This will be brief, but helpful I hope.
I saw this from Focus On The Family recently. It's about cultivating a Christ-centered home.
Personally, #3 Grace would be at the top of the list in this home. That's because I was raised in a works-based home myself while growing up, and it led to an unhealthy problem with 'perfectionism', which can too often turn into a twisted 'Works-Based Theology', and 'Grace' is a good safeguard against that threat I think.
I pray this was helpful to you today and that it at least gets you to prayerfully consider some things that maybe you haven't given much thought lately.
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I saw this from Focus On The Family recently. It's about cultivating a Christ-centered home.
I'm assuming these are in no particular order, and it's certainly not an exhaustive list, but what do you think? Would you change anything? Would you add anything? As a parent, or grandparent yourself, what advice can you give to a young Christian parent like me?
How Do You Create A Christ-Centered Home?
Each family may answer that question differently, but here are some general characteristics:
1. Joy -- Every family will encounter trials and hardships, but there is no circumstance that can rob us of our joy if we know that the key to our present welfare and future destiny lies in Christ alone.
2. Orderliness -- As the apostle Paul says, "God is not the author of confusion but of peace" (I Corinthians 14:33).
3. Grace -- A Christian home should be a safe place to mess up. Family members need to be reminded that love, not perfection, is the goal.
4. Service -- A Christian home is tempered and flavored with acts of kindness, respect, humility and love.
5. Spiritual Disciplines -- A Christ-centered home provides an environment in which every member of the family learns how to live by studying Scripture, praying and spending time in God's presence.
6. God's Purposes -- A Christian home is a place where the family's goals are founded upon His values and the vision for the future is consistent with His plan.
Personally, #3 Grace would be at the top of the list in this home. That's because I was raised in a works-based home myself while growing up, and it led to an unhealthy problem with 'perfectionism', which can too often turn into a twisted 'Works-Based Theology', and 'Grace' is a good safeguard against that threat I think.
I pray this was helpful to you today and that it at least gets you to prayerfully consider some things that maybe you haven't given much thought lately.
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