http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org Lakeside Bible Church Podcasts en Lakeside Bible Church Podcasts Lakeside Bible Church no Lakeside Bible Church Sermons blakeboys@gmail.com ℗ & © 2010 Lakeside Bible Church 720 Maximizing Your Marriage - Part 4 Selected Scriptures This morning, Pastor Ramey begins by introducing husbands to the concept of RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY. It may not be the fault of the husband that his marriage has 'run aground', but as the man and spiritual head, it is his RESPONSIBILITY to identify and correct the problem using biblical principles employed through loving leadership. In order to MAXIMIZE OUR MARRIAGES, we should all strive, through the power of the Holy Spirit, to live by the following mandates: 1. Be Sure To Marry A Christian (1 Cor. 7:39; 2 Cor. 6:14-18) 2. Live In Dependence On The Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:16; Eph. 5:18-21) 3. Fulfill Your Role In The Marriage Relationship (Eph. 5:22-33) 4. Seek To Humbly And Selflessly Serve Your Spouse (Mark 10:45; John 14:3-5; Phil. 2:3-4) Ideally, we are given but one opportunity at having a great marriage. Understanding and applying these biblical principles is essential to our marriages achieving their full potential in bringing God honor and bringing us happiness. http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/sermon/maximizing-your-marriage-pt-4 http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/mediafiles/maximizing-your-marriage-part-4.mp3 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:10:41 GMT Ken Ramey Selected Scriptures marriage,responsible_authority,christ,holy_spirit,the_church,husband,wife,dysfunctional_marriage,christian,sacrificial_servant,sacrificially_serve,humble,serve 81:33 Maximizing Your Marriage - Part 3 Selected Scriptures Ideally, we are given but one opportunity at having a great marriage. Understanding and applying the following biblical principles is essential to our marriages achieving their full potential in bringing God honor and bringing us happiness. This morning, Pastor Ramey lays out the first of fifteen mandates for MAXIMIZING YOUR MARRIAGE: 1. Be Sure To Marry A Christian (1 Cor. 7:39; 2 Cor. 6:14-18) http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/sermon/maximizing-your-marriage-pt-3 http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/mediafiles/maximizing-your-marriage-part-3.mp3-new Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:30:16 GMT Ken Ramey Selected Scriptures problems_in_marriage,equally_yoked,godly_spouse,god-honoring_marriage,marriage,2_corinthians_6,1_corinthians_7 50:05 Maximizing Your Marriage - Part 2 Selected Scriptures While both the husband and wife play a significant role in achieving and maintaining a happy, God-honoring marriage, the primary burden for the state of the marriage relationship clearly rests on the husband's shoulders since he is the God-appointed leader and the one who ultimately will have to give an account to God someday for the marriage. Therefore, he must be faithful to follow the two instructions God gave to husbands in 1 Peter 3:7 regarding how they should treat their wives. If you are a husband, you are called to 1) PURSUE YOUR WIFE and 2) PRIZE YOUR WIFE Husbands are the ones who represent the role of Christ in the marriage union. As such, they should provide Christ-like, loving leadership to their wives. Romans 5:8 and 1 John 4:19 teach that husbands are called to be the leaders, the lovers, and the pursuers of their wives. Indeed, every husband needs to remember that the most important thing to a wife is to know that, next to Christ, they are the most important thing in their husband's life. Is God getting the maximum amount of glory from your marriage? Are you getting the maximum amount of enjoyment from your marriage? None of us should settle for anything but the greatest marriage possible. We should be living our marriages such that they exemplify the bond between Christ and the church. That's the way that God intended marriages to be. We should be ever mindful that our marriage can either mar or magnify Christ's love for His church and that while we are called to enjoy the marriage that God has given us, we are to live it in such a way as to brings glory to Him. http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/sermon/maximizing-your-marriage-pt-2 http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/mediafiles/maximizing-your-marriage-part-2.mp3 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:59:34 GMT Ken Ramey Selected Scriptures wife,husband,god-honoring_marriage,godly_marriage,1_peter_3:7,marriage 55:21 How Not To Pray Summary Pending http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/sermon/how-not-to-pray http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/mediafiles/how-not-to-pray.mp3 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:05:34 GMT Ken Ramey Selected Scriptures prayer,the_lord's_prayer,our_father 