Follow Along with the Message

Your Family

Pastor Nate Sickler

We tend to mentally put God a above us.

The Truth is He’s always so much closer and more  than that.

If you want real Life in each area of your life, you have to invite real Life into each area of your life. As in, “Whateverything.”

“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” (Colossians 3:17)

Our  and  spring from our thinking. (Colossians 3:1-3)

What do families that think God’s way do and say? (Colossians 3:18-21)

Paul calls us to  because he is calling us to . (Note Ephesians 5:21)

Biblical love =  the  of the other. (1 John 4:10; Romans 5:8)

Notice that the exercise of  is entirely  from Paul’s call to families.

As we exercise love and nurture our families, close-fisted “” can transform into open-handed “ ” and this changes !

For Jesus followers, marriage is not about , but about the  at work within us enabling loving words and actions.

In a Jesus-centered family, authoritarian leadership is  by loving .

What could be different if you “Whateverything” with Jesus?:

• You would reflect on the  in the mirror not the person next to you.
• You would carefully examine the  behind your feelings.
• You would pursue  through the love of Christ and the work of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:11a).

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