THE ROADS CHURCH - NORRIS CITY & MT. CARMEL
Sunday May 12, 2019 - Parent Role
Ephesians 2:19-22 NKJV
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
Mark 4:13-20 NKJV
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
Hebrews 10:23 NKJV
3 Stages of Development:
1) Pregnancy - Preparation
2) Birth - Transition
II Corinthians 4:7-9 NKJV
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
Proverbs 22:6 NKJV
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
Deuteronomy 6:5-7 NKJV
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?