1st Thessalonians 4:8-12
Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit. But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; and indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, that you increase more and more; that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.
Romans 5:5
Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Christian homes are to exist worthy of the Message of the Gospel here on earth. The Spirit of God enlarges our hearts to love, and guards our lives in the love of God.
Being born of the Spirit of God, we are automatically able to go extra-mile in our family love and in our love for others. The Spirit of God's love helps us as a family to abstain from injustice, deceit, fraud, etc. to make our Message clean and our calling sure.
OUR MESSAGE IS PEACE, AND OUR CALLING IS TO LIVE PEACEABLY – Philippians 4:7 / Hebrews 12:14
PRAYER:
- Lord, please have mercy on my home (family, household, marriage...) in whatever form or shape we have not walked worthy of the Message that we carry as a family of God...(confess all forms of injustice, oppression, deceit, defilement, fraud, etc.)
- Holy Spirit of God, please arm us with the weapons of God's love. Decorate our lives with the ornaments of the love of God, and beautify our homes with Your love.
- Teach us to love unconditionally, against all the gimmicks of the devil, above all disturbances, troubles and negativities.
- Lord, help my household not to reject You knowingly or unknowingly. Holy Spirit, do not withdraw from my home. Grant us deliberate calmness and quietness in all areas.
