THE ROADS CHURCH - NORRIS CITY & MT. CARMEL

3 keys to Family Membership

1) OPPORTUNITY - Made Available
2) OPTIONAL - Love and Relationship involves and requires a choice
3) OPEN - We have to Open our heart and accept what has been offered

3 primary roles of members of the Household of God:

1) Son/Daughter (You) - Dependency
2) Spouse - Deference
3) Parent - Development

3 roles of members of the Household of God:

1) Son/Daughter (You) - Dependency
2) Spouse - Deference
3) Parent - Development


Develop - To create or produce especially by deliberate effort over time; to make active or promote the growth of

3 Stages of Development:

1) Pregnancy - Preparation
2) Birth - Transition
3) Training - Direction

Types of Soil:
1) Wayside
2) Stony Ground
3) Thorns
4) Good Ground

Seed (Word) is good, where the seed is sown determines the outcome

Hope - elpis - To anticipate or look forward with expectation and confidence

3 Stages of Development:

1) Pregnancy - Preparation
2) Birth - Transition

Hard-Pressed - thlibo - To be crowded upon, a narrow place, hemmed in, squeezed, pressure or to press, squash

Crushed - stenochoreo - Crowded or hemmed into a narrow space or distressing situation without hope of escape or survival.

Perplexed - aporeo - To be at a loss, uncertain, anxious, in doubt or confusion.

Despair - exaporeo - To be utterly without a way, to fall apart

Persecuted - dioko - Systematic harassment, oppress

Forsaken - enkataleipo - To be abandoned, left behind, deserted

Struck Down - kataballo - Thrown down, knock down, suffer pain or injury

Destroyed - apollymi - Complete destruction beyond repair, utterly demolished; no life left

3 Stages of Development:

1) Pregnancy - Preparation
2) Birth - Transition
3) Training - Direction

Train - hanok - To develop a person’s behavior by instruction and practice. To narrow, focus

Decrease the scope or sphere - narrow down the choices

Depart - suwr - To change direction, leave a set course or path.

Develop - To create or produce especially by deliberate effort over time; to make active or promote the growth of

APPLICATION:

What dream, vision, idea are you pregnant with?
What are you preparing for? What are you expecting?
Are you facing some pressures and struggles in life that you need to push through?
What areas of your life are you currently training or developing?
In what areas do you need some direction and/or discipline?