Fight For Your Family

Pastor Jamie Wright * MFC * September 18, 2005

Satan will do everything in his power to tear down the walls of spiritual protection around those you love. As a father of 3 I am concerned for what the future holds for my children and yours. We must stand up and fight!

What kind of nation will be left for future generations? Will we settle for a place where the slaughter of millions of unborn children is accepted or a country that denies born again believer’s the right to public display of faith? That isn’t good enough for the Wright Family!

Today, I step into the ring. I will no longer sit in the shadows waiting for our children and families to be destroyed. I am rolling up my sleeves, putting on my gloves and I am going to begin the FIGHT FOR MY FAMILY!

Nehemiah 4:14 NLT Then as I looked over the situation, I called together the leaders and all the people and said to them, “Don’t be afraid of the enemy! Remember the Lord, who is great and glorious, and go fight for your friends, your families (sons and daughters, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, even your in-laws) and your homes!

Have you looked over the situation?

Half of all marriages end in divorce, even among Born again believers

Drug use in middle school students is on the rise

The average age of sexual activity is 11-12

According to Dr. Dobson’s Focus on the Family, children see violence, rape, adultery, burglary, drug use, and vulgar language on prime TV on a regular basis.

Teen pregnancy is still an epidemic. Teen suicide still happens (avg. age 15)

Don’t be afraid of the enemy!

He is not all powerful

He will not and does not win in the end

He must flee when you rebuke him

He is under our feet.

Remember the Lord!

He is great

He is glorious

He is all powerful

He is all knowing

Fight for your families and your homes!

1Timothy 6:12 NLT Fight the good fight for what we believe in…

If you won’t stand and fight for what you believe in you will fall for anything!

Ephesians 6:12 NLT we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world, and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms.

Is anybody ready to stand and fight for their family?

HOW DO WE FIGHT FOR OUR FAMILY?

1. We must become GUARDIANS for our families!

A guardian is one who protects, one who guards over and against.

Guard your children, your spouse, your relatives and loved ones. Be a shield!

BEER Story- My dad and now I am a dad. Matthew

1 Timothy 5:8 Mes Any one who neglects to care for family members, he has denied the Christian faith and is worse than an unbeliever. (KJV)

What do I guard them against-?

Millions of filthy porn sites on the internet

The ungodly fashion of the secular world. Boys should look like boys and little girls should look like, act like talk like and dress like little girls.

The counterfeit for true worship the devil calls MUSIC

The hundreds maybe even thousands of predators, and unregistered sex offenders of our land

Is anybody ready to stand and fight for their family?

2. We must stand up as DEFENDERS for the family!

A defender is one is a supporter, an advocate or fan of

I defend the traditional family values of the Word of God

God created Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve or Eve and Edna for one another.

The family is made up of a man and a woman who have left father and mother are cleaving to one another and becoming ONE! That is the biblical definition of marriage.

I defend that definition. I stand up as an advocate, supporter and fan of a traditional home.

America is in trouble-

Homosexual live styles are being widely accepted even to the point that so called churches are voting to accept them in their pulpits.

Bi-sexuals, swingers, partner swapping…it is an abomination!

The enemy is hurling things at the church at a record astonishing pace. We as Christians, God fearing, Bible believing, Holy Spirit breathing believers must defend our families from the attack of Apolyon

The men and woman of old fought for their families. I believe it is time we do the same and defend the HOME!

Moses fought and delivered his family from bondage

Noah protected his family from the flood

Joseph provided for his family during famine

David killed giants preserving his brother’s lives

Esther’s one night with the King saved an entire nation

Abraham fought to free Lot (his nephew) from captivity