Message Outline

The Power of Stay

Power Family

Pastor Jonathan Stockstill
Sunday, Feb 25, 2024

Genesis 12:2–3 (NLT) — 2 I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. 3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”

2 Samuel 7:16 (NLT) — 16 Your house and your kingdom will continue before me for all time, and your throne will be secure forever.’ ”

Three Power Words for Power Couples

1. Stay TOGETHER

  1. Acts 18:1–3 (NLT) — 1 Then Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 There he became acquainted with a Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently arrived from Italy with his wife, Priscilla. They had left Italy when Claudius Caesar deported all Jews from Rome. 3 Paul lived and worked with them, for they were tentmakers just as he was.
  2. Genesis 2:24 (NLT) — 24 This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
  3. Together in Proximity
  4. Together in Possessions
  5. Together in Intimacy
  6. Together in Decisions

2. Stay TRUE

  1. Romans 16:3–5 (NLT) — 3 Give my greetings to Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in the ministry of Christ Jesus. 4 In fact, they once risked their lives for me. I am thankful to them, and so are all the Gentile churches. 
  2. To our covenant
  3. To our exclusivity
  4. To our pursuit

3. Stay TENDER

  1. Acts 18:26 (NLT) — 26 When Priscilla and Aquila heard him preaching boldly in the synagogue, they took him aside and explained the way of God even more accurately.
  2. In grace and empathy
  3. In attitude
  4. In words

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