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Jacob arrives in Haran. After staying with his uncle a month, his uncle offers him wages for helping. Jacob desires Rachel in exchange for seven years of service. In the morning (v.25) behold, it was Leah! Jacob comes to Laban, “You scoundrel! What have you done! Though we do not excuse Laban for his…

Good morning! If we haven’t met… My name is Chris , I’m the pastor of Gateway Chapel, the lovely church family that gathers in this building. We are a church that seeks to encourage each other as we hear, love, and obey Jesus together. If you’d like to know more about following Jesus with us, there are…

Wives Once again, the S word, submission. Last week we spoke about authority outside the home. Today we bring it into the home. We will be looking at a biblical view of submission, and what that means. Jesus was submissive, Philippians 2:5-9 , 1 Corinthians 11:3 Therefore it does not mean that you are…

Colossians: Complete in Christ Introduction: Last week we spoke about the processes of using Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs to teach and exhort one another because that is one of the results of the Word of Christ richly dwelling in us. If you remember we spoke about the unspoken in the verse being…

One of the hardest teachings in the New Testament, is the idea of submission. It's even harder when it involves intimate family members. And it's harder still when our surrounding culture glorifies independance and prideful self-direction. But, in Ephesians 5:21-33, Paul instructs wives to submit to their husbands and husbands to sacrificially love their wives. Is this still relevant? How do we manage this? And what happens if we obey?

Christian Home Essentials! There are duties, responsibilities of the members of a Christian home, things that are essential (necessary). We have looked at a couple of things thus far in this series. Christian home starts with a Christian marriage God’s plan was for marriage from the beginning, God created…

This is the fourth week in our Real Relationships series - and we are going to finish things up this week with a message for the wives! These messages are very targeted and intentional, from your pastor to this church. We have people in our church in every stage and so many different circumstances of…

22 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. 1. Wives submit = _trust…

Peter has been addressing believers and teaching about the practical outworking of salvation - our service to God. How does our submission to God impact our human relationships? First, Peter reminds us that we ought to submit to governmental authorities. Then, Peter addressed slaves and instructed them…

What makes a woman beautiful? Being mother’s day this will be the topic of our messages this morning and this afternoon. This question has very different answers when you compare our current culture and its answer with the Word of God and God’s answer. The criteria for what genuine beauty have been so…

First of all, let me begin by wishing all of you mothers out there a very Happy Mothers day! I know that none of you could have ever envisioned Mother’s Day looking quite like this! This is one more holiday in 2020 that will never be forgotten. Some of you younger mothers will be able to share with your…

Developing Oneness in Marriage Genesis 2:18-25 - Marriage does have a purpose. This was not something that anthropologists would success that came to be through 100’s of thousands of years of inter-personal and community relationship that came to being. - They think marriage came to be out of a development…

We’ve made it to 1 Peter 3 , but we’re still talking about submission. Submission is the theme from 2:13-3:7. The principle of submission directly relates to the example and person of Jesus. His example is elaborated upon in 1 Peter 2:21-25 —the verses we’ve read twice or three times already. We’ve read…

How many of you are married or hope to be married someday? How many of you have a good marriage or want to have a good marriage someday? Marriage is one of the most important and influential relationships in our lives. It can bring us great joy and satisfaction, or great pain and sorrow. It can help…

“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn. On that…

We are reminded that God graciously loves us in a way that is willing to give up everything. We are encouraged to live in our marriage in the way God has called us to.

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 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. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ…

Review: Last week we learned a new Hebrew word, Talmidim. What does this word mean? Disciples What is a disciple? Someone who is willing to give up everything - even his life - to be like the rabbi. The end goal was that when the rabbi died, the talmid could teach others to be exactly like the man who…

Intro: We could spend a lot of time on this subject matter in our day in age because it, honestly, it is needed. Marriage. This passage alone is one that many books have been written about over the years. If you have time, I recommend the book, "The Meaning of Marriage", which takes this passage and…

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. Bondservants, obey in everything those who are…

What is a man? If you ask that question to 100 men, you are likely to get 100 different answers. While we may see overlap in those answers, they will not all answer in the same way or say the same things. We know a man is not simply biology. It is one thing to be male, but it is another thing to be a…

As with the other disciplines that we have discussed, submission begins with and inward focus that results in an outward reality. The key of all submission begins with the difficult, but true words of Jesus that we read a minute ago and, likewise 34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples…

We come today to our 3rd week looking at the marriage relationship... And our 2nd week of looking at Husbands and their call... Last week we saw that the call of Husbands entails - Sacrificial Love And that as Husbands - we are to mimic God’s pattern for mankind in the very beginning. In creation itself…

1 Peter 3:1-7 You don’t need examples, illustrations, news headlines, or statistics to know that it’s not easy to build a biblical, God-honoring home. And as challenging as being faithful Christians in the world at large and on the job may be, it may be even more challenging to be a faithful Christian…

Introduction: According to most available statistics, around 50% of marriages end in divorce. And if you look at the top two reasons for divorce, they usually vacillate between infidelity and finances. But I want us to realize that these two reasons for divorce are much deeper than we give them credit.…