Northland Church
How to Lose Your Family in 10 Easy Ways: Drift into Coexistence Cultivate ONEness
A message from Senior Pastor Josh Laxton
Locations & Times
Northland Church
522 Dog Track Rd, Longwood, FL 32750, USA
Saturday 5:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM
Welcome to Northland!
Northland Church exists to glorify God as we participate in His mission of redeeming a people from all peoples by engaging neighbors and nations to be fully alive in King Jesus through the power of the Spirit.
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Northland Church exists to glorify God as we participate in His mission of redeeming a people from all peoples by engaging neighbors and nations to be fully alive in King Jesus through the power of the Spirit.
NorthlandChurch.net
So far we’ve seen these negative ways to lose your family:
- Awaken Love Before It’s Ready
- Have a Changing Center
- Fail to Read the Instructions (Part 1/2)
- Criticize Your Mate
- Neglect Fighting the Nuptial Ninjas
- Awaken Love Before It’s Ready
- Have a Changing Center
- Fail to Read the Instructions (Part 1/2)
- Criticize Your Mate
- Neglect Fighting the Nuptial Ninjas
We’ve explored and dove into these positive ways to build a healthy family:
- Awaken Love When It’s Ready
- Have a Massive Anchor to Weather Marital Adversity
- Read the Instruction Manual; Follow Your JD
- Celebrate Your Mate
- Nurture the Nuptials
- Awaken Love When It’s Ready
- Have a Massive Anchor to Weather Marital Adversity
- Read the Instruction Manual; Follow Your JD
- Celebrate Your Mate
- Nurture the Nuptials
Drift into Coexistence.
Living as CONVENIENT ROOMATES rather than COVENANTAL TEAMMATES
Living as CONVENIENT ROOMATES rather than COVENANTAL TEAMMATES
If you want to build a healthy vibrant marriage and family…
Defend and Deepen the ONEness with God and One Another.
Defend and Deepen the ONEness with God and One Another.
We have to realize, the oldest war strategy for Satan is:
Attack the MARRIAGE and the FAMILY.
Attack the MARRIAGE and the FAMILY.
Here’s how Satan Attacks the Marriage to God and to One Another:
1) God's Authority - “He said to the woman, ‘Did God really say’…”
1) God's Authority - “He said to the woman, ‘Did God really say’…”
2) God’s Goodness - “You must not eat from ANY tree in the garden?”
If we experience anything outside of DEATH, we experience the GOODNESS, GRACE, and MERCY of GOD!
3) Contradiction - “You will not certainly die, the serpent said…”
A HALF-BAKED TRUTH is a FULL-BAKED LIE!
4) Idolatrous Elevation - “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God—knowing good and evil.”
If Satan succeeds in this temptation, Eve and Adam will COEXIST with God rather than be SUBSERVIENT to Him.
Signs of Drifting from God:
- Entertain the absurdity.
- Get the gist, not the fine print.
- Hear the Word but don’t heed it.
- Cut off from God’s community.
- Doubt more, trust less.
- Fantasize on the Forbidden
- Entertain the absurdity.
- Get the gist, not the fine print.
- Hear the Word but don’t heed it.
- Cut off from God’s community.
- Doubt more, trust less.
- Fantasize on the Forbidden
If you DRIFT from the CENTER, you’ll DRIFT from your SPOUSE.
Signs of Drifting from One Another:
- Neglect our JD (Job Descriptions).
- Get busy or side-tracked (Don’t pay attention).
- Fail to fight for the heart of your spouse.
- Make decisions in isolation.
- Go along to get along.
- Neglect our JD (Job Descriptions).
- Get busy or side-tracked (Don’t pay attention).
- Fail to fight for the heart of your spouse.
- Make decisions in isolation.
- Go along to get along.
Defending and Deepening ONEness with God:
- Awareness/Alertness
- Armor of God
- Know your Role-Do your Role
- Beware of each other’s Burdens
- Intervene by Interceding
- Do Life with One Another
- Make Decisions Together
- Awareness/Alertness
- Armor of God
- Know your Role-Do your Role
- Beware of each other’s Burdens
- Intervene by Interceding
- Do Life with One Another
- Make Decisions Together
To prevent drifting in COEXISTENCE you will need to defend and deepen COVENANTAL ONENESS