Wednesday, 29 June 2016

The Family Tree - Husband, Wife and Children


Join this HeartCry Prayer - Every Wednesday 11:30am - 1:30pm (UK time)

ARE YOU BREAKING THE HEDGE?

Ecclesiastes 10:8(KJV)  He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

 Genesis 2:9 (KJV) And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.  (two trees in the midst of the garden).


Genesis 2:16-17 (KJV) And the Lord God commanded THE MAN, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:  But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.


 Genesis 3:1-3 (KJV) Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?  And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 
  • Were there not two trees in the midst of the garden? Was God not specific about the tree not to eat from? What did she do? She twisted the information through selective listening.
Job 1:9-12(KJV)  Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.
  • Satan could do this because, Jesus had not nailed him to the cross. The blood of Jesus was not available to mediate for Job’s family at that time.
HOW ARE HEDGES BROKEN? 

Misinterpretation of information, incomplete information and not following the stated instructions / information/ pattern are ways in which hedges are broken in our lives, homes, churches, nations etc. This is what the enemy uses to make us break the hedge and the reason the serpent is biting. In the case of Job, it was a challenge between God and Satan.

 From the above scriptures, let’s look at the following:
  • Who did God give the instruction about the tree to eat from and the one not to eat from to? THE MAN. He had the complete instruction / information.
  • Who did the SERPENT (enemy) go to ask for the information/ instruction? THE WOMAN who had the incomplete information because she was not there.
  • The question the serpent asked; was that how God said it? NO
  • The answer the woman gave; was that how God gave it? NO
  • Was the woman there when God gave the instruction? NO so where did she get her twisted incomplete information from? This is what we have in our churches today; ministering the incomplete gospel and quoting scriptures out of context to sooth us.

 HOW ARE YOU BREAKING THE HEDGE IN YOUR HOME?

 Is it through ignorance; the incomplete knowledge of the purpose of Marriage?

 Malachi 2:15 (MSG) 13-15 ………. God, not you, made marriage. His Spirit inhabits even the smallest details of marriage. And what does he want from marriage? Children of God, that’s what. So guard the spirit of marriage within you. Don’t cheat on your spouse.

Malachi 2:15 (ERV) God wants husbands and wives to become one body and one spirit. why? So that they would have holy children and protect that spiritual unity. Don’t cheat on your wife. She has been your wife from the time you were young.

Brothers and sisters, this is the purpose of marriage; to become one body, one spirit with our spouse, just like God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit; to produce holy children, godly children that Jesus can occupy. This is the marriage between Jesus and His bride, the church. Jesus made us (the church) to be joint heirs with him in ALL THINGS.

Matthew 19:14(KJV) 14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
  • So, if you do not have this understanding, brothers and sisters, and you are doing otherwise; then you are breaking an hedge in your home.
  • If you are not one body and one spirit with your spouse, including having one purse, then you are breaking an hedge in your home because you are not protecting spiritual unity in the home. Just like God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit had all things in common.
  • If you are not guarding the spirit of marriage in your home, then you are breaking an hedge.
  • If you are cheating on your spouse by keeping secrets from them; then you are breaking an hedge. You are not truthful / honest to them; your No is not No and your Yes is not your Yes; then you are breaking an hedge.
  • When you don’t put effort to raise godly children in your home; you are breaking an hedge. Job did not do this for his children and he lost all of them in one day. Job1:19.
  • When you give your spouse and children the incomplete gospel of Christ, saying the full and complete gospel is too fanatical/too hard for them; then you are breaking an hedge.
  • When you encourage worldliness, ungodliness and worldly lifestyles / dressings THAT YOU DON’T DO in your spouse and children, all in the name of fashion, all in the name of what will people say; then you are breaking an hedge.

 WHAT ARE THE EVIDENCES OF THE SERPENT'S BITE?

 In the case of Job, it was a test of faith; it was a challenge Satan threw at God. Job1:9-12, Job2:1-7.
  • Fear, physical and spiritual nakedness and disrespect to God. Genesis 3:10-12
  • Physical and spiritual warfare in the home Genesis 3:15 
  • Slavery for the woman in the home. A woman that is meant to be a favour from the Lord becomes the opposite in her home; her inheritance from God. Her children no longer call her blessed and her husband no longer delight in her. Genesis 3:16 
  • Physical and spiritual hardship for the man. Genesis 3:17-19 
  • Unhappy home, wayward children / murderers (The story of Cain and Abel) etc.
Brothers and sisters, these are some of the consequences / evidences of the serpent's bite. We are going to pray using the following Scriptures to ask Jesus to bring back NEW WINE into our home front again, if we can identify these things in them.

 Let’s pray: 
Colossians 1:19-20 (ERV) God was pleased for all of himself to live in the Son. And through him, God was happy to bring all things back to himself again—things on earth and things in heaven. God made peace by using the blood sacrifice of his Son on the cross.

 Galatians 3:13(NKJV) Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),

Let’s thank the Lord for His love for us by praying like this:

  • Thank you Lord for bringing me back to You, for making peace with my home front by the blood sacrifice of Your Son, Jesus Christ.
  •  Standing on this Lord, I claim Your victory for my home front today; please come and repair, bring back to life anything that is dead, or is faulty as a result of our ignorance in Jesus name.
  • Please restore Your New Wine in my home afresh, in Jesus' name.
  • I surrender my home front to you,O Lord. Please make it Your tabernacle from today, in Jesus' name.
  • Restate back Your purpose for marriage in my home again, O Lord, in Jesus' name.
  •  The wisdom I need to grow You in my peculiar home front, please grant it unto me, Lord, in Jesus' name.
  • Every help we need to restore Your purpose for our home front today, please send them our way,in the name of Jesus.
  • Holy Spirit of God, please build my home front, Lord Jesus; please build my home front, Abba, Father; please build my home front for You, in Jesus' name.
  • Holy Spirit of God, please come and inhabit the smallest details of my marriage, in Jesus' name.
  • Lord Jesus, restate back the complete gospel in my home, in Jesus' name.
  • My Father, please send forth Your Spirit into our hearts again, in Jesus' name.
Galatians 4:6-7(NKJV) And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, (because you have Christ in you) and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.   
  • Finally Brethren, lets thank the Lord for making every member of our home front sons and no longer slaves from today hence forth, in Jesus' name. Amen.
Posted by at