Awhile ago I received this list from a member in our congregation. I wanted to share it with you this Father’s Day Weekend.
Ten Commandments of a Successful Father
Thou shalt hold no other group more important than the family unit, in all thy ways being faithful to it.
Thou shalt teach thy sons and daughters to love, respect and obey their parents.
Thou shalt be a loving and considerate husband.
Thou shalt not speak in a manner unbecoming to a Christian gentleman.
Thou shalt, by example, make Sunday a special day set aside for God and for worship as a family.
Thou shalt provide for thy family – spiritually and physically –in an adequate manner.
Thou shalt promote and lead family worship in thy home.
Thou shalt be honest in all thy dealings.
Thou shalt respect the desires and freedoms of the family as individuals.
Thou shalt be the head of thy household, while ruling it with love.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Sunday, June 05, 2011
I Don't Read My Bible
For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.
Confession time... I didn’t read my Bible for about a year. I took it out of my bag, put it on my desk, and haven’t read it since. Shocking, I know, but it’s not what you think. Last summer I purchased an iPad and when I got it I loaded a wide variety of study Bibles, different translations, Bible resources, and Bible apps that I have thoroughly enjoyed using over the last year, but my “old-fashioned” Bible that I read and studied had been put aside.
Recently, Leslie and I went on a pastoral retreat where they frown on the use of electronics so I packed up my old Bible in my bag and took off. I have to admit, while I didn’t have all the resources I’m used to with my iPad, I really enjoyed holding, turning the pages, reading, and highlighting my old Bible. In fact, I’m finding myself using the old Bible more these days.
It’s important that we love the Bible. It’s God’s Word to us! It’s all He wants us to know about this life and the life to come. There is nothing greater, no higher standard. Read, memorize, study, listen to the Word of God. Whatever you do, however you do it, make sure you get the Word inside of you!
I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
Hebrews 4:12
Confession time... I didn’t read my Bible for about a year. I took it out of my bag, put it on my desk, and haven’t read it since. Shocking, I know, but it’s not what you think. Last summer I purchased an iPad and when I got it I loaded a wide variety of study Bibles, different translations, Bible resources, and Bible apps that I have thoroughly enjoyed using over the last year, but my “old-fashioned” Bible that I read and studied had been put aside.
Recently, Leslie and I went on a pastoral retreat where they frown on the use of electronics so I packed up my old Bible in my bag and took off. I have to admit, while I didn’t have all the resources I’m used to with my iPad, I really enjoyed holding, turning the pages, reading, and highlighting my old Bible. In fact, I’m finding myself using the old Bible more these days.
It’s important that we love the Bible. It’s God’s Word to us! It’s all He wants us to know about this life and the life to come. There is nothing greater, no higher standard. Read, memorize, study, listen to the Word of God. Whatever you do, however you do it, make sure you get the Word inside of you!
I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
Psalm 119:11
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