Next Level Relationships (1)
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RELATIONSHIPS THAT SING IN THE STORMS OF LIFE!
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.
I. Husbands LOVE your wives just as CHRIST also loved the Church and gave Himself up for Her!
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,
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.
*What is the Definition of Love?
*What is the Description of Love?
II. Wives RESPECT your husbands just as SARAH obeyed Abraham calling him lord!
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.
just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, and you have become her children if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear.
*What is the Definition of Respect?
*What is the Description of Respect?
III. Children OBEY your Parents in the LORD for this is right! HONOR your father and mother!
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise),
so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.
*What is the Definition of Obey?
*What is the Definition of Honor?
IV. FATHERS do not PROVOKE your Children to anger but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord!
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
*What is the Definition of Provoke?
*What is the Responsibility of Fathers?
V. BELIEVERS be STRONG in the Lord and in the strength of His might!
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.
Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
*How does a Believer become strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might?
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
*Relationships are messy and difficult, but our Relationship with the Holy Spirit will prevent the mess or clean up the mess!
*What is the Description given of a Spirit filled relationship?
*There will be Happy COMMUNICATION with each other!
speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
*There will be Continual THANKSGIVING from each other!
always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
*There will be Mutual SUBMISSION to one another!
and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
In conclusion, I SHOULD be FILLED with the SPIRIT! If I should be filled with the Spirit, then I CAN be filled with the Spirit!
If I can be filled with the Spirit then I WILL be filled with the Spirit and NOW is the time for me to be filled with the Spirit!
If now is the time for me to be filled with the Spirit then HERE is the place where God will fill me with the Spirit!
Remember, being filled with the Spirit is a Truth we need to Affirm!
Being filled with the Spirit is an Event we need to Experience!
Being filled with the Spirit begins with a Thirst for His Strength and for His Power to fulfill His commands!
So, are you Thirsty today?
Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’ ”
But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
If my concept of being filled with the Spirit does not involve a Decision that I Make and an Event that I Experience . . .
Then I could be filled with the Spirit and not know it and it would be possible to Lose it and not Know it!
Are you presently filled with, controlled by the Holy Spirit?