📚 Lesson Highlights
1️⃣ God’s Blueprint for Obedient Children
Divine structures: the domestic home, the church home, spiritual authority
Submission leads to stability, fruitfulness, and lifelong development
God chooses your context for growth—not by accident, but by purpose
2️⃣ The Domestic Home: First Training Ground
Children thrive with loving discipline, godly example, and consistent leadership
“He is not always right, but he is always Dad”—honor leads to maturity
Parallels to spiritual family: where respect and obedience multiply impact
3️⃣ The Church Home: Spiritual Nurture
God places you under pastors and church leaders as spiritual shepherds
Acts 20:28 – Pastors are appointed to oversee and guide the flock
I Timothy 5:17 – Elders who lead well are worthy of double honor
“The Pastor is not always right—but he is always Pastor.” Submit, support, and grow with the man God has placed in your life.
4️⃣ Biblical Purpose of Church Leadership
Ephesians 4:11–12: Pastors develop, equip, and edify
Hebrews 13:17: They watch for your soul and must give account
Hebrews 13:7: Follow their faith and consider the fruit of their life
5️⃣ God Uses Ordinary People for Extraordinary Purposes
Biblical examples:
Peter – Fisher turned soul-winner and author
David – Shepherd turned king and worshipper
Esther – Orphan turned queen and deliverer
Mary Magdalene – Redeemed woman honored with first sight of the risen Christ
Who knows what God will write through your life when you submit?
6️⃣ The Path to Greatness Is Serving
Matthew 20:27–28 – Greatness comes through servanthood
John 20:21 – “As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you”
Mark 8:34–35 – Losing your life for Christ leads to ultimate fulfillment
Psalm 37:4 – Submission releases joy and divine reward
✍️ Personal Reflection Prompt
“Have I fully embraced the structures God placed in my life—or am I resisting the very things meant to grow me?”