Discipleship Training Course

PHASE 1 – TAKE THE JOURNEY
The Father created family
Godhead represents a heavenly family unit, Father Son
Spirit.
God then created man in His own image, male and
female (Gen 1:27).
God instructed them to multiply and fill the earth with this
type of family (Gen 1:28).
God instituted the marriage covenant as one of the most
important relationships for mankind.
God wanted to ensure that children were born into and
belonged to a secure and loving family.
God„s intention was that earthly fathers would express His
character in their families.
God intended the family environment to be a place where
a child‟s character, beliefs and value system would be
shaped by loving parents, especially the father.
The Father protects family
Satan‟s strategy is to destroy families, because he knows that
God intended earthly families to reflect His nature. If Satan
can succeed in breaking the covenant between husband
and wife, he can also cause great damage to the children
involved, and with that break a generations view of the Father
There is a major attack by Satan on earthly fathers, because
earthly fathers represent our heavenly Father.
The destruction of a family unit could be the start of a cycle
where generations of children grow up as ungodly offspring.
When the pattern of divorce or separation repeats itself in
successive generations, the distortion of the father image is
multiplied.
An accumulated distortion of the father image can cause a
curse upon a land, as a fatherless generation is established.
Such a generation of orphans does not have a healthy sense
of identity, security and purpose
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