A LOVING IMAGE

A LOVING IMAGE

Cultural Background and Experience

• Black American • African

A LOVING IMAGELove One Another1 John 3:11 (NIV)

For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should

love one another

A LOVING IMAGEJesus’ love1 John 3:16

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters

Christ, Church and MarriageEphesians 5:22-26 (NIV)22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Saviour. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word

A LOVING IMAGE Christ, Church and Marriage Relationship

A LOVING IMAGE Christ, Church and Marriage Relationship• Traits of a Godly husband - Love God and know the Scripture - Love and respect your wife - Stewardship - Leadership - Communication - Dwell and spend time with your wife

A LOVING IMAGE Christ, Church and Marriage Relationship• Traits of a Godly husband - Integrity, faithful and reliable - Forgiving and admit when he is wrong - Humble and peacemaker - Kind and compassionate - Self- control and meek

A LOVING IMAGE Christ, Church and Marriage Relationship1 Peter 3:1 (NIV)Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behaviour of their wives

A LOVING IMAGE Christ, Church and Marriage Relationship1 Peter 3:1 (NIV)• Authority in home• God’s design• Transformation

A LOVING IMAGE Christ, Church and Marriage RelationshipTraits of Godly Wife• Submissive• Gentle• Quiet• Focus on Internal

A LOVING IMAGE Christ, Church and Marriage Relationship

• Define specific traits & qualities in your future life partner

• Wait for your gift and do not compromise

A LOVING IMAGE Corporate Prayer Life“A family that prays together, stays together”