”Family Retreat: Glorifying God in the Home” by Tim Lewis Part 3

October 25, 2025 - Saturday PM Bible Class Family Retreat Lesson 3

 

Be Proactive

• 1 John 4:10, 19
• Mark 16:15
• Matthew 28:19
• Don't think sinners are out of reach
• Believe people can come back
• "Go" is a proactive word
  • Wind doesn't blow them into the building

 

Be Practical

• Acts 17:28
• 2 Timothy 3:15-17
• People want to make sense of the world
• We're trying to give them something to change their life and make sense of the world
• Without God, people feel an emptiness
• Be thoroughly equipped
• Storms hit the just and unjust
  • But we have a foundation

 

Be Patient

• 2 Peter 3:9
• 1 Corinthians 3:6
• How patient has God been with me
• God may be doing things we don't see

 

Be Persistent

• Luke 18:1
• Luke 15:4, 8
• In prayer
• In sharing gospel
• He needs to be mindful and watch out for our own insecurities
• Some things or events open hearts
  • Baby
  • Loss of job
  • Family death
  • Diagnosis
  • Difficult circumstances

 

Be Prayerful

• Romans 9:2-4
• Romans 10:1
• Sometimes people need adverse circumstances to come to Jesus
• Sometimes hearing from someone else will have an impact

 

Challenge

• Name 5 family member who are not believers and pray for them by name for a set time
• Then have a conversation with them about Jesus

 

Love of God

• First, tell men what God did then, tell them what to do
• Philemon 6
• Exercise our spiritual muscle

 

Glorifying_God_in_the_Home.pdf

 

Duration 43:36