It is hardship and grief to those wives who have to lead the family in the right path because the husband will not. It is sin for a husband to leave the spiritual training and all the rules of the household to the wife to deal with day in and day out without support.
I meet so many woman like this who are burdened for their children because their husbands play with the children but almost nothing else. The mother gains the reputation of the severe one because she is going it alone in the training of the children.
Ladies need to pray for their husbands to take initiative in the training and correcting of the children or the children will learn to resist training. The husband always leads, either for God or against Him by lack of leading. Even when the wife does what is right the children will go with the lenient one, the one who approves of everything without restraint.
Karen Long shared this:
Husbands: Being the head of the household means work, duty, and great responsibility. The head of the household is the one responsible for everything that happens in the family. You cannot enjoy the privileges of headship and not be willing to shoulder the responsibilities that come with it. You can’t franchise, subcontract or outsource your husband responsibilities and not hurt your wife and marriage. You are accountable to God for the physical and spiritual welfare of your family. Make your wife’s life easier by carrying all your responsibilities dutifully. Your wife was not created to play her role and yours at the same time. Your wife should not live like a widow while you are still alive. You are the CEO, you are the Priest, Provider and Protector of the family. Therefore be involved. Be present. Take charge. Work hard. Pray, plan and execute. Remember your wife is your “suitable helper” not the other way round. Let your wife thank God that she is married to you.
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Enduring Irrational Times
We are living in irrational times!
Those who believe they have been abducted by aliens are experiencing the same illusion as someone on LSD when they see spiders biting and crawling on them. They can actually see and feel spiders that are not there.
The illusion experienced by young people today that they are not the gender with which they were born is one of these demonic delusions. Demons are using foolish people to influence the minds of those who wish to convince young people that they were born the wrong gender is enhanced by the feelings demons are placing in their flesh.
Remember the person who was mentioned in the Bible, this person was hunched over not able to stand up straight. This person had devils that were doing this physical problem in their bodies, as soon as the devils were expelled the person stood up straight again.
Devils can deeply influence a person's fleshly feelings to make them think something is wrong about their gender when everyone with a rational mind understands there is nothing wrong.
We see devils making adult children angry with their parents when there is no reason to be angry. I have witnessed this myself, perfectly innocent and wise remarks are interpreted as something terrible simply because the hearer "felt" angry in their mind.
1 Timothy 4:1-5 "4 Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
2 through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. 3 They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.
4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
5 since it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer."
It is good for parents to teach and train their children but today they have been influenced by devils that they are being mean or evil by correcting them.
It is good to explain basic scientific anatomy to the children that they are a boy or girl, but the culture is pressuring us to pretend we can choose our gender.
Born again believers are being chastised for expecting married people to stay married the rest of their lives, when it is God's command that one cannot dissolve a marriage He made into one.
God clearly showed the goodness of grandparents speaking into the lives of their grandchildren and yet the devil has convinced parents today to avoid the grandparents because they are not perfect enough according to their adult children. Even though the adult children are far from perfect themselves.
Pride has been the vehicle through which the devil has influenced people, just the way he did with Eve in the garden.
I have known many young people who could never admit their flaws to grow more mature. They remain spiritual and emotional infants clear into their 40's, as though they learned nothing at all from life. After all, how can one learn if they think they have no need of learning?
The devil has convinced this generation of many lies that the people would rather die than admit are wrong. This is a condition of the end times, in which most people will not listen to wise counsel, even to their own destruction.
This passage was mentioned above but bears repeating for emphasis!
2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…"
Those who believe they have been abducted by aliens are experiencing the same illusion as someone on LSD when they see spiders biting and crawling on them. They can actually see and feel spiders that are not there.
The illusion experienced by young people today that they are not the gender with which they were born is one of these demonic delusions. Demons are using foolish people to influence the minds of those who wish to convince young people that they were born the wrong gender is enhanced by the feelings demons are placing in their flesh.
Remember the person who was mentioned in the Bible, this person was hunched over not able to stand up straight. This person had devils that were doing this physical problem in their bodies, as soon as the devils were expelled the person stood up straight again.
Devils can deeply influence a person's fleshly feelings to make them think something is wrong about their gender when everyone with a rational mind understands there is nothing wrong.
We see devils making adult children angry with their parents when there is no reason to be angry. I have witnessed this myself, perfectly innocent and wise remarks are interpreted as something terrible simply because the hearer "felt" angry in their mind.
1 Timothy 4:1-5 "4 Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
2 through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. 3 They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.
4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
5 since it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer."
It is good for parents to teach and train their children but today they have been influenced by devils that they are being mean or evil by correcting them.
It is good to explain basic scientific anatomy to the children that they are a boy or girl, but the culture is pressuring us to pretend we can choose our gender.
Born again believers are being chastised for expecting married people to stay married the rest of their lives, when it is God's command that one cannot dissolve a marriage He made into one.
God clearly showed the goodness of grandparents speaking into the lives of their grandchildren and yet the devil has convinced parents today to avoid the grandparents because they are not perfect enough according to their adult children. Even though the adult children are far from perfect themselves.
