1. MEN Our Great Calling Eph 2:10

2. By Josh Lee facts

3. By Josh Lee Our Great Calling FACT #1 As husbands and/or fathers –We are leaders by default –We either lead our wife and children astray or to God –We either sow seeds of godliness or ungodliness FACT # 2 Our wife and children look to us for leadership (Gen 3:16)

4. By Josh Lee Our Great Calling FACT #3 Everything rises and falls with leadership –As boats rise or descend with the tide FACT #4 Your leadership can make or break the next generation

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6. By Josh Lee Our Great Calling Eph 5:25 – 29 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

7. By Josh Lee Our Great Calling “…as Christ loved the church…” –Who was the “church”? –How did Christ love the church? –John 17:6 – 18 (Jesus prays for His disciples) What does “…make her holy, cleansing her by washing with water through the word,…” mean? –John 13 (Jesus washes His disciples’ feet)

8. By Josh Lee Our Great Calling Eph 6:4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Deut 6:5 – 9 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates

9. By Josh Lee Our Great Calling What Does the Bible say? We are to be disciplers of our wife and children Our prescribed role of discipling our wife and children are: – Imperative – Exclusive – Active

10. By Josh Lee Our Great Calling forgivable rectifiable destructive unglodly unintentional accidental situational imperative exclusive proactive Godly unconsciousConscious Most of us are in this region

11. By Josh Lee Our Great Calling spiritual growth solid character respect for parents weather storms become/find good spouse continuity spiritual growth healthy respect release sense of security inner beauty ministry together joy peace admiration cooperation order legacy/crown ChildrenWifeUs Benefits Benefits of a Conscious Godly leadership

12. By Josh Lee Our Great Calling confusion susceptible to discouragement fall away wrong order takes the reign overcompensate exasperated ineffective defeat frustration ChildrenWifeUs Peril of NO conscious Godly leadership

13. By Josh Lee Our Great Calling REMEMBER: Implications of our leadership small deviations (us) = big deviations (our children) in the future us/nowour children/future

14. By Josh Lee Our Great Calling apathetic with no direction unmotivated secure highly motivated bold timidity rebellion nervous RelaxedGodly-AuthoritativeAuthoritarian Types of leadership

15. By Josh Lee Our Great Calling Godly Leadership – Tapping the Source Leadership is NOT effective unless it comes with authority Authority is NOT effective if it is forced or imposed Authority imposed, results in intimidation or power struggle Effective authority is gained ONLY when we are under authority

16. By Josh Lee Our Great Calling Godly Leadership – Tapping the Source Under God’s authority is BEST (John 5:19) Coming under God’s authority –Keeping a prayer life –Reading His Word –Allowing the fruits of the Spirit to manifest in your life –Seeking His guidance, wisdom and perfect will in your life

17. By Josh Lee Our Great Calling Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the water Put your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the sea Take a look at yourself and you can look at others differently Put your hand in the hand of the man from Gallilee. By GENE MACLELLAN

18. By Josh Lee Our Great Calling Practical Godly Leadership Spending quality & quantity time Bible study together Testifying to God’s goodness as often as possible (Deut 6:5) Praying together; for one another Leading wife and children to depend more on God Responding rightly when life throws spanners at you