The
Spirit-
Filled
Family

Holy Wisdom
to Build
Happy Homes

Jack W. Hayford

with

Rebecca Hayford Bauer

THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS

Nashville

DEDICATION

This, the third series of Spirit-Filled Life

Study Guides, is dedicated to the

memory of

Dr. Roy H. Hicks, Jr.

(1944–1994)

one of God’s “men for all seasons,”

faithful in the Word, mighty in the Spirit,

leading the multitudes into the love of God

and the worship of His Son, Jesus Christ.

Unto Christ’s glory and in Roy’s memory,

we will continue to sing:

Praise the name of Jesus,

Praise the name of Jesus,

He’s my Rock, He’s my Fortress,

He’s my Deliverer, in Him will I trust.

Praise the name of Jesus,

Words by Roy Hicks, Jr. copyright 1976 Latter Rain Music. All rights administered by The Sparrow Corporation. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

The Spirit-Filled Family:

Holy Wisdom to Build Happy Homes

Copyright 1994 by Jack W. Hayford

Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

All rights reserved. Written permission must be secured from

the publisher to use or reproduce any part of this book

except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles.

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the

New King James Version of the Bible, 1979, 1980, 1982,

Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers

CONTENTS

About the General Editor/About the Writer
The Keys That Keep on Freeing
	Part One: The Foundation of the Family
Lesson 1:	What Is a Family?
Lesson 2:	Fatherhood, Brotherhood, and Your Place in the Family
Lesson 3:	The Covenant of Marriage—Part 1
Lesson 4:	The Covenant of Marriage—Part 2
	Part Two: The Function of the Family
Lesson 5:	Role of a Husband
Lesson 6:	Role of a Wife
Lesson 7:	The Place of Children in a Family
Lesson 8:	Biblical Parenting
Lesson 9:	The Way of Family Discipline
	Part Three: The Fulfillment of the Family
Lesson 10:	Families Filled with Love
Lesson 11:	Forgiveness—Love in Action
Lesson 12:	Sex Is God’s Idea
Lesson 13:	Spiritual Life of a Family

The Spirit-Filled Family: Holy Wisdom to Build Happy Homes is one of a series of study guides that focus exciting, discovery-geared coverage of Bible book and power themes—all prompting toward dynamic, Holy Spirit-filled living.

About the Executive Editor

JACK W. HAYFORD, noted pastor, teacher, writer, and composer, is the Executive Editor of the complete series, working with the publisher in the conceiving and developing of each of the books.

Dr. Hayford is Senior Pastor of The Church On The Way, the First Foursquare Church of Van Nuys, California. He and his wife, Anna, have four married children, all of whom are active in either pastoral ministry or vital church life. As Executive Editor of the Spirit-Filled Life Bible, Pastor Hayford led a four-year project, which has resulted in the availability of one of today’s most practical and popular study Bibles. He is author of more than twenty books, including A Passion for Fullness, The Beauty of Spiritual Language, Rebuilding the Real You, and Prayer Is ...