Session Outline: (Some excerpts from Pat Morley’s STM Seminar)

Eph. 5:25 "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her."

The above verse teaches us that we are to love our wives, and by extension our children, as Christ loved the church. How did our Lord love the church? He literally died for her.

In the Old Testament "Christ" is synonymous with "Messiah", or "Anointed One". There are three offices associated with anointing and Jesus fulfilled all of them. As leaders of our family we are expected to live out what these offices suggest with our loved ones.

(Use the life application area to record your attitude and action items for each)

Life Implication:

The biggest hindrance to men discovering and living out their roles as head of their home comes from dysfunctional notions of success. We must resist buying into three destructive myths:

Ecc. 5:10-12 "Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless. As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owner except to feast his eyes on them? The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep."

Understanding the role of a prophet, priest and king how am I doing in each area on a scale of 1-10? What myth am I guilty of entertaining? What must I do to improve?