Becoming Men of Impact- It Begins in the Home
First words:
You’re a _______– Genesis1:27 – So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Be ___________ – Genesis 1:31 – And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
I. To be a man of impact I need to provide ____________ in my home.
-Ephesians 5:22-24 – Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.
A. The _______ for leadership -”… the husband is the head of the wife.”
B. The _____ for leadership -“even as Christ is the head of the church ”
C. The _______ of leadership – “….just as the church is subject to Christ.”
1. What leadership doesn’t mean
Being a leader doesn’t mean “I’m the king” – __________ – 1 Peter 5:3
Being a leader doesn’t mean “I control you” – ________ – Mark 10:42
Being a leader doesn’t mean “I’m better than you” – __________ –Genesis 2:18
2. What leadership does mean
– Being a leader does mean “I wash your feet” – ________ – John 13:14
– Being a leader does mean “the buck stops here”. – ___________ Hebrews 13:17
Being a leader does mean “I go there first”. – __________ 1 Corinthians 11:1
II. To be a man of impact I need to provide ____________ to my home
– Ephesians 5:25–28 – Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. 28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
A. It is to be a ____________ love – “… as Christ also loved the church…” 1 John 4:7-8
B.. It is to be a ____________ love – “…and gave himself up for her….” – 1 John 4:10
C. It is to be a ____________ love – “… that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word.” –1 Corinthians 13:4-7
III. To be a man of impact I need to provide ____________ for my home – Ephesians 6:4 – Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
A. It has a ___________ component for us – “… do not provoke your children to anger…”
Colossians 3:21 – Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
B. It has a ____________ component for us -…. but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 6:6–7 -And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
How am I going to pull this off?
A. I need to be saturated with God’s __________– Ephesians 5:17 – Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
B. I need to be filled with God’s ________– Ephesians 5:18 – And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.
C. I need to be associated with God’s __________ – Ephesians 5:19 – Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart…
D. I need to be giving thanks for God’s ________- Ephesians 5:20 – Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.