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The Importance of Submission
The Process of Submission
The Response to Submission
- Don’t say, “I’m confused.”
- Don’t say, “This is unfair!”
- Don’t say, “I just can’t do it!” I
- Don’t say, “He’ll never be the spiritual leader.”
- Don’t say, “Submission is not for me.”
The CONTEXT of Titus 2…The Curriculum for older women to train the younger 4 that they may encourage the young women to love their husband, to love their children, 5 to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be dishonored. 
Part THREE of what the entire Bible says about the Role of Women, an introduction.  
The most crucial TRUTH: 1 Corinthians 11:3 I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. Functioning in our roles is the only way men & women can glorify the Trinity.
- #5 THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN WORSHIP
- #6 THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN MINISTRY
- #7 THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE HOME introduction only
Read the full article on Life on Life Discipleship – Introduction Part 3
FOUR KEYS TO LIKING YOUR SPOUSE AND BECOMING A LIKABLE PERSON:
Last time #1 – UNDERSTAND GOD’S PURPOSE FOR MARRIAGE
#2 – ACCEPT GOD’S PRIORITY AS A SPOUSE
- 1st – Loving your spouse is a mutual responsibility.
- 2nd – Loving your spouse is essential.
#3 – FEEL GOD’S PASSION FOR YOUR SPOUSE
#4 – PURSUE GOD’S PLAN TO BE LIKEABLE
- 1st – Have a passionate desire to be like Jesus.
- 2nd – Live a disciplined and dependent lifestyle.
- 3rd – Develop a tender submissiveness to authority.
- 4th – Demonstrate a heart to please and serve.
- 5th – Desire to disciple.
Read the full article on How to Like Your Spouse – Part 2
Optional Worksheet for singles
Optional Worksheet for married
FOUR KEYS TO LIKING YOUR SPOUSE AND BECOMING A LIKABLE PERSON:
KEY #1
#1 – UNDERSTAND GOD’S PURPOSE FOR MARRIAGE
- 1st – God made male and female uniquely different.
- 2nd – Marriage was designed by God to meet the first problem of the human race: loneliness.
- 3rd – Marriage was planned to bring happiness not misery.
- 4th – Marriage must begin with leaving other relationships
- 5th – Marriage requires an inseparable joining of a husband and wife throughout their lifetime.
- 6th – Marriage means oneness in the fullest possible sense, including intimate physical union without shame.
Read the full article on How to Like Your Spouse – Part 1
HOW IS A TITUS 2 WOMAN TO LOVE HER CHILDREN?
WHY DOES A GODLY WOMAN LOVE HER CHILDREN?
- LOVING KIDS IS A PRIORITY
- KIDS NEED LOVE FOR EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
- LOVING CHILDREN IS A PRIVILEGE
- A GODLY WOMAN CAN RAISE A GENERATION OF GODLY CHILDREN
Read the full article on How to Love Your Children – Part 1
Optional Worksheet for married
Optional Worksheet
The Importance of Being Sensible
Being sensible is essential
God’s Goal of Being sensible
In the New Testament being sensible is described in three ways.
- First, she is in her right mind
- Second, she is calm
- Third, she uses common sense
Read the full article on Being a Sensible Woman – Part 1
Sexual sin is a sin against your body
Sexual sin is a sin against God
Sexual sin is a sin against someone else
Read the full article on Pursuing Purity – Part 1
Why is there so much sexual impurity today?
- One reason is that there is pressure from the world, Satan and our own flesh.
- Another reason for sexual impurity is that it is so deceptive
So, how does a Christian develop sexual purity? A list of rules cannot teach us not to sin, but God has designed a process to help us grow in purity.
- First, seek Christ.
- Second, purity is something Christ does within you.
- Third, purity happens when you stay sensible.
What does this looks like in a practical sense?
- Prepare for situations
- Plan your environment
- Pick the people
- Ponder your appearance
- Pounce on your thoughts
- Paralyze your glances
- Proceed cautiously
- Pursue righteousness
#1 – A willingness to work hard for your home
#2 – A strong commitment to the priority and management of the home
#3 – The home is a reflection of a woman’s character
Read the full article on the Priority of the Home – Part 1
Using the acrostic K-I-N-D we will find out that the Holy Spirit is calling godly women to: Know God’s heart; Initiate sacrificial good deeds; Nurture the needy; and Develop Christ-like discernment. This lesson will focus on the first two of these points.
Know God’s Heart
Initiate sacrificial good deeds
Read the full article on A Heart of Kindness – Part 1
#4 – Accept the heart of God for the woman in the home
- 1st-Being a worker at home is not a gray area.
- 2nd-Being a worker at home isn’t an obscure verse.
- 3rd-The clear wording of “worker at home” sets a direction toward the home, not away from the home.
- 4th-Both ‘worker at home’ and one who ‘keeps house’ have the word “house/dwelling” in them.
- 5th-To make ‘worker at home’ optional requires you must make the rest of Titus 2:4-5 optional.
- 6th-Women working outside the home have additional problems to deal with.
- 7th-Being a worker at home highlights real life situations that are difficult or less than ideal.
Read the full article on Priority of the Home – Part 2
Study Guide – Summary
- The Reason for Submission
- The Nature of Submission
- Biblical submission is really about submitting to God.
- Submission is the action of a wife upon herself.
- Most importantly, submission is what brings God’s order to life and to relationships.
Read the full article on the Spiritual Quality of Submission
Using the acrostic K-I-N-D we will find out that the Holy Spirit is calling godly women to: Know God’s heart; Initiate sacrificial good deeds; Nurture the needy; and Develop Christ-like discernment.
Know God’s Heart
Initiate sacrificial good deeds
Nurture the Needy
Develop Christ-like Discernment
What steps can you take to grow in kindness today?
- Be a leader in your church family with acts of kindness
- Be kind to some
- Be kind in small ways every day and in big ways occasionally
- Be a doer of the Word every day
Read the full article on A Heart of Kindness – Part 2
Key areas of your life where sensibility is needed.
- First, sensibility is needed over your THOUGHTS
- Second, sensibility is needed over your EMOTIONS
- Third, sensibility is needed over your APPEARANCE
- Fourth, sensibility is needed over your SPENDING
- Fifth, sensibility is needed over your MARRIAGE
Practical steps to help develop a sensible life
- 1st – Always check your MOTIVES
- 2nd – Be faithful in the CHRISTIAN DISCIPLINES.
- 3rd – Pray for godly MENTORS
- 4th – Develop A TEACHABLE HEART
Read the full article on Being a Sensible Woman – Part 2
HOW DOES A GODLY WOMAN LOVE HER CHILDREN?
- 1st – She must first be transformed by Christ.
- 2nd – She must fully function in the church.
- 3rd – She must depend upon the Holy Spirit.
- 4th – She must follow Christ’s plan.
WHAT DOES A GODLY WOMAN DO TO LOVE HER CHILDREN?
1st – She models obedience to God’s Word.
- God’s Word was written to be obeyed
- God’s Word must be on your heart
2nd – She makes her home a biblical training environment.
SUMMARY – What is God’s message to each of us as he exhorts women to love their children?
- Parents, children are a gift from God.
- Every Christian must esteem women who give their lives to mother children
- Husbands, take the lead in parenting
- Single women – learn the ways of motherhood.
Read the full article on How to Love your Children – Part 2
Optional Worksheet for singles
Optional Worksheet for married
