Real Help for the Modern Family:
How to be a Real Family Guy
Intro
The problem: men don’t know how to be men
Men
are given mixed signals
Society picks on men who
lead well
I am able to do all
things through Him who strengthens me.
Philippians
4:13
Man Myths (taken from You Tube excerpts by Mark Driscoll)
Chauvinists
No Sissy Stuff Sam
Success and Status Stewart
Give Em Heck Hank
I’m the Boss Bob
Cowards
Little Boy Linus
Sturdy Oak Owen
Hyper-Spiritual Henry
Good Time Gary
A Real Family Guy Follows Jesus!
Ephesians 5:23 Husbands, love your
wives, just as also Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her
-put her first-sacrifice, die to self
-totally devote myself to her and my children
Philippians 2:5-6 Make your own
attitude that of Christ Jesus, who , existing in the form of God, did not
consider equality with God as something to be used for His own advantage.
-we must consider others BEFORE we consider ourselves!
-with privilege comes responsibility!
Am I a real family guy?
What do people say about me?
Teachers
Peers
Pastors
Friends
Family
Employers
Neighbors
Restaurant Servers
Psalm 1:3 He
is like a tree planted beside streams of water that bears fruit in season and
whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he
does prospers.
-is there visible fruit in my life?
-am I prospering spiritually?
John 15:16 I
appointed you that you should go out and produce fruit and that your fruit
should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give
you.
-am I producing fruit that lasts?
Fruit = look more like Jesus, lead people to Jesus
Family Guy
fruit: children who find and follow
Jesus!
If God filed an income tax form, could He
legitimately claim you as a dependent?
Interview Jeremiah and Cyndi Brown
www.generationchurch.cc
Conclusion
Philippians 4:13 I am able to do all
things through Him who strengthens me.
Be A REAL FAMILY GUY! What is my next right step?
