BUILDING THE HOME

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BUILDING THE HOME

• A Series of Lessons

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BUILDING THE HOME

• Consult the Architect
• Bricks for Wives
• Bricks for Husbands
• Termites in your Troth

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TITLE EXPLAINED

• Troth
• Old English word
• Faithfulness, loyalty, trust
• You know about termites
• Tree or house may look sound on outside
• Termites destroy from the inside
• They gnaw, weaken, destroy WITHIN
• Notice 4 termites that can destroy a home

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EPHESIANS 515-21

• 15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as
  fools but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because
  the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be unwise,
  but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18
  And do not be drunk with wine, in which is
  dissipation but be filled with the Spirit, 19
  speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and
  spiritual songs, singing and making melody in
  your heart to the Lord, 20 giving thanks always
  for all things to God the Father in the name of
  our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 submitting to one
  another in the fear of God.

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1 CONFUSION OF ROLES

• Walk with wisdom
• Understand the will of the Lord
• Be Very Careful
• Secular World
• Swingers have fun
• Marriage is too absolute

• 15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as
  fools but as wise,
• 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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1 CONFUSION OF ROLES

• Secular World confuses us
• Complex Relationships
• 12 in a family of 4
• Immaturity
• Marry then grow up

• 15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as
  fools but as wise,
• 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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2 TOO BUSY

• Slow Me Down, Lord
• Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of
  my mind.
• Steady the hurried pace with a vision of the
  eternal reach of time.
• Teach me the art of minute vacations of slowing
  down to look at a flower, to chat with a friend,
  to pat a dog, to smile at a child, to read a few
  lines from a good book.

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2 TOO BUSY

• Slow Me Down, Lord
• Remind me each day that the race is not always to
  the swift
• That there is more to life than increasing speed.
• Let me look upward to the towering oak and know
• That it grew great and strong because it grew
  slowly and well.
• Orin L. Crain

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2 TOO BUSY

• Workaholics book When I Relax, I Feel Guilty
• Please listen to a reformed workaholic.
• Each day is precious
• Termites eat at our time.

• Ephesians 516
• Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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3 INSENSITIVITY

• Unwise -
• Fool dull, thick, no feeling, insensitive
• Subtle trap many are married singles
• Married
• But living separate lives
• This is a termite!

• Ephesians 517
• Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what
  the will of the Lord is.

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4 STUBBORNNESS

• Bull-headedness will make a home a hell
• Mutual Submission
• Both must be willing to give in
• Not willing to back up?
• Some homes need the alternate possession rule
  (basketball)

• Ephesians 521
• Submitting to one another in the fear of God.

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CONCLUSION

• Admit the termites have invaded
• Discuss how to control and eliminate them
• Start today
• Pledge your troth (loyalty and trust)
• To God
• To each other