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“My House Is Not For Sale” Home Sweet Home Joshua 24: 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. 2

"MY HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE" n A NATION WITH OUT GOD. . . Breeds Lawless people 1 Tim 1: 9 Breeds Sin…. Israel as a nation Ez 9: 6, Eccl 12: 14 Breeds a People with no Moral Convictions Jer 12: 17, Jer 5: 4, Look around Us Today, What does it remind You Of ? Genesis 6: 5 -6 3

"MY HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE" n "AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE. . . . “ WHAT IS YOUR HOME LIKE ? Pollute ye my holy name no more 1 Kings 18: 21, Eze 20: 39 Walk in all his Ways Deut 10: 12 Serve him in Truth 1 Sam 12: 24, Prov 3: 5 We Trust in the living God 1 Tim 4: 10, 1 Tim 6: 17 4

"MY HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE" n A HOME STARTS OUT WITH PLANNING Courtship, Marriage and Children Gen 29: 18 -20 We are all to be Holy in Christ Eph 5: 1 -2, Eph 5: 21 -25, 28 -33 Findeth a good thing Pro 18: 22, 1 Tim 5: 14, Lam 3: 27, Eccl 11: 9 5

"MY HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE" n HOME IS A PLACE OF INSTRUCTION. . Teach us of His Ways Micah 4: 2, Prov 4: 1 -8 Guidance from Parents, faithful Servants 2 Tim 1: 5, 1 Sam 1: 1 -28 True Faithfulness in Marriage Luke 2: 36 -38, Gen 2: 24, Malachi 2: 14, Gen 2: 18, 1 Cor 7: 2, Heb 13: 4 6

"MY HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE" n A HOME IS NOT TO BE POLLUTED. . . Our House Can Be Polluted Prov 14: 11, Jer 7: 30 Home is not to turn to other gods. . Ez 8: 16, 1 Joh 5: 21, 1 Cor 10: 14 Eli was not A Good Father. . . 1 Sam 3: 13, Duty of Fathers, Mothers and Children. . Eph 6: 1 -4, Deut 6: 4 -9, 7

"MY HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE" n n n REWARDS FOR OBEDIENCE IN SERVING GOD Labour is not in vain in the Lord 1 Cor 15: 58 Him will my Father Honour John 12: 26 Receive a Reward Col 3: 24 A Kingdom which can not be Moved Heb 12: 28 Contains a Register of the Saints Luke 10: 20 Room for all Believers John 14: 2 8

"MY HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE" n n n Deuteronomy 10: 12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 1 Cor 3: 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? Gal 2: 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 9

A HAPPY HOME RECIPE 4 cups of love 2 cups of loyalty 3 cups forgiveness 1 cup of friendship 5 spoons of hope 2 spoons of tenderness 4 quarts of faith 1 barrel of laughter Take love and loyalty, mix it thoroughly with faith. Blend it with tenderness, kindness and understanding. Add friendship and hope, sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it with sunshine. Serve daily with generous helpings. 10

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