Sunday, June 15, 2008

Belonging Together - Apostle Naomi Dowdy

5pm sermon at Trinity Christian Centre on Saturday 14/6/08

1. Parents' Partnership - Biblical Marriage
Genesis 1:27-28, 2:24
Matthew 19-4-6
1 Corinthians 7:3-5
Ephesians 5:25
- Relationships
-> Mental
-> Physical
-> Spiritual
Hebrews 13:4

2. Parents' Praying - Intercession
Job 1:4-5
Families that pray together stay together

3. Parents' Parables/Proverbs - Wise Instructions
Deuteronomy 5:16
Proverbs 15:20
Ephesians 6:1-3
a. Honour - Proverbs 4
b. Psalm 91:15
c. Respect - Leviticus 19:3

4. Parents' Pattern - Dysfunction to Restoration
Example of Jacob and Esau in Genesis 25-35
How Jacob learnt from and took after his mother Rebekah in her cheating ways
- Rebekah lied to her husband Isaac to cheat her son Esau of his birthright for her favourite Jacob
Numbers 27:1-8
- No boundaries
- Let there be worth, hope for future, value, love & acceptance
- Rules/laws at that time changed for the better due to daughter's courage that their dad instilled in them
Job 42:13-15
Proverbs 29:18

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