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Saturday July 01st, 2023
« But if you don’t want to worship the LORD, then choose here and now! Will you worship the same idols your ancestors did? Or since you’re living on land that once belonged to the Amorites, maybe you’ll worship their gods. I won’t. My family and I are going to worship and obey the LORD! »
14 Then Joshua told the people: Worship the Lord, obey him, and always be faithful. Get rid of the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived on the other side of the Euphrates River and in Egypt.
15 But if you don’t want to worship the Lord, then choose here and now! Will you worship the same idols your ancestors did? Or since you’re living on land that once belonged to the Amorites, maybe you’ll worship their gods.
I won’t.
My family and I are going to worship and obey the Lord!
For those who belong to Jesus Christ, our understanding of family life should not be dictated by social media, TV or preconceived notions.
The word of God alone provides us the template we are to model our family and home upon.
Unfortunately, a lot of people have deviated from the precepts of the Bible regarding the way things are done in their family.
In some families, children are wayward and parents don’t seem to be bothered about it.
Some fathers are irresponsible men who go about chasing after strange women, while some mothers are unforgiving, bitter and over time have become cold towards their husbands.
God definitely didn’t design homes to be like that!
We therefore need to continuously work at building holy, godly and Christ-honoring homes.
However, building a godly home requires conscious effort.
The devil doesn’t want such homes to exist, and so he puts distractions and bad examples everywhere to deter us from building our homes the way God designed it to be.
The good news is, with God, all things are possible to us who believe.
How then do we build godly homes? Psalms 34:11CEV says:
« Come, my children, listen as I teach you to respect the LORD »
The Bible says the respect of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
Parents must teach their children to honor the Lord, because the fear of God is a compass that guides families into making the right decisions and choices in life.
To fear the Lord is to acknowledge and reverence Him at all times.
A family that does not fear God will not serve Him.
A godly home requires a life of separation from the dictates of worldly norms.
Although others might be doing wrong things, you can’t and won’t do them because you are peculiar unto God.
Every day, Christian families have to draw the line and separate themselves from the increasing sinfulness and wickedness of this world.
Parents have to continuously remind their children that they are in the world but not of the world, and so they are never to behave like the children of the world.
I pray that all our homes will become godly homes in Jesus’ Name.
Application: Let your children always know that your family stands for Jesus Christ in all things.
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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