Relationships: Family
Speaker: Kevin Cooper from Canton, MS There are people you don’t have a choice over in life—whether by blood or adoption, these people are your family of origin. Through thick and thin, you must love and cherish them. Deuteronomy 5:16 commands you to love your father and mother; the reward is a long life and prosperity in God’s gifts. While you may know that God’s Word is inspired, you may sometimes wonder if it is sufficient: when God says to honor Mom and Dad, does He really mean it? Yes, He does. Honor can be obedience or going above and beyond, but sometimes...
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Speaker: Ron Mumbower from First Baptist Church of Jackson, Mississippi And God said sex was good. Some people have been exposed to it in a negative light, from abuse or other situations; this is not how sex was intended. Genesis 2:18 says “And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” Notice how this is the only time in creation that God said something was not good: when man was alone. Unless God called you to a single life, He has someone for you. The highest divorce rate now is for couples who...
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Speaker: Shawn Moore from Ecru, Mississippi Marriage is not to be taken lightly because it is ordained by God. Genesis 2:22-24 describes the creation of woman and why a man and his wife are considered as one flesh: “Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said: ‘This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.’ Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” Adam and...
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Speaker: Gary Maze of Broadmoor Baptist Before jumping into a better understanding of dating relationships, you need to have a better understanding of yourself in relation to God. Bring a strong biblical foundation to the table and you will be able to see how things ought to be. Christianity is not what many of us who have grown up in churches have been taught that it is—being a good person, doing good things in good ways, hanging around the right people, eating with the right fork, etc.—rather, it’s about loving Jesus and being reconciled to Him for His glory and for our...
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Speaker: Mike Brister of FBC Jackson Think of a guard rail by the road. It is there to protect you from a dangerous area and is usually backed up from that area by a few feet. What we need for the friendships in our lives are metaphorical guard rails—that is, personal standards of behavior that become matters of conscience. Ask yourself what is keeping you from entering the danger area that some of your friends may be living in today. What is preventing you from falling into those same destructive patterns that have captured your friends? It may be a guard rail set up by your...
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