Family Under Fire
10 Factors Pushing Back Marriage
1. Fear of Divorce
2. Cultural Shift Toward Independence
3. Economic Pressure
4. Cultural Change toward Sex & Cohabitation
5. Delayed Adulthood
6. Fear of Choosing Wrong
7. Distrust in Institutions
8. Lack of Role Models
9. Past Trauma
10. Lack of Truth
1 Corinthians 7:8-9 NIV
Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do. But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
3 Really Good Questions
Why is the enemy so afraid of the IMAGE OF GOD?
Why is the enemy so afraid of MAN & WOMAN TOGETHER?
Why is the enemy so afraid of CHILDREN?
Genesis 1:27-28 NIV
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
Genesis 2:24 NIV
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Every time God begins to BUILD something, He starts with the FAMILY.
Every time the devil begins to DESTROY something, he starts with the FAMILY!
We need to start fighting for the family!
Nehemiah 4:14 ESV
I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and FIGHT for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.”
How Do We Fight for the Family?
It Starts with Me and Jesus
The best way to fight for my family is to stop fighting Jesus.
1 John 4:19 NLT
We love each other because He loved us first.
The best marriage isn’t just two people pursuing one another.
The best marriage begins with two people pursuing Jesus!
Joshua 24:14-15 NIV
“Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
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