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Luke 2: ⁵Mary was engaged to Joseph and traveled with him to Bethlehem. She was soon going to have a baby, ⁶and while they were there, ⁷she gave birth to her first-born son....
    ⁴⁰The child Jesus grew. He became strong and wise, and God blessed him. ...   ⁴¹Every year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem for Passover. ⁴²And when Jesus was twelve years old, they all went there as usual for the celebration. ... ⁵¹Jesus went back to Nazareth with his parents and obeyed them. His mother kept on thinking about all that had happened. ⁵²Jesus became wise, and he grew strong. God was pleased with him and so were the people. (CEV)
1. What is wonderful about the way Jesus left His Father in Heaven and came down to visit us?

Ephesians 5: ²¹Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. (NIV)
2. How can the story of Jesus teach us to love, honor, and serve one another?

Ephesians 5: ²⁵A husband should love his wife as much as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.... (CEV)
Ephesians 5: ²²A wife should put her husband first, as she does the Lord. ... (CEV)
3. Why does our Father in Heaven consider marriage harmony so important to the family?

Ephesians 6: ⁴Parents, don't be hard on your children. Raise them properly. Teach them and instruct them about the Lord. (CEV)
4. When parents have or lack patience when training our children, what are the consequences?

Ephesians 6: ¹Children, you belong to the Lord, and you do the right thing when you obey your parents. The first commandment with a promise says, ²"Obey your father and your mother, ³and you will have a long and happy life." (CEV)
5. What are some reasons that good children enjoy obeying their parents and God?

Galatians 4: ⁶Now that we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. And his Spirit tells us that God is our Father. ⁷.... You are God's children, and you will be given what he has promised. (CEV)
Romans 8: ¹⁴Only those people who are led by God's Spirit are his children. ¹⁵.... we become his children and call him our Father.¹⁶God's Spirit makes us sure that we are his children. ¹⁷His Spirit lets us know that together with Christ we will be given what God has promised.... (CEV)
6. Tell us the way you feel about being brought into God's family and made His child.

Please study above references and questions and then add your observations and applications:
Observations                                                                     Applications
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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