A Man's Home Is His Castle

Do you believe that a man's home is his castle?

The way we live shows others the strength of our commitment to serve God. Have you made your commitment to God, and what kind of example are you being for the Lord?

BUT AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD.

The well known phrase, "A man's home is his castle", is no empty cliché. God designed the home to be a bastion to protect each member from the influences of an often hostile world. I believe we all know just how antagonistic this planet has become. Home is to be a place of training, preparation, and provision. It is to give care to its members and hospitality to its visitors. Its potential is to generate resources and skilled warriors who are able to go out to spiritual warfare and advance the Kingdom of God.

Since the home was designed by God for all these purposes, there should be little wonder that it has been the object of a calculated, systematic, and very effective assault in our generation.

First, the home was robbed of its basic functions; then, ill-trained sons and daughters were lured into enemy territory, where they were easily defeated.

Wives and Mothers were coerced out of the home with the promise of vocational fulfillment and financial security.

Perhaps the greatest tragedy of all is that the "Modern Father" has been convinced that he should open up the doors of his castle to any godless influence which desires to come in, plunder his home, and take captive his wife and children.

But God is calling together men like you and me who are claiming His power and learning the principles of His word in order to raise up the foundations of many Godly generations.

Brothers children tend to adopt their father's values. Are you hearing me?

If our major concern is for temporal things, theirs will often be also. However, children may take a different approach to temporal things. If, for example, a father is overly concerned about retirement, his son may be slothful on the basis that if retirement is so important, he will beat his father to it.

Hang with me, when sons and daughters adopt their father's God-given goals, the father can provide much-needed encouragement, resources, and counsel for these goals.

We saw this in the building of the temple.

David had the vision for it, but his son built it. Now, as fathers we must be rebuilders, no matter what our past failures may have been. Our sins tend to recur in the lives of our sons and daughters. The manifestations may differ, but the basic failure will be there. When sons and daughters react to us, they become just like us either in actions, or attitudes, or both. I've shared this next point a number of times to you in the past. "WHAT FATHERS ALLOW IN MODERATION, THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS TEND TO EXCUSE IN EXCESS".

PROTECT YOUR HOMES AT ALL COST

Steps to a dynamic Home
1- Worship Center
2- Learning Center
3- Hospitality Center ( II Kings 4:8-10; Luke 14:13)
4- Health Center (Proverbs 31"10-31; Acts 9:39)
5- Craft Center ( Exodus 15:26; Matthew 8:14-15).

Until next time, be the man that God wants each of us to be.

God's Servant,
Jim