God has given us strong bulwarks for our good. n When God provides then it is sufficient! (Ps 68: 10 -12, 18 -19)
God has given us strong bulwarks for our good. n Psalm 68: 10 -12 (NKJV) - Your congregation dwelt in it; You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor. 11 The Lord gave the word; Great was the company of those who proclaimed it: 12 “Kings of armies flee, they flee, And she who remains at home divides the spoil.
God has given us strong bulwarks for our good. n Psalm 68: 18 -19 (NKJV) - You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, Even from the rebellious, That the LORD God might dwell there. 19 Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation! Selah
God has given us strong bulwarks for our good. n Our greatest need is to see life as God does.
God has given us strong bulwarks for our good. n When we do that, then we will understand our need of help and our need of teaching.
God has given us strong bulwarks for our good. When we do that, then we will understand our need of help and our need of teaching. n Satan is also aware of God’s provisions and works hard to deny men access. n
God has given us strong bulwarks for our good. When we do that, then we will understand our need of help and our need of teaching. n Satan is also aware of God’s provisions and works hard to deny men access. n Satan cannot defeat God’s word once implanted in the heart. (1 Jn 2: 14) n
God has given us strong bulwarks for our good. n 1 John 2: 14 (NKJV) - I have written to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked one.
God has given us strong bulwarks for our good. n Satan tries successfully to deny men access. (Lk 8: 11 -12; 2 Cor 4: 3 -4)
God has given us strong bulwarks for our good. n Luke 8: 11 -12 (NKJV) - “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
God has given us strong bulwarks for our good. n 2 Corinthians 4: 3 -4 (NKJV) - But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
God has given us strong bulwarks for our good. n Sadly, many Christians let Satan deny them access to the bulwark of a godly home. This has always been a curse for God’s people. (Judges 2: 7 -12)
God has given us strong bulwarks for our good. n Judges 2: 7 -12 (NKJV) - So the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD which He had done for Israel. 8 Now Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died when he was one hundred and ten years old.
God has given us strong bulwarks for our good. n 9 And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Heres, in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash. 10 When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the LORD nor the work which He had done for Israel.
God has given us strong bulwarks for our good. n 11 Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baals; 12 and they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; and they followed other gods from among the gods of the people who were all around them, and they bowed down to them; and they provoked the LORD to anger.
The Home is a place of serving n We should not be surprised that the home reflects the nature of God! (Mt 20: 25 -28)
The Home is a place of serving n Matthew 20: 25 -28 (NKJV) - But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. 26 Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. 27 And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave—
The Home is a place of serving n 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. ”
The Home is a place of serving n The world cannot understand the value of denying self.
The Home is a place of serving The world cannot understand the value of denying self. n Many enter the marriage relationship like a contact between two distrustful businesses seeking to gain an advantage. (Ex. Prenuptial) n
The Home is a place of serving n Many reject God’s plan because they have seen Satan’s plan and think it is the same! (Ex. Feminist visit to our services, “Patriarchal”)
The Home is a place of serving Many reject God’s plan because they have seen Satan’s plan and think it is the same! (Ex. Feminist visit to our services, “Patriarchal”) n The husband wife look to meet the needs of the other. (Gen 2: 18) n
The Home is a place of serving n Genesis 2: 18 (NKJV) - And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him. ”
The Home is a place of serving n As the head the husband is the leader, but what kind of leader? (Eph 5: 23 -25)
The Home is a place of serving n Ephesians 5: 23 -25 (NKJV) - For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. 24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
The Home is a place of serving n If things are not going well in my home, the buck stops with me!
The Home is a place of serving If things are not going well in my home, the buck stops with me! n A good leader must listen and find the real needs of those under him. n
The Home is a place of serving If things are not going well in my home, the buck stops with me! n A good leader must listen and find the real needs of those under him. n Have you ever worked for a boss that would not listen? n
The Home is a place of serving If things are not going well in my home, the buck stops with me! n A good leader must listen and find the real needs of those under him. n Have you ever worked for a boss that would not listen? n What is your mate struggling with right now? Do you have a plan to help and provide? n
The Home is a place of serving n Are you too busy for your home? What kind of servant are you?
The Home is a place of serving Are you too busy for your home? What kind of servant are you? n The wife, while not the head, has the same goal of serving. (Eph 5: 33) n
The Home is a place of serving n Ephesians 5: 33 (NKJV) - Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
The Home is a place of serving n Some have been overcome by depression and have become “ego-centered”. The whole world revolves around their personal needs.
The Home is a place of serving Some have been overcome by depression and have become “ego-centered”. The whole world revolves around their personal needs. n Have we forgotten this goal? n
The Home is a place of serving Some have been overcome by depression and have become “ego-centered”. The whole world revolves around their personal needs. n Have we forgotten this goal? n Ask yourself some serious questions. n
The Home is a place of serving Some have been overcome by depression and have become “ego-centered”. The whole world revolves around their personal needs. n Have we forgotten this goal? n Ask yourself some serious questions. n Some do things in entering their marriage that makes this goal unlikely. n
The Home is a place of teaching n The primary teaching of my children is done in the home. (Deut 6: 7 -10; Eph 6: 4)
The Home is a place of teaching n Deuteronomy 6: 7 -10 (NKJV) - You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
The Home is a place of teaching n 10 “So it shall be, when the LORD your God brings you into the land of which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities which you did not build,
The Home is a place of teaching n Ephesians 6: 4 (NKJV) - And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
The Home is a place of teaching n There are great things that can be taught in a bible class that meets twice a week. Sadly, that is where many children learn what they will learn.
