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Family Ties: Sanctified Fathers

  Family Ties: Sanctified Fathers Opening: Good morning church family. Welcome to the last week of a 6 week series entitled “Family Ties”. Over the past several weeks we have discovered that God created marriage. Correct…God instituted marriage and He defines marriage as between one man and one woman for life. Marriage is to be one of the greatest joys of our human existence. Marriage fulfills our human needs for partnership. Marriage is a beautiful picture of Christ, the groom, redeeming and returning for His bride, the church. As a husband is willing to lay his life down for his bride, so too does Jesus willingly sacrifice Himself on the cross to purchase and atone for the sins of the church, His glorious bride. Marriage provides partnership for men and women. Many of you remember the day that you were married. The reason that you stood in front of that preacher, those friends, that church is because God believes that you can make a greater Kingdom difference together than sep...

Family Ties: Building Sanctified Mothers

  Family Ties: Building Sanctified Mothers Opening Illustration: Good morning church. Today we are in week five in a 6 week sermon series entitled Family Ties. This series has been all about building strong, grounded, Biblically based and Christ honoring families. Brothers and sisters, the family is under attack. This attack is Satanic in nature and this war is subtle. This battle for our families may not even seem obvious to you. This war is spiritual and if you are not looking with spiritual eyes, you’ll miss where the battle lines are being draw. Paul knew this to be true when he said in Ephesians 6:12, “ For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places”. This battle to tear our marriages apart, this battle to win the minds of your children, is not as obvious as a robber coming to break into your home and steal your bel...