3. IS GOD BUILDING OUR HOMES? Hebrews 11:10.

4. The Family Is In Trouble In Our Society The Modern Home In Our Society. The Modern Home In Our Society. ▫ One out of two marriages end in divorce. ▫ The medium age for divorce is 34 for men and 30 for women. ▫ In 1960, one out of every ten households was maintained by a woman with no husband present; 1986, one out of every six households was maintained by a woman with no husband present. ▫ One million teenage girls will get pregnant out of wedlock this year. ▫ Five hundred thousand of those girls will abort their babies.

5. The Family Is In Trouble In Our Society The Modern Home In Our Society. The Modern Home In Our Society. ▫ Of all the fourteen year old girls alive today, 40 percent will become pregnant by their nineteenth birthday. ▫ Sixty percent of all church involved teenagers are sexually active. ▫ Sixty six percent of American high schools seniors have used illegal drugs. ▫ Every seventy eight seconds, a teenager in America attempts suicide.

6. What Our Families Need Right Now! Our Families Need A Home Built On The Foundation Of God (Psalm 127:1-2). Our Families Need A Home Built On The Foundation Of God (Psalm 127:1-2). ▫ How do we invite God to build our homes?  Through “Prayer” (Ephesians 3:20).  Through “Studying God’s word” (Ps. 119:105; 1:1-3).  Through “Service” (Joshua 24:14-15).

7. What Our Families Need Right Now! Our Families Need Husbands Who Will Lead (Ephesians 5:25-30). Our Families Need Husbands Who Will Lead (Ephesians 5:25-30). ▫ Our families need real leaders, real men who will lead.  “For me and “My” house, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15).  The responsibilities of the husband (Eph. 5:25-30).  This leadership is governed by love (1Cor. 13:4-7).

8. What Our Families Need Right Now! Our Families Need Wives Who Will Support. Our Families Need Wives Who Will Support. ▫ Our families need to be a team (Genesis 2:18; Proverbs 31:10-12). ▫ Wives need to help and respect their husbands (Ephesians 5:33; Proverbs 14:1). ▫ Wives need to “rule the household affairs” (1Timothy 5:14; Titus 2:5; 1Peter 3:1-4).

9. What Our Families Need Right Now! Our Families Need Children Who Are Maturing In The Discipline & Instruction Of The Lord & Who Respect & Obey Their Parents (Ephesians 6:1-4; Proverbs 22:6). Our Families Need Children Who Are Maturing In The Discipline & Instruction Of The Lord & Who Respect & Obey Their Parents (Ephesians 6:1-4; Proverbs 22:6). ▫ Parents must bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord!  Are you setting an example that says… “God comes first?”  What are you modeling for them (Proverbs 22:6)?

10. Our Homes “Must” To Be Built On The Foundation Of God! IS YOURS???