July 23, 2015 - Anger in marriage: Interview with Nan
Opener: Tell about the dumbest/funniest thing you ever did when you were angry?
1. What causes anger? What are some of the weeds that grow from anger?
Journal: If you were given the power of a “king” and your household was your “kingdom”, describe what would be different. (Try not to focus on your children’s behavior or messiness... you won’t have enough time to get through that!)
Group question: Sin always makes a promise but doesn’t deliver. What does “control” promise to give you? What are its true effects?
I. Teaching: My kingdom vs. God’s kingdom
Q. What do the following verses have to do with control and having it “my way”?
The Lord’s Prayer: Our Father who art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
II. Teaching- Complimentarianism
Q. Why is it that marriage is the joining of two fundamental differences?
Matthew 19:4-5 He who created them from the beginning made them male and female. For this cause a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
Prayer: Psalm 14 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.