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Family is the gift of God! We read in OT a particular statement such as “thou and thy house”, ye and your children”… then follows divine instructions for the blessed development of our home on this earth. Heaven is interested in our dwelling. We read in Ex:10:22,23 that when there was thickest darkness, there was light in the dwelling of the children of Israel. So the home of God’s people is characteristically distinguished by light which is divine. The light is personified by the person of Christ in NT who is in us and with us all the time. The first thing we read of Noah when he came out of the ark is that he made an altar and the next thing we read that the Lord blessed him and his children. We read of Obededum who opened the door of his home for the ark of God which is the presence of the Lord among the children of Israel. He did well maintain a sanctuary atmosphere at his home and the result is blessing on his generation. The Lord blessed his children and grandchildren. And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. The house where there is an Altar is the house the Lord is pleased with and heaven will receive something unique and the throne of God will be satisfied. We read of Samuel‘s home where his parents rose up early in the morning and occupied with the altar for offering the incense of prayer and worship. Samuel was acquainted with the Altar at home and he was brought up around the Altar in the house of the Lord. He was the door keeper of the house of God. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. He was growing before the Lord and he served the Lord, ministered unto the Lord, ministered before the Lord and he could hear the voice of the Lord. When there was no open vision and the word of God was so precious in those days, the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel by the word of the Lord. The presence of the Lord was with him. We read of him in Jere.15.1 that he stood before the Lord . In Ps.99:6 … the Lord is pleased to answer his prayer. In Heb.Ch.11 we have him entering into the Gallery of the Heroes of faith.He was brought up in sanctuary atmosphere. He valued divine principles and occupied with those things which pleased the heart of God. There was the practice of the presence of the Lord and the application of God’s word daily in his life. Therefore, he was identified as “ the honourable man and the man of God”. What about today’s children and young people? How many have we lost from the assembly? Because, parents are failed, the assemblies are failed. Many leaders have taken care of others vineyard, but forgot to handle own vineyard. That’s what we read of Solomon. All what we have on this earth is God given children. They are very precious and the most influential teachers on this earth are parents. Parents must be trained from the presence of the Lord for training their children. That is what we read of Manoah and his wife in Judges .13. We read of Abraham in Gen.18:19 about the divine commendation of the Lord .”For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD”. Let us take the divine strategies from scripture for building our home and may the Lord make it as a godly home in an ungodly world. Our priority should be like unto Joshua.” As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Have a blessed weekend.