brain, didn’t it?)  It is God’s will for Jesus to rule.  Keep that thought. 

“Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.  And he said to him, ‘All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.’” 

This is a decent summary of Jesus’ position as ruler of all—minus of course that whole worshipping the devil thing.  If it is God’s will for Jesus to rule then why does Jesus refuse this offer?  Obviously, because Jesus will only swear allegiance to His Father.  Bowing to Satan is not part of the plan.  Glory for Jesus will only come through suffering and the cross—not some devilishly comfortable shortcut.

As painfully obvious as this is, I still struggle with living this out.  I desire to take shortcuts.  Most of my shortcuts are meant to stave off the painstaking and slow process of suffering in a wilderness. 

I’ll leave it up to you to discover the implications of this for your own life and ministry…

Mustaches and Book Burning

Mike Leake

I am certain that you have heard all the hubbub about the church burning copies of the Koran.  Here are several insightful articles on why believers should not support this utter ridiculousness. 

Dr. Mohler’s The Briefing

Tony Reinke’s 6 Reasons

Jimmy Snowden’s insightful statement

James Galyon encourages us to pray for its cancellation

Andrew Lisi tells us to burn couches, not the Quran

Carl Trueman also weighs in

But in my opinion this whole thing could have been avoided if we would have remembered that fateful day of July 7, 1996.  Here’s the video:

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I learned from that day forward, never trust a man with a horseshoe mustache (or a Hungarian variety for that matter).  If those following Terry Jones would have learned this principle in ‘96 then it would just be one guy burning books.  And not this:

One Reason We Need the Psalms

Mike Leake

…to learn to grieve.

Peter Scazzero explains the sad result of ignoring our pain:

Year after year we deny and avoid the difficulties and losses of life, the rejections and frustrations.  People in our churches minimize their failures and disappointments.  The result is that for many today, at least in prosperous North America, there is a widespread inability to face pain.  This has led to an overall feeling of superficiality and a lack of profound compassion.

Our culture trivializes tragedy and loss.  Every night on the news we are given pictures of crimes, wars, famines, murders, and natural disasters.  They are analyzed and reported, but there is no lamenting.

Our national capacity to grieve is almost lost.  We are too busy with trying to keep everything as it is and getting our own way.  When a loss enters our life, we become angry at God and treat it as an alien invasion from outer space.  Is it any wonder that there exists so much depression in our culture? 

(From The Emotionally Healthy Church, by Peter Scazzero, p.161)

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