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THE REALITY OF JESUS' "LOVE AND THE POWER OF HIS PRAYER FOR THE FAMILY"
July 2005
Why is the human family the greatest institution in the world?
Ephesians 6:1-4 gives us an ideal of how families should interact; with parents nurturing and disciplining their children in the love of Jesus and children being respectful towards their parents.
For sometime, this seems so far removed from the reality of the family life in today's society. The enemy is attacking the very fabric of our human family by creating division and discord within our homes. Paul warns us to put on the whole armour of God that we may withstand the attacks of the enemy; and to pray always.
We read the testimony of David in Psalm 101:2, "How I need your help, especially in my own home, where I long to act as I should." Your family and home is Satan's target so you need to strengthen and protect it. It's not the weeds that spring up overnight; it's the ones that grow silently that you and I need to worry about.
Weeds like:
- Television, television, television
- Spending too much time at work
- Giving yourself more to others than to your loved ones
- Not taking time to talk and listen from your heart
- Complaining about what you don't like, rather than focusing on what you do
- Forgetting the qualities that drew you together, and trying to change one another
- Thinking a different person is the answer
- Letting little things become big things
- Forgetting that the best way to get the love and support you need is by giving it to others
- Expecting from your family and partner what can only be found in God
A good family is built on Commitment, Communication and Prayer
Modicum
Hexagonal Spiritual Side Of Life
- The conversion of a soul is the work of a moment, but the making of a saint is the task of a lifetime. - Alan Redpath.
Holiness should be our aim - not an attempt to make the Lord love us, but simply because He already does.
- Never make your living at the expense of your life.
A contented mind is a continual feast.
- There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up - A J Homer
- Do you wake up in the morning, pull back the curtains and say 'Good Morning Lord!', or do you wake up and say 'Good Lord - Morning!'
- Character is what a man is in the dark - D L Moody
- To be secure in Jesus is to be radically insecure in the world - Dietrich Bonhoffer.
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