The Home is a place of teaching There are great things that can be taught in a bible class that meets twice a week. Sadly, that is where many children learn what they will learn. n Many “raised in the church” have learned from the assemblies alone. The church must not supplant the home! n
The Home is a place of teaching n Many within the church do not posses a biblical faith and therefore do not know how to instill it.
The Home is a place of teaching n “God has no grandchildren. ” How often do you talk with your children about the nature of God? (Heb 11: 6, Josh 4: 6 -9)
The Home is a place of teaching n Hebrews 11: 6 (NKJV) - But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
The Home is a place of teaching n Joshua 4: 6 -9 (NKJV) - that this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you? ’ 7 Then you shall answer them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever. ”
The Home is a place of teaching n 8 And the children of Israel did so, just as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the midst of the Jordan, as the LORD had spoken to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
The Home is a place of teaching n 9 Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.
The Home is a place of teaching n Some of the worst influences to building a biblical faith to my children have been children of other Christians!
The Home is a place of teaching Some of the worst influences to building a biblical faith to my children have been children of other Christians! n Moving to Virginia has brought enormous blessings to our home. n
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n We need a place to go to be built up when we are hurting. If I was hurting I would call out for “daddy” or “mama!”
The Home is a place to heal and to grow We need a place to go to be built up when we are hurting. If I was hurting I would call out for “daddy” or “mama!” n It is not just a place but it is people who will help us heal. (Heb 12: 12 -13) n
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n Hebrews 12: 12 -13 (NKJV) - Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n In my home my occasion for hurting was also an occasion to gain wisdom! (Prov 1: 8, 10, 15; 2: 1)
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n Proverbs 1: 8 (NKJV) - My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n Proverbs 1: 10 (NKJV) - My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n Proverbs 1: 15 (NKJV) - My son, do not walk in the way with them, Keep your foot from their path;
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n Proverbs 2: 1 (NKJV) - My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you,
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n Sometimes the hurting came from my parents so that I might learn! (Heb 12: 9 -11)
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n Hebrews 12: 9 -11 (NKJV) - Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness.
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n 11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n Have we forgotten this purpose of the home?
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n I have seen mothers talk publicly about their children in front of them in inappropriate ways. Some have instilled failure and not faith! (Prov 11: 29)
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n Proverbs 11: 29 (NKJV) - He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind, And the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n There is no place for uncontrolled anger, harsh words and intimidation in the home. (Prov 17: 1; 21: 9; 25: 24)
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n Proverbs 17: 1 (NKJV) - Better is a dry morsel with quietness, Than a house full of feasting with strife.
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n Proverbs 21: 9 (NKJV) - Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n Proverbs 25: 24 (NKJV) - It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
The Home is a place to heal and to grow n Some of the most humbling lessons have come from seeing the fruits of these kinds of homes “in the church. ”
The Home is an introduction to God n It is true that a child’s first impression of what his Heavenly Father is like comes from his earthly father.
The Home is an introduction to God It is true that a child’s first impression of what his Heavenly Father is like comes from his earthly father. n Does this message sink in with you as a parent? What does my child see? n
The Home is an introduction to God It is true that a child’s first impression of what his Heavenly Father is like comes from his earthly father. n Does this message sink in with you as a parent? What does my child see? n Hopefully he will see a humble person seeking to be taught of God and in turn leading the way to heaven for his family. (1 Cor 4: 15 -16; 11: 1) n
The Home is an introduction to God n 1 Corinthians 4: 15 -16 (NKJV) - For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Therefore I urge you, imitate me.
The Home is an introduction to God n 1 Corinthians 11: 1 (NKJV) - Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.
The Home is an introduction to God n Satan seeks to pervert the image of the one true God.
The Home is an introduction to God n Just like the dishonest politician, he tries to lie about what God is like. (Jn 8: 44)
The Home is an introduction to God n John 8: 44 (NKJV) - You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
The Home is an introduction to God n Do you have these kinds of conversations with your children? Do you ever talk about the character of God? If you won’t then Satan will.
The Home is an introduction to God Do you have these kinds of conversations with your children? Do you ever talk about the character of God? If you won’t then Satan will. n When good things come into our home, I try to talk about God. Is your home a house of praise? (Ps 28: 6 -7) n
The Home is an introduction to God n Psalm 28: 6 -7 (NKJV) - Blessed be the LORD, Because He has heard the voice of my supplications! 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him.
The Home is an introduction to God n What is the driving purpose of your home?
The Home is an introduction to God n It is never too late to start over. God will help you and so will your spiritual family!
The Home is an introduction to God It is never too late to start over. God will help you and so will your spiritual family! n Let each of us make our homes a taste of heaven! n
The Home is an introduction to God It is never too late to start over. God will help you and so will your spiritual family! n Let each of us make our homes a taste of heaven! n Where does a strong church come from? …elders come from? n
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