"He Said, She Said" Notes

Greetings and Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

This last Sunday we began a series titled "Fireproof Your Marriage" based upon the box office hit movie "Fireproof". Our first week focused on men and women learning to appreciate the differences between men and women. Men need respect and women need love. That doesn't mean the men don't need love and women don't need respect, but it does mean that mean primarily need to be respected by the one that matters most, their wives, and women need primarily need to be loved by the one that matters most, their husbands.

Love includes respect and respect includes love. Here are some thoughts for you:

January 25, 2009

He Said / She Said

Ephesians 5:21—33

Rule of Engagement

Remember that the objective of this series is to strengthen and encourage your relationships.

Goal

Appreciating the God-designed differences between men and women.

FIREPROOF PRINCIPLE #1

MARRIAGE WORKS BEST WHEN BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE GIVE UP THEIR RIGHTS FOR THE SAKE OF THE OTHER.

• Ephesians 5:21

FIREPROOF PRINCIPLE #2

MARRIAGE WORKS BEST WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THAT MEN AND WOMEN ARE DIFFERENT AND TREAT EACH OTHER ACCORDINGLY.

• Ephesians 5:33
• WOMEN NEED LOVE and MEN NEED RESPECT.

FIREPROOF PRINCIPLE #3

MARRIAGE WORKS BEST WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND AND REMEMBER THAT SOMETHING MORE THAN MARRIAGE IS TAKING PLACE – YOU ARE LIVING OUT OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO JESUS CHRIST.

LOVE DARE TO WIVES

What makes your husband feel respected by you? And therefore, what would you like to do this week to make him feel respected by you?

LOVE DARE TO HUSBANDS

What makes your wife feel loved? And therefore, what would you like to do this week to make her feel loved by you?

LOVE DARE TO SINGLES

In your work, school, or home environment, whose life would you like to add value to by giving them greater love or respect? What can you do this week to make that happen?

Keep looking up!


Pastor Jon Woodward
Community Bible Church
404 S. Main St
Northwood, ND 58267
701-740-4445 Cell
701-587-5642 Church

"He Said, She Said"

www.raisethebanner.org/sermons/012509.mp3

NCBC Mission

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Fulfilling our Vision with a Mission!

Everybody needs direction and God has given us His example in the life of Jesus Christ. Jesus said, "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." (Luke 19:10, ESV)

At Community Bible Church we know that we are not Jesus Christ, but we are called to follow in His steps as His followers. We translate that into a vision for our people.

Our Vision: "Changing Hearts and Changing Lives for Now and Eternity"

In other words to see men, women, and children supernaturally changed in heart and life by the saving and sanctifying power of Jesus Christ.

Our Mission is how we plan to fulfill our Vision. Jesus Christ "came to seek and to save the lost". But before leaving earth to return to heaven He told His followers these words: "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." (Matthew 28:18-20, ESV) Our Mission explains just how we plan on fulfilling our Vision of "Changing Hearts and Changing Lives for Now and Eternity."

Our Mission: "To intentionally generate disciple-making relationships with individuals of all ages in our church, our town, the towns near us, and towns and cities beyond us, offering them a Bible, Bible studies, public church and prayer services, fellowship, and practical and spiritual ministries, with an end purpose that each person might have eternal and ongoing reconciliation with God, resulting in the supernatural heart and life change that exemplifies His grace and doctrines."

Keep looking up!


Pastor Jon Woodward
Community Bible Church
404 S. Main St
Northwood, ND 58267
701-740-4445 Cell
701-587-5642 Church

"Changing Hearts and Changing Lives"

www.raisethebanner.org/sermons/011809.mp3

Vision, Mission & Core Values

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Jesus had a plan when entering the world. He came to seek and to save the lost, and to give His life as a ransom for many. He also gave His followers specific instructions before leaving earth and returning to heaven and His throne. They were simple: you will be My witnesses, go therefore and make more followers of Me and My teachings.

Countless millions live their lives on planet earth with emptiness and no real direction other than personal satisfaction and immediate gratification. They are the lost that Jesus came to seek and to save. To them we say, Jesus Christ is your Creator, He made you alive and keeps you alive every breath and heartbeat. He created the world, heavens and all that is in them. Simply put, no one lives without Him. But still countless millions still live for themselves and not for their Creator and God Jesus Christ. Why? The Bible calls this SIN. SIN is a steady indifferent numbness to God or simply anything we think, say or do that does not measure up to God's standard as the Creator and Sustainer of our life.

Sin leads millions to do all the things that God their Creator hates. Things like: murder, rape, incest, pornography, adultery, fornication, abortion, drunkenness, drugs, homosexuality, lying, stealing, cheating, forgery, fraud, hatred, divorce, anger, wrath, bitterness, pride and arrogance, worship of false gods instead of the ONE TRUE GOD Jesus Christ, and anything else you and any rational person deems as evil or wrong and more importantly that God our Creator says is wrong and evil. It is because of these things that the Bible tells us that the wrath of God is coming, upon all those who commit such things.


Keep looking up!


Pastor Jon Woodward
Community Bible Church
404 S. Main St
Northwood, ND 58267
701-740-4445 Cell
701-587-5642 Church

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