7 October 2019 Open Heaven for Today - As For Me And My House

Open Heaven 7 October 2019: [Monday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – As For Me And My House

AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE – Monday October 7^th 2019

Memorise: 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. Joshua 24:15

Read: Joshua 24:14-15 (KJV)

¹⁴ Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.

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.

 Bible in one year: 1^st Chronicles 16:17, Revelation 2:18-3:6, Hymn: Sing hymn 16

Message:-

For those who belong to Jesus Christ, our understanding of family life should not be dictated by social media, TV or preconceived notions.

7 October 2019 Open Heaven for Today - As For Me And My House

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-honouring 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.

Open Heaven 7 October 2019: [Monday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – As For Me And My House 

How then do we build godly homes? Psalm 34:11 says:

“Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.”

The Bible says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Parents must teach their children to fear 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.

Open Heaven 7 October 2019 Monday: Prayer Point

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.

Prayer Point

Let your children always know that your family stands for Jesus Christ in all things.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical Churches in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.