The CoreIt’s what’s burning on the

inside

Our Core Values• The Grace of God• Commitment to God and His Word• The Church• All Nations Reached with Gospel• Oneness: Love and Unity•Raising Godly Families• Church Leadership• Every Member a Minister

Raising

FamiliesGodly

A “Kitchen Table” Conversation

A Story from Gaithersburg Library

A Story from Gaithersburg Library

A Story from Gaithersburg Library

A Story from Gaithersburg Library

God’s Plan For Our Marriages & Families

The Character & Nature Of Our Marriages

24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

Genesis 2:24-25 (NASB)

Becoming One Flesh

But the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb Which he bought and nourished; And it

grew up together with him and his children. It would eat of his bread and drink of his cup and lie

in his bosom, And was like a daughter to him.

2 Samuel 12:3 (NASB)

Emotional

O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.

Psalm 34:3 (NASB)

Spiritual

“I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have

drunk my wine and my milk. Eat, friends; Drink and imbibe deeply, O lovers.”

Song of Solomon 5:1 (NASB)

Physical

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her.

Ephesians 5:25 (NASB)

The Example of Christ

Back to the library…Build what’s on the plans!

Marriage Demonstrates My Faith

Marriage is a Covenant

Not a Contract

“Take heed then to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of your youth.

16 For I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with

wrong,” says the Lord of hosts. “So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”

Malachi 2:15b-16 (NASB)

Build and Strengthen Your Commitment

• Pray together• Spend time together• Invest in each other• Serve & minister together• Love each other through the seasons of life

What About Children?

1 Unless the Lord builds the house,They labor in vain who build it;Unless the Lord guards the city,

The watchman keeps awake in vain.2 It is vain for you to rise up early,

To retire late,To eat the bread of painful labors;

For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.

A Gift From God

3 Behold, children are a gift of 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 How blessed is the man whose quiveris full of them;

They will not be ashamedWhen they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Psalm 127 (NASB)

A Gift From God

1 How blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,who walks in His ways.

2 When you shall eat of the fruit of your hands,You will be happy and it will be well with you.

3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vinewithin your house,

Your children like olive plants around your table.4 Behold, for thus shall the man be blessed

who fears the Lord.

“Olive Plants Around Your Table”

5 The Lord bless you from Zion,And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all

the days of your life.6 Indeed, may you see your children’s children.

Peace be upon Israel!Psalm 128 (NASB)

They Require Nurturing

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction

of the Lord.Ephesians 6:4 (NASB)

Bring Them Up

5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your

might. 6 These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7 You shall

teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you

walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.

Deuteronomy 6:5-7 (NASB)

Teach In All Circumstances

Show Love

• Eye contact• Physical touch • Focused Attention– Dates– Family vacations– Sunday afternoon gatherings

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to

those who believe in His name.John 1:12 (NASB)

Children of God

2 The people who walk in darknessWill see a great light;

Those who live in a dark land,The light will shine on them.

6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;And the government will rest on His shoulders;

And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:2,6 (NASB)

Eternal Father

How About Parents?

1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that

it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

Ephesians 6:1-3 (NASB)

Show Them Honor

Raising

FamiliesGodly