There is an Enemy

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about,

seeking whom he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8)

There is an Enemy

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about,

seeking HOMES he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8)

There is an Enemy

S a t a n Was the anointed cherub Wanted to be God Was cast down from Heaven

Ezekiel 28:12-17Isaiah 14:12-15

There is an EnemySatanHates God.

There is an EnemySatan

Hates what God Creates.

There is an EnemySatan

Hates what God Loves.

There is an EnemySo God created man in his own image, in the

image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. (Genesis 1:27-28)

There is an Enemy

God Created and Loves the Family.

Genesis 2:18-24

There is an EnemySatan

Hates & Wants to

Destroy the Family.

There is an EnemyGod loved Adam.

Adam loved Eve.Satan Attacked their Home.

Genesis 3

There is an EnemyFIRST FAMILY PROBLEMS

Adam failed to Lead.Eve took the Lead.

Genesis 3

There is an EnemySatan Successfully

Divided the Home.Genesis 3

There is an EnemyFrom one bite to the next

there was division between Adam & Eve.

Genesis 3

There is an EnemySeparation from God

Shame, Blame&

No more the Same.

Genesis 3

There is an EmergencyThe HOME is the

Foundation of Truth and Knowledge of God.

There is an EmergencyAnd thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all

thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. (Deuteronomy 6:5-7)

There is an Emergency

A Child should not have to come to Church to be

introduced to God.

There is an Emergency

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4)

There is an Emergency

And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. (Judges 2:10)

There is an Emergency

Even though 80 percent could name the ingredients of a Big Mac only 6 in 10 could name the sixth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill.” 2007 “Ten Commandments Survey of Americans.

There is an Emergency

Most of the participants in the Kelton Research survey recalled the names of the four Beatles but many could not recall one single commandment. 2007 “Ten Commandments Survey of Americans.

There is an Emergency

And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. (Judges 2:10)

There is an Emergency

A Gallup poll in 2000 revealed that only 33% of Americans knew that Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount. Many answered that it was Billy Graham.

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According to a 2009 Census report, 13.9 million single parents were raising 21.8 million children.

63%There is an Emergency

Of youth suicides are from fatherless homes.

71%There is an Emergency

Of high school dropouts are from fatherless homes.

85%There is an Emergency

Of children with behavioral disorders are from fatherless homes.

70%There is an Emergency

Of incarcerated juveniles are from fatherless homes.

There is an Emergency

And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. (Judges 2:10)

Children from low income, intact families

are twice as likely to be high achievers than

those from high income broken homes.

There is an Emergency

47%There is an Emergency

Of children in low income families in Michigan have been exposed to domestic violence.

25%There is an Emergency

Of women have been victims of domestic

violence.

37%There is an Emergency

Of women visiting an emergency room for

violence were victims of domestic violence.

8%There is an Emergency

Of men have reported being victims of

domestic violence.

A British study revealed that 1/6

girls begins puberty by age 8 and ½ by age 10!

There is an Emergency

“Girls are now having sex before their great-great-

grandmothers had their first

period.”

There is an Emergency

The study concluded that the primary cause was the absence of a warm, positive

relationship with their fathers.

There is an Emergency

There is an Emergency

Faith and the Family go hand in hand.

20.4%There is an Emergency

Attended church in 1990

19.8%There is an Emergency

Attended church in 2000

1990-2000

4%There is an Emergency

Decrease in Sandusky County

1990-2000

11%There is an Emergency

Of Americans will attend church by 2050

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There is an Emergency

And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. (Judges 2:10)

There is an Energy

And He (Jesus) shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. (Luke 1:17)

There is an Energy

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Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. (Psalms 127:1)

There is an Emergency

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There is an Emergency

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