‘Submissive And Sacrificial Love In The Family.’
Ephesians 5:22-25
(Here, if followed, parents set a great example for their children and a good role model)
a) Ephesians 5:22. Wives submit to their husbands as they do to the Lord. (They should not submit to someone else’s husband, even if he is the Church pastor.)
b) Ephesians 5:23. For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the Head of His Body, the Church; He gave His Life to be her Saviour. (Husbands should be loving their wives in the same way.)
c) Ephesians 5:24. As the Church submits to Christ (this is how the normal Church is supposed to function), so wives should submit to their husbands in everything. (Dysfunctional Churches are made up of dysfunctional families and so the next generation of young families will have no role model from the Church.)
d) Ephesians 5:25. Husbands must love their wives with the same love that Christ loved the Church. Christ gave up His Life for the Church.
(Through this QT I see the need for Submissive And Sacrificial Love In The Family)
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‘When The Holy Spirit Controls Our Lives.’
Galatians 5:22.
a) When the Holy Spirit controls our lives.
b) He will produce this kind of fruit in us.
c) The Believer’s fruit basket:-
1- Love.
2- Joy.
3- Peace.
4- Patience.
5- Kindness.
6- Goodness.
7- Faithfulness.
(Through this Second one I find what happens to me When The Holy Spirit Controls My Life)
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Chris.
Dysfunctional Churches are made up of dysfunctional families. The way to heal a dysfunctional Church is to heal the families within it. If the Church is made up of emotionally and spiritually healthy families then the Church will become emotionally and spiritually healthy. Dysfunctional Churches are usually full of hurts, bitterness and problems, no matter whether the Church be large or small.