64:05 Maximizing Your Marriage Selected Scriptures None of us should be satisfied with anything but the best marriage possible. God designed marriage for His glory and our enjoyment and in order for God to get the most honor from our marriage and for us to get the most happiness from our marriage, we must first understand and follow His original blueprint for marriage which He clearly laid out for us in Genesis 2:24. On this Valentine's Day morning, Pastor Ramey preaches from selected scriptures that lay out the three essential steps for establishing a happy, God-honoring marriage. Scripture teaches that we are to 1) LEAVE (our parents), 2) CLEAVE (leave parents and join with your mate), and 3) WEAVE (become one flesh). Is God getting the maximum amount of glory from your marriage? Are you getting the maximum amount of enjoyment that God intended for your marriage? None of us should be satisfied with anything less than a 'maximum' marriage - one that reflects the sacred bond that Christ has with His Church. The marriage of a man to a woman illustrates the mystery of the plan that God put forth for the marriage of His Son, Jesus Christ to His Church. It is but a small taste of the permanent and eternal bond that we will enjoy with Christ in Heaven. We should thank God for the gracious gift of marriage and ask Him to help us maximize our marriages so that He gets more honor from it and we get more happiness from it. http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/sermon/maximizing-your-marriage-pt-1 http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/mediafiles/maximizing-your-marriage.mp3 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:04 GMT Ken Ramey Selected Scriptures marriage,the_church,bride_of_christ,divorce,god-honoring_marriage 68:24 http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/sermon/talking-to-god-as-his-son http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/mediafiles/talking-to-god-as-his-son.mp3 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:12:18 GMT Ken Ramey Lord, Teach Us To Pray 68:56 James 3:1-12 We can never undo the damage that our words do to others and we often take for granted the power of influence that our words have on the lives of others - for bad or for good. In fact, the instrument of our words, our tongue, is so powerful that Solomon concluded that "Death and life are in the power of the tongue." - Proverbs 18:21 Just as Proverbs 18 summarizes everything that the Bible says about the tongue, there can also be found no better description of the power of the tongue than is given in James Chapter 3. In these twelve verses, James sought to impress on his readers the importance of taming their tongues by exposing SIX POWERFUL INFLUENCES OF THE TONGUE. In other words, the tongue has the power to do six things: 1. TEST OUR TEACHERS (v. 1) 2. MEASURE OUR SPIRITUAL MATURITY (v. 2) 3. DETERMINE OUR DIRECTION (vv. 3-5a) 4. IGNITE OUR INIQUITY (vv. 5b-6) 5. DEFY OUR DOMINATION (vv. 7-8) 6. HIGHLIGHT OUR HYPOCRISY (vv. 9-12) There is nothing that shows our depravity more than what comes out of our mouths. Although no mortal can tame the tongue, rest assured that there is One Who can. That One is God. We should plead daily with God that He would give us the grace to tame our tongues and to purify our hearts so that we may glorify Him more with our lives. If Jesus is the Lord of our lives, then He should also be the Lord of our tongues! http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/sermon/taming-the-tongue http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/mediafiles/taming-the-tongue.mp3 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:26:57 GMT Ken Ramey James james_3:1-12,taming_the_tongue,the_power_of_words,influence_of_the_tongue,jesus_is_lord,hypocrits,preachers,teachers 53:13 http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/sermon/session-5-words-that-save-souls http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/mediafiles/session-5-words-that-save-souls.mp3 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:51:38 GMT Austin Duncan Sins Of The Mouth lakeside_bible_church,student_ministries,winter_camp,sins_of_the_mouth 52:22 http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/sermon/session-3-pssstttdid-you-hear-about-the-sermon-on-gossip http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/mediafiles/session-3-pssstttdid-you-hear-about-the-sermon-on-gossip.mp3 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:51:20 GMT Austin Duncan Sins Of The Mouth lakeside_bible_church,student_ministries,winter_camp,sins_of_the_mouth 52:52 http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/sermon/session-2-liar-liar-pants-on-fire http://www.lakesidebiblechurch.org/mediafiles/session-2-liar-liar-pants-on-fire.mp3 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:57:11 GMT Austin Duncan Sins Of The Mouth sins_of_the_mouth,winter_camp,student_ministries,lakeside_bible_church 37:42