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Teaching Proverbs 2:16–19 to Your Family | Do They Know to Avoid the Forbidden? — Key Takeaways

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Teaching Proverbs 2:16–19 to Your Family | Do They Know to Avoid the Forbidden?

Be Courageous Ministry19mSep 28, 2026

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Take five minutes to pray before entering your home so you can shed work distractions and be fully present with your family, modeling spiritual leadership your children will seek in their own future spouses.

Key takeaways

Teach children about adultery and other hard topics before the world does

Teach children about adultery and other hard topics before the world does

  • Speaker reads Proverbs 2:16-19 unskipped with his kids, including the forbidden woman passage
  • "I don't want them to hear the word adultery for the first time in a public place"

Pause 5 minutes before entering your home to pray for presence and reset

Pause 5 minutes before entering your home to pray for presence and reset

  • Pray specifically: be present, see wife's needs, discern children's hearts, not be distracted
  • Do this in the car or before your last work task — entrust worries to God before entering

Your body is a temple because the Holy Spirit dwells in it — not your own

Your body is a temple because the Holy Spirit dwells in it — not your own

  • When you believe in Jesus, the Holy Spirit takes residence in your body, making it sacred
  • This means intimacy is reserved for marriage; the world's view that bodies are ours leads to emptiness

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In this video

  1. 1mIntroduction and the Challenge of Distraction
  2. 3mThe Prayer Acronym and Teaching Proverbs
  3. 4mWhy Serious Bible Topics Belong in Family Study
  4. 6mWisdom Against Hasty Decisions and Lies
  5. 8mThe Forbidden Woman and Guarding Relationships
  6. 10mTeaching the Marriage Vision to Children
  7. 12mAnswering Tough Questions Proactively
  8. 13mProverbs 2:18-19 and the Body as God's Temple
  9. 15mThe World's View Versus God's Design
  10. 17mPrevinex Sponsor Segment

“I don't want them to hear the word 'adultery' for the first time in a public place without hearing it from their father first.”

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