A Titus 2 Woman: Lesson 9

Called To Be God’s Woman: A Titus 2 Woman

Lesson 9 -Titus 2:4, 5

A Young Woman’s Priorities: Behold the Manner of Love:

Part I - Loving As Our Father Loves

Question 1 – Why do you think the aged woman is instructed to teach a young

woman to love her husband, her children? Isn’t this something that comes naturally?

Question 2 – What does come natural based on 2 Timothy 3:1-7?

Question 3 – Why do you think it is important to love God first?

Question 4 – Seeking out what some of the things God’s love is to us:

FILL-IN in class:

God’s love doesn’t depend on _________________________________

God’s love doesn’t __________________________________________

God’s love is _______________________________________________

God’s love is not ____________________________________________

God’s love is _______________________________________________

God’s love is ____________________________________– I John 3:16

God’s love is _______________________________________________

God’s love makes ___________________________________________

Question 5 – Taking each question separately, list in which ways our love for God is revealed in our:

- Prayer life? Ephesians 6:18

- Faith? 2 Corinthians 5:7

- Trials and testings? Daily Living? I Corinthians 13:4a; Habakkuk 2:3

- Among believers? I John 3:10-11; 16-18

Part II – Manifesting God’s Love: Submission

In preparation for the Question 6 discussion, read Ephesians 5:22-24; 31; 33.

Question 6 – Class discussion. Ponder these ‘wife’ scenarios and be ready to share your thoughts on these possible situations. On what are you basing your thoughts/ answer?

I - Among believing women, what is a wife supposed to do if the husband is not a believer? What if he is a believer and is not walking the walk? Or perhaps he is not in his Word and not growing. What about the husband that may be backslidden and stops going to church altogether. What does the wife do then?

II - What if the husband is not taking charge as head of the home? What then should be the wife’s response? What about home devotions, who should be leading them? What about home-schooling: should the husband be in charge of the children’s education or should the wife take charge of this?

III - What if a husband asks his wife for her input, her advise in a matter. Perhaps there is a discussion and he listens to what she has to say, and ultimately makes a decision which is opposite to her advice. In fact, she may feel he never takes her advice. What should be her response to her husband if he doesn’t take her advice? Should she bring it up again? How should she respond when he, at some future time, asks her advice again?

Question 7 – From Titus 2:5, what do you think a “keeper at home” is? What do you think would be a good motivation for fulfilling the duties as a homemaker, that is, to not procrastinate?

Question 8 – How did these Biblical mothers show love for their children?

Exodus 2:3

I Samuel 2:19

I Kings 3:26

Isaiah 49:15

Matthew 15:22

John 19:25

Question 9 – APPLICATION: From I Corinthians 13:4-8a we find a description of Biblical love and how it manifests itself. Take some journal notes for yourself of how or when you would need to exercise love in adverse situations.

Question 10 – Class Discussion - What are some of the concerns of as a mother?

Ponder some of these ‘mother’ scenarios and be ready to share your thoughts on these possible situations. On what are you basing your thoughts/answers?

- Can we stop feeling guilty about mistakes we may make in raising children?

- What to do as a mother when you have to choose between God and family?

- Concerning home schooling, does it matter who is the primary educator?

- Concerning family devotions, if the mother is the primary home school educator, should she also be the primary family devotions leader? Are there exceptions to your answer?

- How does a mother juggle mothering, church and ministry? To what extent and how important is it for the children to be involved in the parent’s church ministry?

Question 11 – From verse 5, what should be our motivation, our purpose, our conviction for being the women God has called us to be?

Question 12 – Why should the “word of God” not be “blasphemed”?

BONUS SELF-EXERCISE

Read Proverbs 3 and next to the verses, jot down in your journal all the direction you find given to us by God regarding children.