DEV 12PN Healthy Family (Husband-Wife)/pl

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Session 12: Healthy Family (husband-wife)

In this session, you will discover what God’s word has to say about healthy relationships between husbands and wife.

Heart of a Leader

1. What are you learning about abiding in Christ? How are you practicing abiding through His Word, prayer, obedience, PCS, relationships and fellowship?
2. In what areas of your life do you find it challenging to obey God?
3. What unresolved conflict do you have?
4. In what areas are you believing God by faith, beyond your own ability?

Celebration of Faithfulness

• Share what has happened since the last meeting. Ask them to relate it to goals from the last meeting.

Iron on Iron: Sharpening Myself and Others

Proverbs 27:17 “As iron sharpens iron, one man sharpens another.”

1. What is going well?
2. What is not going well? What obstacles are you facing?
3. What are possible solutions from the other group members?
4. What do you need to do to add the missing characteristics into each group?
5. Where will you start a new group or church this month?

Discovery Bible Study - Husbands and Wives

Section 1: Marriage Origins

Original Design: Genesis 2:20-24

Consequences of the Fall: Genesis 3:16b

Expectation for Relationships: Ephesians 5:15-21

• What caught your attention? (or What did you like best?) Why?
• How would you describe the struggle between husbands and wives?

Summary:

Section 2: Mutual Submission

Why Submission: Ephesians 5:31-32

Role of Husband: Ephesians 5:25-30, 33; 1 Peter 1:7-9

Role of Wife: Ephesians 5:22-24, 33; 1 Peter 3: 1-6, 8-9

• What caught your attention? (or What did you like best?) Why?
• What responsibilities do husbands and wives have to one another?
• What can we learn from the relationship between Jesus and the church?

Summary: Ephesians 5:33

Preparing for Mission

Evaluate your life in the area of husband/wife submission and Make a Plan on how you will immediately begin to improve.

• What situations commonly cause arguments in the home between husband and wife?
• Why do husbands and wives often violate Biblical teachings in those situations?
• What must you do in your home to obey the Biblical teachings about the husband/wife relationship?

I will _________ by __________