PRIORITIES
JESUS AS LORD:
There are two words for Lord in the Greek- kurios
meaning ownership, power over, controller, belonging to the Lord and
despotes meaning absolute ruler, master,
possessor of supreme authority.
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Lord of the harvest-Matthew
9:30
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Lord of Sabbath-Matthew
12:5
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Lord of First
Day-Revelation 1:10
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Lord of demons-Matthew
8:16; I John 4:4
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Lord of wind and
waves-Matthew 8:27
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Lord of resurrection-John
5:21
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Lord of sickness-Matthew
8:16
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Lord of heaven and
earth-Matthew 18:18
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Lord of salvation-Acts 2:21
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Lord of the Word-Acts 8:25
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Lord of living and
dead-Romans 14:9
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Lord of glory-I Corinthians
2:8
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Lord of Supper and Table-I
Corinthians 11:20-21
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Lord of death, sin and
grave-I Corinthians 15:55-57
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Lord of beginning and
ending, the first and last-Revelations 1:8
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Lord God-John20:28
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Lord of all-Acts 10:36
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Lord of Lords-Revelation
17:14; 19:16; I Timothy 6:15
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Worthy is the Lamb to
receive power, riches, wisdom, strength, honor, glory and
blessing-Revelation 5:11-14
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Jesus
Christ the same yesterday, today and forever-Hebrews 13:8
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Not everyone that saith
Lord, Lord but he that doeth the will of my Father.-Matthew
7:21-23
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Confess that Jesus is
Lord-Romans 10:9
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No man can say that Jesus
Christ is Lord but by the Holy Spirit.-I Corinthians 12:3
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Make Him Lord in your
hearts-I Peter 3:15
FAMILY:
Mates
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Therefore as the church is
subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands
in everything.-Ephesians 5:24
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Husbands, love your wives,
even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for
it.-Ephesians 5:25
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Sought men to love their
wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth
himself.-Ephesians 5:28
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Wives submit yourselves
unto your own husbands as it is fit in the Lord.-Colossians
3:18
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Husbands, love your wives,
and be not bitter against them-Colossians 3:19
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Teach
the younger women are to love their husbands
-Titus 2:4
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Wives, be in subjection to
your own husbands.-I Peter 3:1-6
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Husbands,
dwell with your wives according to knowledge.-I Peter 3:7
Children
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Train up a child in the
way he should go: and when he is old he will not depart from
it. Proverbs 22:6
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Withhold not correction
from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall
not die.
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Fathers, provoke not your
children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4
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Bishop: on that ruleth
well his own house, having his children in subjection with all
gravity. I Timothy 3:1-5
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Elders: faithful children
Titus 1:6
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Women to love their
children
Titus 2:4
Parents
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Honor thy father and mother; which is the
first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee,
and thou mayest live long on the earth. Ephesians 6:2-3; Exodus
10:12
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If any widow have children
or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to
requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before
God. I Timothy 5:4
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But if any provide not for
his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath
denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. I Timothy 5:8
Body of Christ
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Christ also
loved the church, and gave Himself for it. Ephesians 5:25
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So
we, being many are one body in Christ, and every one members one
of another. Romans 12:5
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Christ
is the head of the body, the church. Colossians 1:18
Ministry
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We
(apostles) will give ourselves continually to the ministry.
Acts 6:4
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The
ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus. Acts 20:24
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Having
then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us,
whether ministry, let us wait on our ministering. Romans 12:6-7
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They
addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints. I
Corinthians 16:15
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Work of the ministry for the edifying of the
body of Christ Ephesians 4:12
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Take
heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord that
thou fulfill it. Galatians 4:17
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Ruleth
well his own house, take care of the church of God.
Vocation/work/labor
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So
laboring ye ought to support the weak. Acts 20:35
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Walk
worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called. Ephesians 4:1
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Let
him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good that
he may have to give to him that needeth. Ephesians 4:28
Recreation, etc.
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Exercise thyself rather
unto godliness. For bodily exercise profiteth little: but
godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the
life that now is, and of that which is come.
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