Spiritual Warfare

The Real Fight for the Family

-Ephesians 5:15-21

-The enemy’s goal with our families is to turn our focus from what we can affect to what we cannot affect (or at least can only affect in a limited capacity.)

-What are some things the enemy can entangle our thoughts in to use as a distraction from attention on our families?

-Ephesians 5:22-24; 33

-Wives…

-This does not mean that women should always submit to men.

-One cultural lie that needs to be identified is when we live to undermine authority for the purpose of gaining control.

-The role of the wife is _helper which is also the role of the Holy Spirit.

-Patriarchal leadership that is abused is always undermined and ultimately condemned by the Gospel.

-Ephesians 5:25-33

-Husbands…

-The love of a husband should be sacrificial, sanctifying and satisfying.

-For men, marriage is a call to die.

-Husbands should love our wives in such a way that they become more like Jesus because of their relation to them.

-In what ways is your relationship to your wife causing her fulfillment?

-Ephesians 6:1-4

-Children and discipleship…

-Although discipling our children is always challenging, it is always easier than rehabilitating them as broken men and women.

-Ways of provoking your children:

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-Colossians 3:21

-Ways of training them in righteousness:

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-What does this have to do with spiritual warfare?

-What do we do if we have gotten it all wrong?