Pastor David McGee's teaching references for 04/09/2017

Ephesians 5:25-6:10 - Relationships Battles and Loving One Another

Life Lesson (verse Ephesians 6:10)

God asks each of us to trust Him by submitting to an imperfect person.

Life Lesson (verse Ephesians 6:10)

We are each imperfect, and have had imperfect people teaching us about relationships.

Life Lesson (verse Ephesians 6:10)

A believer needs to have dreams, visions and goals; given by God and based on the Bible.

Life Lesson (verse Ephesians 6:10)

Worry and fear focus on the temporary.
Faith and courage focus on the eternal.

Life Lesson (verse Ephesians 6:10)

Believers live with an eternal perspective in a temporary world.

Life Lesson (verse Ephesians 6:10)

Jesus is teaching us about relationships through His Word and we are empowered with His Holy Spirit.

Life Lesson (verse Ephesians 6:10)

Relationships can be broken. They can be healed.

Gen 3:15-16 NKJV

15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel."
16 To the woman He said:
"I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
In pain you shall bring forth children;
Your desire shall be for your husband,
And he shall rule over you."

Prov 29:18 (partial a) NKJV

Where there is no vision, the people perish:

Prov 29:18 (partial a) AMP

Where there is no vision [no redemptive revelation of God], the people perish

Jer 29:11 NKJV

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Jer 31:3 NKJV

The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying:
"Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love;
Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.

Matt 18:21-22 NKJV

21 Then Peter came to Him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" 22 Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.

Scripture quotations marked "NKJV(tm)" are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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