january 24, 2014

BATTLES OVER SEX…

• 1Co 7:2 Because sexual immorality is so rampant, every man should have his own wife, and every woman should have her own husband.

• 1Co 7:3 A husband should fulfill his obligation to his wife, and a wife should do the same for her husband.

• 1Co 7:4 A wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but his wife does.

• 1Co 7:5 Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so just for a set time, in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

• 1Co 7:6 But I say this as a concession, not as a command. •

MONEY:

• Go to financial peace university• God will provide:• Matthew 6:25 Jesus states: 'Therefore I tell you, do not worry about

your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?'

• Matthew 6:33 (NIV) 'But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.'

• Philippians 4:19 'And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.'

• Luke 16:13: You cannot serve both God and money."

CHORES

• Philippians 2:14: "Do everything without complaining or arguing."

• Philippians 2:3,4 "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others."

DRIVING

• 1Co 13:4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

• 1Co 13:5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;

• 1Co 13:6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.

• 1Co 13:7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

COVERS:

• Hebrews 13:16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

• Ecc 4:11 Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?

• Luke 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

PARENTING:

• Ecc 4:12 If someone attacks one of them, the two of them together will resist. Furthermore, a cord of three strands is not easily broken.

• Our children are commanded:• Deu_5:16 "Honor your father and your mother,

just as the LORD your God commanded you, so that your life will be long and things will go well for you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

ARGUING • Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath,

but a harsh word stirs up anger.

• Matthew 7:3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

• James 1:19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

IN ALL BATTLES…