MEN’S CONFERENCE

WHAT DO YOU THINK LEADS TO BROKEN FAMILIES

Marital problems, Poor Family Relationships, Mental Health Issues, Financial Problems, and Changes in Living Arrangements can break apart families. Parents fighting loudly in front of children about financial matters or otherwise can break apart a family.

"A broken family is one that includes unhealthy or severed relationships within the family unit," "They are often associated with divorce but certainly can occur in an intact family where various members are in conflict with or estranged from each other." JACOB & ESAU

CULTURE

1 Kings 11:2 The Lord had clearly instructed the people of Israel, ‘You must not marry them, because they will turn your hearts to their gods.’ Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway.

IN 1 KINGS 11:2 GOD EXPRESSES TO SOLOMON HIS VIOLATION OF WHAT WAS A CARDINAL RULE THAT ISRAEL WAS AWARE OF.

IT WAS TO BE HIGHLY REGARDED AND RESPECTED.

THEY WERE NOT TO CO-MINGLE OR INTER-MARY THE SURROUNDING NATIONS

THE REASON WHY GOD SET THIS UP IS BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT IF THEY DID, THAT THEY WOULD ADAPT TO THEIR CULTURAL PRACTICES WHICH WOULD INTERN MOVE THEM AWAY FROM GOD

THIS CARDINAL RULE IS SEEN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AS WELL AS THE NEW.

PAUL PICKS IT UP IN ROMANS 12 WHERE HE ADMONISHES THE ROMANS “ BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD”

THIS RULE IS A SAFEGUARD FOR BELIEVERS TO GUARD THEMSELVES AND TO BE SURE NOT TO ADAPT TO THE CULTURE BUT RATHER STAND ON BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES

AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BROKEN HOMES WE CAN EXAMINE BIO, PSYCHO, SOCIAL NEEDS

WE CAN LOOK AT SYSTEMIC RACISM

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

SOCIAL POLICIES

HISTORICAL TRAUMA

BUT WE CANNOT OVERLOOK THE SPIRITUAL SIDE AND NAMELY OUR FAILURE TO HEED THE VOICE OF GOD!

WHENEVER YOU SUCCUMB TO THE CULTURE AROUND YOU, SIN WILL CREEP IN AND BITE YOU

I WOULD LIKE TO BRING BROTHER ABRAM & ABRAHAM FROM GENESIS 16 & 17 TO THE WITNESS STAND

ABRAM = FATHER OF MANY

ABRAHAM = FATHER OF A MULTITUDE

COMPROMISE

LACK LOVE FOR CHRIST

WHAT DOES EPHESIANS 5:22 MEAN TO YOU

PART OF GOD’S MASTER PLAN

WHAT IS THE BIBLICAL ROLE OF THE HUSBAND

DEMONSTRATE AND EXPRESS THE LOVE OF CHRIST AND LOVE FOR CHRIST TO THE FAMILY

LOVING LEADERSHIP

HOW DOES THE LAYMEN FIT IN THE CHURCH