Ch 1 REDEEMED BLESSED God has blessed and

Ch 1: REDEEMED & BLESSED God has blessed and secured us in Him We have a glorious future with Him. Key Verse: 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.

Ch 2: FROM LONELY & DEAD TO NEW LIFE TOGETHER • We Were Hopeless – Dead in sin, deserving wrath, separated from God and His family • But God Stepped in (By Grace) – Made us alive to dwell in us, adopted us in his family, gave us a a stewardship 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

Ch 3 The Mystery Revealed: • We Gentiles are, fellow heirs, body members, partakers of the promise in Christ • Displaying God’s Wisdom To Rulers for Eternity Vs 6. to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel Vs 10 that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.

Ch 4 Live Your New Together Life! • You have a new life – United in the Body of Christ – One of FLOW (purposeful contribution using your gifts) • Walk in Life, not Futility • Practical Description of this Walk 22 lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, 23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

Review 1. God has blessed and secured us in Him, We have a glorious future with Him. 2. We Were Hopeless: Dead in sin, alone, deserving wrath, But God made us alive to dwell in us, adopted us in his family, gave us a a stewardship 3. We are fellow heirs, body members, partakers of the promise in Christ, Displaying God’s Wisdom for Eternity 4. You have a new Life of purpose and unity, say goodbye to your old futile life.

Eph 4: 17 -24 17 So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; 19 and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. 20 But you did not learn Christ in this way, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, 22 that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, 23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

The Futile Mind Darkened in understanding Excluded from Life ignorance that is in them the hardness of their hea callousness Consumed by greed and impurity (deceitful lusts)

Renewing Your Mind

Practical Tools to Life 4: 17 -4: 21 1. Speak Truth to each other 2. Control our Anger, put away wrath, bitterness, malice 3. Don’t be A Taker, Contribute and Give 4. Encourage and Edify with your speech 5. Obey the Guidance of the Holy Spirit 6. Be Kind, Tender and forgiving 7. Walk in Love 8. Put away immorality, 9. Make the most of your time on earth 10. Seek Wisdom and understanding of God’s will 11. Don’t medicate to escape life 12. Live your day with a worship song, let it flow into your conversation with others

Husbands and Wives 5: 21 -33 21 and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. 22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless

Husbands and Wives 5: 21 -33 28 So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; 29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, 30 because we are members of His body. 31 FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH. 32 This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.

Husbands and Wives be subject to one another in the fear of Christ

The Foundation A: be subject to one another in the fear of Christ

Romans 12: 1 -2

Quick Quiet Time Guide ACTS • Adore Him • Confess Sin • Thank and Praise Him • Supplication for Others Read The Bible 1. Pray for God To Speak to You 2. Read the Bible Slowly 3. Meditate on one verse or section – or memorize it 4. Write down one application. 5. Obey when the opportunity arises.

Read Slowly: Outline Reading • 17 So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, – that you walk • no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, – in the futility of their mind, – 18 being darkened in their understanding, – excluded from the life of God » because of the ignorance that is in them, » because of the hardness of their heart; • and they, » having become callous, – have given themselves over to sensuality » for the practice • of every kind of impurity » with greediness.

The Foundation B: be subject to one another in the fear of Christ

Recipe for a Stressful Family Friend s Spouse Me Kids Others Job

Christ Mutual Submission Husband Wife be subject to one another in the fear of Christ

Wives 21 and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. 22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.

Husbands • 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless. 28 So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; 29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, 30 because we are members of His body. 31 FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH. 32 This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

Love and Respect Eph 5: 33 33 Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.

Emerson Eggerichs, Love and Respect “When a husband feels disrespected, it is especially hard to love his wife. When a wife feels unloved, it is especially hard to respect her husband. ” “Unfortunately, a wife’s usual approach is to complain and criticize in order to motivate her husband to become more loving. This usually proves about as successful as trying to sell brass knuckles to Mother Teresa. ” “the husband decides he will motivate his wife to become more respectful by acting in unloving ways. This usually proves about as successful as trying to sell a pickup to an Amish farmer. ”

Respect Love Respect Withdraw Disrespect

Daily life and Activities Keystone Habits Principles and Values Purpose and Identity 1. Speak Truth to each other 2. Control our Anger, put away wrath, bitterness, malice 3. Don’t be A Taker, Contribute and Give 4. Encourage and Edify with your speech 5. Obey the Guidance of the Holy Spir 6. Be Kind, Tender and forgiving 7. Walk in Love 8. Put away immorality, 9. Make the most of your time on eart 10. Seek Wisdom and understanding of God’s will 11. Don’t medicate to escape life 12. Live your day with a worship song, l it flow into your conversation with others

Keystone Habits

Simple Foundation for Family Success • Be in Community and Walk Daily in your new life and grow in Him with a daily quiet time. – Submit to God as the ruler in your life – Submit to each other in submitting to God • Choose Your Spiral: Upward or Downward – Husbands Love your Wives – Wives Respect Your Husbands – Build keystone habits based on these core values