God’s Design for Family

Genesis 1:27 NKJV

27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 2:15 NKJV

15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.

Men

Protector Provider leader

“The boy goes down so the girl goes free” (tell story)

Story Christian saw his first fist fight

selfish aggression

Men serve and die for honor and respect (story of Ruben)

Genesis 2:18 NKJV

18 And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

Genesis 2

Women

Helper follower

Perfectionist

Leader has direction so what does the woman need? Direction and how? Communication

Be an expert in his strengths not his weakness

Adam

Genesis

Genesis 1:22 NKJV

22 And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

Noah

Genesis 9:1 NKJV

1 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

Jacob

Genesis 35:11 NKJV

11 Also God said to him: “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.

Gen

Psalm 127 NKJV

A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. 1 Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, To sit up late, To eat the bread of sorrows; For so He gives His beloved sleep. 3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward. 4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth. 5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.

Psalm 127

Deuteronomy 6:1–9 NKJV

1 “Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the Lord your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess, 2 that you may fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. 3 Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply greatly as the Lord God of your fathers has promised you—‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’ 4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6 “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Proverbs 17:17 NKJV

17 A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 29:15 NKJV

15 The rod and rebuke give wisdom, But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

Quotes:

“When the ideal is lacking God’s grace abounds”

“We are Ambassadors of God which means we have representative authority not independent authority”