God’s Design for Family Life

Colossians 3, ESV
¹⁸ Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. ¹⁹ Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.

¹⁸ Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” (Genesis 2:18)

“Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.” (Genesis 3:16)

• Wives, to your husbands.
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  • Biblical submission is a joyful to the leadership of your husband.
    

• Husbands, your wives.

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her… (Ephesians 5:25)

Resources for Couples

• Sacred Marriage, by Gary Thomas
• The Meaning of Marriage, by Tim Keller
• 5 Love Languages, by Gary Chapman
• The Marriage You’ve Always Wanted, by Gary Chapman
• From You & Me to We, by Johnny and Carla Morton

²⁰ Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. ²¹ Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

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• Children, your parents.

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ² “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), ³ “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” (Ephesians 6:1-3)

• Fathers, do not your children.

Resources for Parents

• Shepherding a Child’s Heart, by Tedd Tripp
• Parenting, Paul Tripp
• “Resources for Parents” (ingleside.org)