Fill Family with Love Sermon slides by Henry Chong, shared on 7 Dec 2014 at SSMC

1. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭
Ephesians 5:22-287thDecember, 2014

2. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 GOAL: Finding ways to put family together againFamily is meant to be together

3. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 DivorceStatisticsinAmericaCurrentdivorcestatisticsinAmericaisestimatedat50%.TheAmericansforDivorceReformestimatesthat"Probably,40orpossiblyeven50percentofmarriageswillendindivorceifcurrenttrendscontinue",whichisactuallyaprojection. Commonlysaid,50%ofallmarriagesintheAmericaendindivorce. * Source: Jennifer Baker, Forest Institute of Professional Psychology, Springfield

4. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 DivorceStatisticsinChinaNationwide,China'sdivorcerateis2.20percent,butstatisticsdrasticallyincreaseinthenation'smajorcities. Beijing–highestat39% Shanghai–2ndplaceat38% Shenzhen–3rdplaceat36%. Source: International Business Times

5. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 One divorce in Malaysia every Ten minutesDivorce rates: •17.5%for Muslims •12.9%for non-Muslims.

6. Christian marriages and families are falling apart too

7. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 Let’s Go Back to the Bible to find the solutions 回归圣经寻找解决方法

8. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭
Husband
WifeBasic Family UnitHusband & Wife 家的基本单元:夫妻

9. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 Marriage&FamilyinstitutedbyGodGenesis1:27-28SoGodcreatedmankindinhisownimage,intheimageofGodhecreatedthem;maleandfemalehecreatedthem.
创1:27 神就照着自己的形像造人,乃是照着他的形像造男 造女.

10. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 Godblessedthemandsaidtothem,“Befruitfulandincreaseinnumber;filltheearthandsubdueit.Ruleoverthefishintheseaandthebirdsintheskyandovereverylivingcreaturethatmovesontheground.”
创1:28 神就赐福给他们,又对他们说,要生养众多,遍满地面,治理这 地,也要管理海里的鱼,空中的鸟,和地上各样行动的活物.

11. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 Important Biblical Truth1.Marriage (family) is God’s idea2.God blesses family –He intends us to enjoy it.

12. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 God institutes marriage (family) to bless us, the devil tries to destroy it 上帝设立婚姻来祝福我们, 魔鬼竭力要破坏它

13. A wife’s role in marriage 妻子在婚姻中 的角色 Ephesians 5:22-24

14. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 Ephesians5:22-24Wives,submityourselvestoyourownhusbandsasyoudototheLord.ForthehusbandistheHead of his wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. A wife’s roles in marriage

15. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭
Wife wears a gentle and quiet spirit
clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self,
the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit,
which is of great worth in God’s sight. For this is
the way the holy women of the past who put their
hope in God used to adorn themselves.
1 Peter 3:1-5
Your beauty should not come from
outward adornment, such as
elaborate hairstyles and the wearing
of gold jewellery or fine

16. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 He needs to be respectedADORE & ADMIRE HIM

17. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭
He needs to be respected
ADORE & ADMIRE HIM
1.Respect him from your heart -
unconditionally
2.Attend to him, honour him,
admire him, praise him, desire
him
3.Give him space

18. A husband’s role in marriage 丈夫在婚姻中 的角色 Ephesians 5:25-28

19. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭
Ephesians 5:25-28
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
A husband’s role in marriage
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

20. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 弗5:25-28 你们作丈夫的,要爱你们的妻子,正如基督爱教会,为教会舍己.要用水借着道,把 教会洗净,成为圣洁,可以献给自己,作个荣耀的教会,毫无玷污皱纹等类的病,乃 是圣洁没有瑕疵的.丈夫也当照样爱妻子,如同爱自己的身子.爱妻子,便是爱自 己了. theirwivesastheirownbodies.Hewholoveshiswifeloveshimself. A husband’s role in marriage

21. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭
彼得前书3：7
你们作丈夫的, 也要按情理和妻子同住. 因他比你软弱, 与你一同承受生命之
恩的, 所以要敬重他. 这样便叫你们的祷告没有阻碍.
Husband loves your wife
1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, in the same way be
considerate as you live with your
wives, and treat them with
respect as the weaker partner
and as heirs with you of the
gracious gift of life, so that
nothing will hinder your prayers.

22. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 She needs to be lovedPAMPER HER

23. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭
She needs to be loved
PAMPER HER
1.Hearing: Learn to listen to her
2.Saying: Praise and affirm her,
acknowledge her feelings
3.Acting: Embrace her and share
in doing house chores

24. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭
Sons & Daughters
Father & MotherExtended Family UnitParents & Children 家的延伸单元:父母与儿女

25. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 申命记5:16 当照耶和华你神所吩咐的,孝敬父母,使你得福,并使你的日子在耶和华你神 所赐的地上,得以长久. But, how to? Deuteronomy 5:16 Honoryour father and your Attitudes to Parentsmother, as the LORDyour God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORDyour God is giving you.

26. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 1.Obey your parents in the Lord2.Be there to honor your parents3.Provide for your parents4.Remember and practice your parents’ good values and teachingHow to honor your parents?

27. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 Obey (listen to) your parents in the Lord 以弗所书6:1-3 你们作儿女的,要在主里听从父母的话,这是理 所当然的.要孝敬父母,使你得福,在世长寿. Ephesians 6:1-3Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honoryour father and mother” —which is the first commandment with a promise —“so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”

28. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 Proverbs 23:22; 30:17Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. “The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures. 箴言23:22 ; 30:17 你要听从生你的父亲, 你母亲老了, 也不可 藐视他. 戏笑父亲,藐视而不听从母亲的,他的眼睛,必 为谷中的乌鸦啄出来,为鹰雏所吃. Obey (listen to) your parents in the Lord

29. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 Obey them in the Lord is God’s will for youRebellious and dishonoring them hinders God’s blessings from pouring forth unto youObey (listen to) your parents in the Lord

30. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 Be there to honor your parentsProverbs 4:3For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother. 箴言4:3 我在父亲面前为孝子,在母亲眼中为独一的娇儿. Chinese translation: For I am a filial son in front of my father, a tender child in my mother’s eyes

31. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 Honoring your parents needs to be there and spend time with them. Remote control will not do it! Be there to honor your parents

32. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 Provide for your parents1 Timothy 5:8Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. 提前5:8 人若不看顾亲属, 就是背了真道, 比不信的人还不好. 不看顾自己家里的人, 更是 如此.

33. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 Provide for your parents is God’s commandIt is a mark of a true devout ChristianProvide for your parents

34. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 Remember & practice their good values and teachingsProverbs 4:4Then he taught me, and he said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live.

35. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 Remember and practice your parents’ good values and teaching – We pass them on to future generationsRemember & practice their good values and teachings

36. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 ForgivenessColossians 3:13Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

37. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 Commitment

38. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭
家 FamilyA family is not a place to reasonA family is a place to love 家不是講理的地方 家事講愛的地方

39. Fill the family with love 让爱彰显在家庭 Lord! I cannot do it. Congratulations! Acknowledge your helplessness is the first step to receiving God’s grace and help.