why the family
DESCRIPTION
The first in a series on the family, this message outlines the urgency of family matters. You can listen online at http://light4living.org/sermons/series~3/r~1/the_fabric_of_the_family/why_the_familyTRANSCRIPT
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There is an Enemy
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8)
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There is an Enemy
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about,
seeking HOMES he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8)
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There is an Enemy
S a t a n Was the anointed cherub Wanted to be God Was cast down from Heaven
Ezekiel 28:12-17Isaiah 14:12-15
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There is an EnemySatanHates God.
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There is an EnemySatan
Hates what God Creates.
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There is an EnemySatan
Hates what God Loves.
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There is an EnemySo God created man in his own image, in the
image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. (Genesis 1:27-28)
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There is an Enemy
God Created and Loves the Family.
Genesis 2:18-24
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There is an EnemySatan
Hates & Wants to
Destroy the Family.
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There is an EnemyGod loved Adam.
Adam loved Eve.Satan Attacked their Home.
Genesis 3
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There is an EnemyFIRST FAMILY PROBLEMS
Adam failed to Lead.Eve took the Lead.
Genesis 3
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There is an EnemySatan Successfully
Divided the Home.Genesis 3
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There is an EnemyFrom one bite to the next
there was division between Adam & Eve.
Genesis 3
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There is an EnemySeparation from God
Shame, Blame&
No more the Same.
Genesis 3
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There is an EmergencyThe HOME is the
Foundation of Truth and Knowledge of God.
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There is an EmergencyAnd thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all
thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. (Deuteronomy 6:5-7)
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There is an Emergency
A Child should not have to come to Church to be
introduced to God.
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There is an Emergency
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4)
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There is an Emergency
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. (Judges 2:10)
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There is an Emergency
Even though 80 percent could name the ingredients of a Big Mac only 6 in 10 could name the sixth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill.” 2007 “Ten Commandments Survey of Americans.
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There is an Emergency
Most of the participants in the Kelton Research survey recalled the names of the four Beatles but many could not recall one single commandment. 2007 “Ten Commandments Survey of Americans.
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There is an Emergency
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. (Judges 2:10)
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There is an Emergency
A Gallup poll in 2000 revealed that only 33% of Americans knew that Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount. Many answered that it was Billy Graham.
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Divorce Rates in America
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There is an Emergency
According to a 2009 Census report, 13.9 million single parents were raising 21.8 million children.
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63%There is an Emergency
Of youth suicides are from fatherless homes.
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71%There is an Emergency
Of high school dropouts are from fatherless homes.
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85%There is an Emergency
Of children with behavioral disorders are from fatherless homes.
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70%There is an Emergency
Of incarcerated juveniles are from fatherless homes.
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There is an Emergency
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. (Judges 2:10)
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Children from low income, intact families
are twice as likely to be high achievers than
those from high income broken homes.
There is an Emergency
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47%There is an Emergency
Of children in low income families in Michigan have been exposed to domestic violence.
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25%There is an Emergency
Of women have been victims of domestic
violence.
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37%There is an Emergency
Of women visiting an emergency room for
violence were victims of domestic violence.
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8%There is an Emergency
Of men have reported being victims of
domestic violence.
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A British study revealed that 1/6
girls begins puberty by age 8 and ½ by age 10!
There is an Emergency
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“Girls are now having sex before their great-great-
grandmothers had their first
period.”
There is an Emergency
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The study concluded that the primary cause was the absence of a warm, positive
relationship with their fathers.
There is an Emergency
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There is an Emergency
Faith and the Family go hand in hand.
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20.4%There is an Emergency
Attended church in 1990
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19.8%There is an Emergency
Attended church in 2000
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1990-2000
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4%There is an Emergency
Decrease in Sandusky County
1990-2000
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11%There is an Emergency
Of Americans will attend church by 2050
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There is an Emergency
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. (Judges 2:10)
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There is an Energy
And He (Jesus) shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. (Luke 1:17)
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There is an Energy
Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. (Psalms 127:1)
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There is an Emergency
Wife Husband
Children
GOD
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There is an Emergency
WifeHusbandChildrenGOD
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