“Building the Walls and Roof: Constructing Lives of Purpose and Strength”
Home Improvement Series
AV First
Pastor Ed Carlson
4/14/24
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Poor Performers in Life learn by trial and error.
Champions in Life learn through coaching and correction.
1. Take Your
Philippians 1:6 (CSB)
6 I am sure of this, that he who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
God doesn’t need your help…just your submission and obedience.
Ephesians 2:10 (CSB)
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.
2. Don’t
Proverbs 18:22 (CSB)
A man who finds a wife finds a good thing
and obtains favor from the LORD.
Romans 8:28 (AMP)
And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His plan and purpose.
3. Don’t
2 Corinthians 6:14-18 (CSB)
14 Do not be yoked together with those who do not believe. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 15 What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, as God said:
I will dwell
and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
17 Therefore, come out from among them
and be separate, says the Lord;
do not touch any unclean thing,
and I will welcome you.
18 And I will be a Father to you,
and you will be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.
Date with a Purpose.
Genesis 2:18–25 (NLT)
18 Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.” 19 So the LORD God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one. 20 He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him.
21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the LORD God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening. 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man.
23 “At last!” the man exclaimed.
“This one is bone from my bone,
and flesh from my flesh!
She will be called ‘woman,’
because she was taken from ‘man.’ ”
24 This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
25 Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.
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2. Guard Against
Proverbs 5:15-18 (CSB)
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
water flowing from your own well.
16 Should your springs flow in the streets,
streams in the public squares?
17 They should be for you alone
and not for you to share with strangers.
18 Let your fountain be blessed,
and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.
Sex in marriage is not a reward for good behavior and the lack of it shouldn’t be punishment for bad behavior…it is a holy act instituted by God within the marriage covenant that should be celebrated as such and practiced frequently.
3. Find a Godly Couple To
Proverbs 15:22 (CSB)
22 Plans fail when there is no counsel,
but with many advisers they succeed.
Proverbs 12:15 (CSB)
15 A fool’s way is right in his own eyes,
but whoever listens to counsel is wise.
Poor Performers in Life learn by trial and error
Champions in Life learn through coaching and correction
You can’t do anything to change your Past but you can do something Today to change your Tomorrow!