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August 2013 LifePath
WHY?
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Why?
Why:
Cause / Reason / Purpose - Eph 5:15-17
Purpose: The end or aim a person intends to do; a
design; a plan
Reason: The motive, basis or cause for
something
Cause:
The reason or motive that urges or
moves to action
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Why?
• Marriage: Eph 5:22-33
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Model Christ and Church
Correct Roles
Procreation
Posterity
• Children: “Children are the living messages
we send to a time we will not see.
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WHY?
• Marriage
What: Phil 2:2-4 (harmony, unity, same mind) 1Pet 3:1-7 (understanding
way) Gen 2:18 (help mate) Pr 31:12 (do good & not evil)
1Tim 5:8 (provide) Gen 2:15 (work)
How: Prayer time; Bible study; certain job; locks on door; date night;
planning weekend; etc.
• Children
What: Deut 6:6-7 (teach all the time) Pr 22:6 (train up) Ps 78:5-7
(mentor) Eph 6:4 (don’t exasperate)
How: Family devotion; scripture memory; Christian school; camping,
play groups, etc.
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WHY?
Purpose Statement: “To create an environment
and maximize opportunities that enhance the
development of a godly posterity.”
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WHY ME?
WHY ME?
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Why Me?
Not My Own
You were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
1 Corinthians 6:20
You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
1 Corinthians 7:23
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me;
and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave
himself for me.
Galatians 2:20
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WHY ME?
Sacrifice
Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to
present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable
to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
Romans 12:1
Sacrifice – surrender or loss made for gaining something else; a
giving up of a desirable object in behalf of a higher object; to surrender
for the sake of something else.
Surrender – to resign in favor of another; to yield to any influence,
passion or power
Resign – to give over; to assign; to give back
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WHY ME?
Give:
to convey to another; to transfer
Keep:
to hold; to retain in one’s possession; to maintain; not to
loose or part with; to protect; to guard; to preserve
Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
Luke 17:33
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WHY ME?
What’s in it for me?
1. Ps 127:3-5
2. Ps. 128:3
3. Ps 31:23
4. Pr 31:28
5. Eccl 9:9
6. Pr 22:6
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Conclusion
Table Talk
1. How does knowing “why” help us with
what and how?
2. Why is sacrifice so difficult?
3. In what areas am I to sacrifice?
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