Scripture Passage: 1 Corinthians 7:7-9

We all have been single and in all likelihood will experience singleness again. If you are single you have the opportunity to use you singleness to honor and glorify God. If you are married, you have the opportunity to love and understand people who are single.

Three ways to find fulfillment in singleness.

1. Guard your heart.
Fulfillment does not come from objects or people.

2. Embrace your freedom.
We should find joy in our current season of life.
We have freedom to pursue our calling in singleness.
We have the freedom to pursue marriage.

3. Rest in Jesus.
Everything you need for contentment is right here in this season of life in Jesus.

Think About It
• Are there areas in your life where you are seeking fulfillment in objects or people?

• Do you have contentment in the current season of life you are in? Why or why not?

• How are you currently pursuing your calling?

• Do you believe that everything you have everything you need for satisfaction in this season of life? Why or why not?

• How can you care for someone who is single right now?

• If you are single, how can your practically pursue God’s calling in your life?

Reminder: You are enough in Jesus Christ!

Scripture Passage: Exodus 20:12 and Ephesians 6:1-4

1. Honor Begins with Obedience


Parents are responsible for giving their children clear rules and guidelines to follow. Guidelines remove the guesswork for kids and provide them with a foundation for obedience. One way in which children can honor their parents is by obeying them.

• If you are a parent, do you give clear guidelines for your children to follow?

• If you are a child, how has obeying your parents protected you from potential harm?

2. Honor Leads to Blessing
The Fifth Commandment states: “Honor your father and mother so that you may have long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.”

The universal command for all people of any age is not obedience but honor. The Bible doesn’t tell grown-ups that they have to obey their parents. As adults, we honor our parents by giving weight to their counsel and by giving consideration to their needs as aging adults.

• If you are an adult and your parents are still living, what are some ways in which you can honor your mother and father?

Consider these suggestions for how you can honor your mother on this Mother’s Day and beyond.

• Listen to your mother (Proverbs 1:8-9)

• Respect Your Mother (Proverbs 30:17)

• Protect Your Mother (John 19:26-27 and 1 Timothy 5:8)

• Thank your mother (Proverbs 31:28)

3. Honor Changes Culture
The promise in the Fifth Commandment was more than a personal promise to an individual. It was a promise to the entire culture. There is a foundational aspect to honoring our parents — and when we lose it, then the entire structure of society starts to crumble.

• If children of all ages were to stop honoring their parents, what would be the potential impact on our society?

Scripture Passage: Ephesians 5:31-33

Not everyone should be married. But everyone should value marriage. One of Kingsland’s Legacy Milestones is Biblical Marriage.

Why does marriage matter?
• Because marriage was invented by God.
• Because marriage is the cornerstone of home life.
• Because we learn something about our relationship to God in the marriage relationship.

Genesis 1 reveals that humans were created in the image of God – unique among all the rest of creation.

Every believer can better understand how God relates to us by recognizing the ways that marriage reflects the nature of God.

Marriage Offers a Glimpse of God’s Leadership (verses 22-23)
• Verses 15-21 – Mutual submission
• Husbands are to lead as Jesus led us – sacrificial v. 23
• Be filled with Holy Spirit. V. 18
• Think about the mutual submission of the Trinity.

Marriage Offers a Glimpse of God’s Love
• Deeper love; more than just affection
• Commitment not emotional
• There is no perfect husband/wife
• Marriage gives you a taste of Heavenly love: love with patience and grace like He does.
• “Marriage should start on simmer and end on a boil,” Pastor Rush.
• God has demonstrated love to us when we were absolutely unlovable and incapable of loving him back.

Marriage Offers a Glimpse of God’s Commitment
• In v. 31, Paul quotes Genesis 2: 31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
• There’s a leaving that’s important here.
• There’s a joining that’s important here – “becoming one flesh.”
• Commitment is a radical lifelong pursuit.

Table Discussion Questions:
• What does mutual submission mean?
• How does a Biblical marriage provide a glimpse of God’s leadership?
• Children: Why do mommy and daddy submit to one another?
• How does the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit practice mutual submission?
• How does a covenant differ from a contract?

1. The Compromising Generation (Judges 1:19-32)

2. The Lost Generation (Judges 2:10)

3. The Faithful Generation (Judges 2:8-16)

• Of the three which generation do you want to be? (Our hope is that everyone wants to be the Faithful Generation)
• What will you do tomorrow to pass your faith to the next generation?
• What can you do this year to pass on your faith to the next generation?
• What will this look like in your family?
• How will you serve ALL the children and students around you?