1. Leadership in Your Family – Restoring God’s Creation Plan

2. REFLECT God RULE Creation REPRODUCE Human Life God’s Plan for Marriage “So God created human beings in His own image…” “Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals…” “Be fruitful and multiply,” “not alone” “very good”

3. Impact of the Fall Marriage DISUNITY Hiddenness Replaced Oneness CONFLICT Control Replaced Harmony DOMINATION Ruling Replaced Partnership “They felt shame… You will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you,” (Genesis 3:16 NLT)

4. The purpose of God’s redemption plan is to restore us to God’s creation plan.

5. Ephesians 5:1-2, 21, (NLT) “ Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ…submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. ”

6. Mary and Joseph Trusting God Trusting Each Other

7. Cooperate by Trusting Cooperate (Ephesians 5:21-6:4)

8. Cooperate by Trusting Cooperate (Ephesians 5:21-6:4) WivesHusbandsChildrenParentsAdults

9. Ephesians 5:22–24, (NLT) “ For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church. As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything. ”

10. Ephesians 5:33, (NLT) “ …the wife must respect her husband. ”

11. Cooperate by Trusting Cooperate (Ephesians 5:21-6:4) WivesHusbandsChildrenParentsAdults

12. Ephesians 5:25, (NLT) “ For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her… ”

13. Ephesians 5:26–27, (NLT) “ to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word. He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault. ”

14. Ephesians 5:28–29, (NLT) “ In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself. No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church. ”

15. Cooperate by Trusting Cooperate (Ephesians 5:21-6:4) WivesHusbandsChildrenParentsAdults

16. Ephesians 6:1–3, (NLT) “ Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise: If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth.” ”

17. Cooperate by Trusting Cooperate (Ephesians 5:21-6:4) WivesHusbandsChildrenParentsAdults

18. Ephesians 6:4, (NLT) “ Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord. ”

19. Trust Your Parenting Cooperate WivesHusbandsChildrenParentsAdults

20. Cooperate by Trusting Cooperate WivesHusbandsChildrenParentsAdults