Class One - God's Order for the Family
Pastor James Nichols uses multiple scriptures to discuss God’s order for the family: What does both male and female teach us about God’s image? What does creation tell us aboutGod’s structure of organization? What is the difference between organization and relationship? What is the principle of inheritance? How is leading a family practice for leading the kingdom? How does testimony become influence?
James Nichols
Class Two - War on the Family: How Sin Messes It Up!
Pastor James Nichols uses multiple scriptures to teach us how to overcome when our families are targeted by the enemy: What tools has satan been using against us since the fall? How is the enemy attacking the family through fathers? How is the enemy attacking the family through mothers? What is the number one source of conflict in the home? What isGod’s plan for the family?
James Nichols
Class Three - Husbands & Wives: Establishing a Family on Covenant
Pastor James Nichols uses multiple scriptures to teach us how to build a covenant family: What was God’s covenant with Noah? Abraham’s covenant with Melchizedek teaches us what lesson? What is the purpose of a covenant? The difference in building a spiritual home and a physical home. What five parts of the marriage covenant speaks of Christ’s covenant with HisChurch?
James Nichols
Class Four - Building a House of Honor
Pastor James Nichols uses multiple scriptures as he teaches us how to build a house that honors God: What is the true meaning of honor? How do we teach our children honor, when dishonor is all around them? Should honor be based on position or performance? How does honor build a stronger foundation than human “love”? What signs of honor have we lost in society? What are some demonstrations of honor?
Lance Johnson
Class Five - He Won't Lead; She Won't Follow
Pastor James Nichols uses multiple scriptures as he teaches us how to deal with common marital challenges:How God created man and woman to be One. Are you playing the blame game? You cannot lead while placing blame elsewhere. What does God say about how men should lead? How can men lead emotionally? What motivates women to resist being led? Are women, unknowingly, tearing down their own house? How does the wise woman build? What is the power of unity?
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Class Six - Talk to Me! Losing and Establishing Communication
Pastor James Nichols uses multiple scriptures as he teaches us how to establish and maintain good communication: Is there an art to communication? Do we each have our own patterns of communications? How does bad communications affect our children? How does communication reveal our hearts? How does the enemy use our words against us? What are the three main levels of communication? How can positive communication build back that which the negative destroyed? What are the key points to good communication? We cannot teach something we do not have ourselves.
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Class Seven - Training Them Up
PastorJames Nichols uses multiple scriptures as he teaches us how to “train up achild”: These principles applyto many areas in life, not only in raising children. What does it mean to be a living testimony? How can we teach our children obedience in today’sworld? Our personal evaluation of ourchildren may be tainted. Does ourparenting stop when they are grown? Does our lack of healing show up in ourparenting? Remember, our job is toprepare them for life, not make them happy.
James Nichols
Class Eight - The Voice of Authority: Permissiveness is Not Love
Pastor James uses multiple scriptures as he teaches us how to overcome permissiveness and use authority appropriately: Teaching Children to value instruction. How do wet each our children to listen to the governing voice in their life? How do boundaries create security? Should trust be age based? How to determine an accident vs intentional? How do we make sure they understand the instruction? What is the difference between punishment and correction? How does honoring your voice make it easier for them to obey God’s voice?
James Nichols
Class Nine - Releasing Healing in Your Home: Responding to the Children
Pastor James Nichols uses multiple scriptures as he teaches us how to release healing in your home: What is the definition of trauma? Some trauma will be beyond our control, so how we respond can make all the difference. What is our assignment following a traumatic event? How do we create an atmosphere of security? How does consistency develop trust? What steps should we take to create a spiritual strategy to trauma?
James Nichols