BIBLE IN A YEAR: Psa 31-33
FAMILY AFFAIRS
MEMORIZE: "Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered" (1 Peter 3:7)
READ: Philippians 3:10-12
“That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death” (Phil. 3:10). If you know the Lord, it will show in your ministerial ethics. For instance, who should be your number one prayer partner? It is your spouse. If you float, you float together; but if you sink, you sink together. It is wrong for you to allow someone else; particularly the opposite sex, take the place of your spouse in prayer partnership. When you pray regularly with someone and confide in the fellow, bonding takes place. Whenever you come to pray together, you will feel God’s presence, and it will be easy for the duo to pick up things -similar thoughts and ideas from the Spirit. If this bonding occurs with the opposite sex, it could gradually drag the two into lust or fornication.
The elders have a saying that, When poverty comes to a couple, their children will also be affected. If anything goes wrong between husband and wife, it is the children that will suffer most. Any minister in his or her right senses will make his or her Christian spouse the number one prayer partner. This will facilitate resolution of quarrels or disagreements before they sleep, so that their prayers are not hindered. Whenever my wife and I are miles apart for the sake of the Gospel, we maintain our agreement prayers on phone. It is foolishness for a believer, especially a minister, to have a quarrel with the spouse and disallow proper settlement for weeks or months. They will surely count their losses! During that period, the lives of their children and wards are in danger. Even the members of their congregation will be without spiritual cover. It is a wicked leader that will accommodate strife beyond one day!
What biblical or ethical principles guide your ministry? It is wrong for ministers to treat their wives shabbily. If you disgrace your wife in public, you are only disgracing yourself. It is your honor you are eroding. When you make members of the work-force, congregation or family to lose their respect for your wife, it will erode the foundation of respect they have for you. Even when your wife is very stubborn, you cannot solve a problem by multiplying it. Similarly, never deny your spouse due benevolence using the ministry as an excuse, except with mutual consent for a specified period (1 Cor. 7:3-5). When your wife offends, call her aside and correct her in love. Don’t take it out on her. If you cannot correct her quietly at that moment, do so later in the day when you are both alone. If love is the basis for correcting your spouse, it will be well received. Never correct her publicly.
ACTIONPOINT:A man who cannot pray for 30 minutes with his wife but can spend hours praying with another woman is in error
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The Household of Faith
The Household of Faith, a ministry of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), was established in Chicago, Illinois in 2004.
The Pastor in Charge of the church is Pastor Akin Gbenro.
This ministry has over 250 members within the the Chicago and Indianapolis Area.
The Pastor in Charge of the church is Pastor Akin Gbenro.
This ministry has over 250 members within the the Chicago and Indianapolis Area.
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG)
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has a vision to spread the Word of God to the ends of the earth. It is a Bible believing church, where the teaching and a missionary approach emphasize the proper conduct and moral behavior of people. The church has an appeal to all types of people worldwide, with a determination to teach people in their various geographical areas, stages of secular life and levels of spiritual development.
The General Overseer of the church is Pastor E.A. Adeboye.
The church was founded in 1952 and since then, the church has grown to over 5,000 parishes worldwide with a total congregational strength of over one million people.
Presently, there are established missions in many African countries, as well as Europe, Asia, the United States, the Caribbean, Canada, South America and Australia.
RCCG has also been involved in establishing schools, rehabilitation centers, child care and support centers.
The General Overseer of the church is Pastor E.A. Adeboye.
The church was founded in 1952 and since then, the church has grown to over 5,000 parishes worldwide with a total congregational strength of over one million people.
Presently, there are established missions in many African countries, as well as Europe, Asia, the United States, the Caribbean, Canada, South America and Australia.
RCCG has also been involved in establishing schools, rehabilitation centers, child care and support centers.
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this is what i took from today....Anyone who brags about the havocks he or she can cause when angry should check his or herself and asK the LORD for a change of heart because anger never adds but takes away.....check this out....we can spend years and millions to build a house or mansion or even somthing bigger...but do u know that just a small bomb not as expensive as the whole building could raise down the building into ashes, just in one second.
this is what anger can do...
unresolved anger with a fellow leads to bitterness, untreated bitterness grows to hate. this hate can grow even further to the disgust at the presence of a fellow, if it is not restituted stoped...
ALL THIS THINGS STARTING FROM ANGER TO HATE BRINGS HINDERANCE TO PRAYERS AND OFFERING
GOD HELP US ALL IN JESUS NAME....AMEN
TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY....AMEN!
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