Making A House A Godly Home

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Making A House A Godly Home

• Romans 121-22
• Romans 129-31

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Key to Many Neglected HomesPRIDE

• Set own rules
• Do it my way!
• Convinced Gods way is
• old fashioned, out of style, wont work,
  not for me, etc
• Example Denominational Controversies
• Pro. 1525, The LORD will destroy the house of
  the proud but he will establish the border of
  the widow.

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Must Realize Gods Plan Will Work

• Pro. 127, The wicked are overthrown, and are
  not but the house of the righteous shall stand.
• Pro. 1412, There is a way which seemeth right
  unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of
  death.
• Jer. 1023, O Lord, I know the way of man is not
  in himself It is not in man who walks to direct
  his own steps.
• Keys to Making a House a
• Godly Home!

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A Godly Home Has the Right Builder

• Psalm 1271, Except the LORD build the house,
  they labour in vain that build it
• Proverb 333, The curse of the LORD is in the
  house of the wicked but he blesseth the
  habitation of the just.
• Building a Godly home
• Challenging experience
• Humbling experience

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A Godly HomeHas the Right Foundation

• Matt. 724-27, whosoever heareth these sayings
  of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a
  wise man, which built his house upon a rock And
  the rain descended, and the floods came, and the
  winds blew, and beat upon that house and it fell
  not for it was founded upon a rock. And every
  one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth
  them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man,
  which built his house upon the sand And the rain
  descended, and the floods came, and the winds
  blew, and beat upon that house and it fell and
  great was the fall of it.

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A Godly HomeFurnished with Spiritual Blessings

• Eph. 13, Blessed be the God and Father of our
  Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all
  spiritual blessings in heavenly places in
  Christ.
• Pro. 243-4, Through wisdom is an house builded
  and by understanding it is established And by
  knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all
  precious and pleasant riches.

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A Godly HomeIs a Righteous Home

• Pro. 156, In the house of the righteous is much
  treasure but in the revenues of the wicked is
  trouble.
• Psa. 1012-3, I will behave myself wisely in a
  perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I
  will walk within my house with a perfect heart. I
  will set no wicked thing before mine eyes I hate
  the work of them that turn aside it shall not
  cleave to me.

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A Godly HomeTeaches Gods Word Daily

• Deut. 64-18, Moses great speech to the Children
  of Israel
• Pro. 226, Train up a child in the way he should
  go and he will not depart from it.
• Acts 1711, These were more noble than those in
  Thessalonica, in that they received the word with
  all readiness of mind, and searched the
  scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

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A Godly HomeHas Godly Men (When Present)

• Eph. 523, For the husband is the head of the
  wife, even as Christ is the head of the church
  and he is the saviour of the body.
• Eph. 525, Husbands, love your wives, even as
  Christ also loved the church, and gave himself
  for it
• Eph. 64, fathers, provoke not your children to
  wrath but bring them up in the nurture and
  admonition of the Lord.
• 1st Tim. 58, if any provide not for his own,
  and specially for those of his own house, he hath
  denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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A Godly HomeHas Godly Women (When Present)

• Pro. 141, Every wise woman buildeth her house
  but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
• Eph. 524, as the church is subject unto
  Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands
  in every thing.
• Tit. 27-8, In all things shewing thyself a
  pattern of good works in doctrine shewing
  uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, Sound speech,
  that cannot be condemned that he that is of the
  contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil
  thing to say of you.

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A Godly HomeEliminates Strife, Anger, etc.

• Pro. 219, It is better to dwell in a corner of
  the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a
  wide house.
• Matt. 522, whosoever is angry with his brother
  without a cause shall be in danger of the
  judgment and whosoever shall say to his
  brother
• Eph. 426-27, Be ye angry, and sin not let not
  the sun go down upon your wrath Neither give
  place to the devil.

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A Godly HomeProtects Against Sins of the World

• Rom. 122, be not conformed to this world but
  be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
  that ye may prove what is that good, and
  acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
• Adultery, Pornography, etc.
• Matt. 528, whosoever looketh on a woman to
  lust after her hath committed adultery with her
  already in his heart.
• Pro. 632, whoso committeth adultery with a
  woman lacketh understanding, he that doeth
  destroyeth his own soul.

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A Godly HomeProtects Against Sins of the World

• Alcohol, Drugs, etc.
• Pro. 201, Wine is a mocker, strong drink is
  raging and whosoever is decieived thereby is not
  wise.
• Pro. 2331-32, Look not thou upon the wine when
  it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup,
  when it moveth itself aright. At the last it
  biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an
  adder.
• 1 Thes. 521-22, Prove all things hold fast
  that which is good. Abstain from all appearance
  of evil.

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A Godly HomeMakes Good Choices

• Joshua 2415, Joshua to the Children of Israel
  said, if it seem evil unto you to serve the
  LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve
  whether the gods which your fathers served that
  were on the other side of the flood, or the gods
  of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell but as
  for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
• Gen. 1-24, Adam and Eve
• Acts 51-11, Ananias Sapphira

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Straight Talk to Men and Their Wives

• "Lord, you know my inadequacies. You know my
  weaknesses, not only in parenting, but in every
  area of my life. As you broke the fishes and the
  loaves to feed the five thousand, now take my
  meager effort and use it to bless my family.
  "Make up for the things I did wrong. Satisfy the
  needs that I have not satisfied. Wrap your great
  arms around my children and draw them close to
  you. And be there when they stand at the great
  crossroads between right and wrong. All I can
  give is my bestTherefore, I submit to you my
  children and myself and the job I have done as a
  parent. The outcome belongs to you.
• 
  ---Dr.
  James Dobson

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What Makes a House a Godly Home?

• The right builder
• The right foundation
• Filled with spiritual blessings
• Being a righteous home
• Teaching Gods word daily
• Godly men and woman
• Eliminate strife and anger
• Protect against sins of the world
• Make good (Godly) choices