Pride has been the vehicle through which the devil has influenced people, just the way he did with Eve in the garden.
I have known many young people who could never admit their flaws to grow more mature. They remain spiritual and emotional infants clear into their 40's, as though they learned nothing at all from life. After all, how can one learn if they think they have no need of learning?
The devil has convinced this generation of many lies that the people would rather die than admit are wrong. This is a condition of the end times, in which most people will not listen to wise counsel, even to their own destruction.
This passage was mentioned above but bears repeating for emphasis!
2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…"
The Nephilim Lie
Bold as a Lion and Gentle as a Dove
Christians must learn to be more bold!!!! We can tell the truth without anger but we must tell the truth. We lose friends when we do this but how can we call someone a friend who hates us because we love God? Just staying!
Ephesians 4:25 "Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another."
There was a question asked once, "am I my brother's keeper?" The answer is simple, we are responsible for our influence over others. If we withhold truth from our neighbor then we are going to be held responsible for not telling the truth to them.
It is a form of lying to ones friend or neighbor when we withhold needed information about God and His Word.
Proverbs 12:22
"Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight."
Ephesians 4:15
"Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,"
It is love to speak the truth and it is not love to withhold it. Don't worry about the delivery, Christ will give us that, just speak and leave the response to God. The response is not our business, it merely reveals the heart of the hearer.
If there is anger that emerges from the truth we have told then we have met the face of an angry person.
Humble and kind people do not rage or become angry even when they are corrected, only people who are angry and prideful do this.
Zechariah 8:16
"These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace;"
It is truth not silence that produces peace . If peace does not come from speaking truth then it is the hearer who is warlike in their spirit and refuses to listen to resolve problems in honesty.
Proverbs 28:13
"Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy."
Ephesians 4:25 "Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another."
There was a question asked once, "am I my brother's keeper?" The answer is simple, we are responsible for our influence over others. If we withhold truth from our neighbor then we are going to be held responsible for not telling the truth to them.
It is a form of lying to ones friend or neighbor when we withhold needed information about God and His Word.
Proverbs 12:22
"Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight."
Ephesians 4:15
"Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,"
It is love to speak the truth and it is not love to withhold it. Don't worry about the delivery, Christ will give us that, just speak and leave the response to God. The response is not our business, it merely reveals the heart of the hearer.
If there is anger that emerges from the truth we have told then we have met the face of an angry person.
Humble and kind people do not rage or become angry even when they are corrected, only people who are angry and prideful do this.
Zechariah 8:16
"These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace;"
It is truth not silence that produces peace . If peace does not come from speaking truth then it is the hearer who is warlike in their spirit and refuses to listen to resolve problems in honesty.
Proverbs 28:13
"Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy."
Mercy is for Those Who are Repentant
Proverbs 28:13
"Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy."
Mercy is for those who confess their sins! Mercy is not given to those who refuse to confess their sinfulness.
Isaiah 26:9-11 "…9 My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness. 10 Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD. 11 O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people, and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!…"
"Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy."
Mercy is for those who confess their sins! Mercy is not given to those who refuse to confess their sinfulness.
Isaiah 26:9-11 "…9 My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness. 10 Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD. 11 O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people, and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!…"
Friends Must Love What We Love
Friends must agree with one another on the important matters. Those who attempt to undermine our standards and resolve to follow Christ cannot remain our friends.
1 Corinthians 15:33 " 33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 34 Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.…"
Proverbs 18:24
"24 A man of too many friends comes to ruin,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."
Proverbs 22:24-25
"24 Do not associate with a man given to anger;
Or go with a hot-tempered man,
25 Or you will learn his ways
And find a snare for yourself."
Galatians 5:22-23 22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
Colossians 3:12=14 "
"12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity."
"24 A man of too many friends comes to ruin,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."
"24 Do not associate with a man given to anger;
Or go with a hot-tempered man,
25 Or you will learn his ways
And find a snare for yourself."
It is common for believers to be very careful not to offend their friends. When we cannot express our great love of Christ and the Word of God without anger emerging from our friends then we have ungodly friends.
God is clear in His word that our constant companions must be those who love Him as much as we do. Our friends influence us as much as we influence them. When we have godly friends they will uphold and enhance our desire to walk with Christ more fully. This also applies to family members, we cannot be continually in the company of ungodly angry family members and expect to be able to express our love for God without conflict.
Ungodly friends will keep us in a state of silence and frustration at the continual combativeness that comes from expressing our love for God's word and His principles.
Friends are not just people we hang out with to have a good time. Friends are people who love us deeply, care about our concerns and love our character as well as our resolve to follow Christ. We find out quickly who these people are when we continually seek God for everything.
Ungodly friends will deny the truths of the Bible and walk in angst every day we speak of Christ.
Those who love Christ cannot hold back from speaking about Christ, He is all that is on their mind every day. This devotion to Christ is irritating to those who love this world and despise the truths of Christ.
Ungodly friends do not express the attributes of the born again believer. They do not have the fruit of the Spirit, nor do they have any other character qualities that bless God. They will work against us at every turn to undermine what God is doing in our lives.
"12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity."
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