Service at CenterPoint Church
Today Pastor Jason gave us some
important guidelines about the family. The topic of his sermon
was: ”As
for me and my house we would serve the Lord.”
(Joshua 24:14-15 ESV) We are to serve the Lord only, not someone else
or even ourselves. And we must choose godly principles as the
foundation of our home because we build on the foundation of Jesus
Christ. The first thing we must remember is to Honor
God’s Design For The Family
(Matthew 3-6 NLT)...“that
at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’[a]
5 and
said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and
be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’[b]?
6 So
they are no longer two, but one flesh...God
designed marriage between one man and one woman. Our culture today
have distanced themselves from this foundational truth to appease
their flesh. But marriage is a covenant between one man and one woman
and with God.
Another
foundational truth for the family,
“Talk About The Things Of God.” In
the book of
(Deuteronomy 6:6-7 NLT) it
gave us some guidelines to follow for our own family: “(6) And
you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am
giving you today. (7) Repeat
them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are
at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and
when you are getting up.” The
Word of God, the Bible, is our map or GPS for the route our family
must follow to live a blessed life here on earth. We can have family
worship, Bible studies, pray together, talk about the godly
principles set by god for us to follow, and be a light to the world.
We are honor God in the way we conduct ourselves and how we relate to
one another. As we follow these
guidelines
and there will
be a canopy of
protection over
our family knowing that God is watching over us
with all diligence.
The
final way to honor God’s design for the family: Live What We Are
Talking About. Isaiah 29:13 NIV stated:
“(13) The
Lord says: “These
people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their
lips, but their hearts are far from me.
Their worship
of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.[a]”
The most
important commandment is to love God with all of our heart, soul
and with all our mind. Our actions always affect other people
especially those in our family. Our children are like sponges and
they soak up and absorb our words, actions and the tone we set in the
atmosphere of our homes. We must be an honest example to our family
and model after Christ so we can build a strong foundation. God knows
we are not perfect but He will guide us through His Holy Spirit on
the right path. The culture of our home will determine our children’s
future and our future. Are we building our home on the rock or are we
build our home on sinking sand?