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30/05/2010, 07:17

Hello The Godly Home

Every Christian and family must “"First seek the counsel of the LORD." 2 Chronicles 18:4. We read books and articles from Christian authors for many reasons and I pray that we don’t read them because the author promises some secret recipe to unlock God’s promises to our difficulties.

The Godly Home is not only dedicated to family consist of husband, wife and child(ren).  I’m looking forward to post books and articles that are serving single parent family, widow, and family (Christian) with unbeliever spouse. (I don’t hold to the view Christian may marry an unbeliever, I’m referring to both were unbelievers and one spouse became a Christian during their marriage). Please invite SINGLE  to join this group as well. For God created SINGLE to begin with, then “The LORD God said,” It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." Genesis 2:18.

I’m assuming that God even allowed Adam to find a helper from the animal kingdoms he named in. Genesis 2:20 and at the end of verse 20 says “But for Adam no suitable helper was found.” Our evolutionist neighbors will have a hard time to understand why Adam just didn’t pick a “monkey” to be his helper if they so believe man were evolved from animal. It was in this SINGLE stage where God prepared Adam to meet Eve. I pray that SINGLE Christian will be prepared and encouraged by those who have been married from day one up to one century. 

I’m still reading Richard Baxter’s book “The Godly Home”. IMHO, I believe the editor should keep the old English in this book. It’s like reading the NKJV when you are used to the KJV.

08/06/2010, 11:57

By: (Editors) Elyse Fitzpatrick & Carol Cornish 

Title: Women Helping Women: A Biblical Guide to Major Issues Women Face

Partial Description:

-difficult marriages

-infertility

-divorce

-addictions

-singleness

-dietary habits

-rebellious teens

-single parenthood

-marriage to unbelievers

-care of dying parents

-and more

From: http://www.monergismbooks.com/product.php?productid=19116&cat=0&page=1

By: Jay E. Adams

Title: Christian Living in the Home

Partial Description:

-"How to live with an unbelieving husband"

From: http://www.monergismbooks.com/Christian-Living-in-the-Home-p-16815.html

22/06/2010, 22:15

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1414333935?tag=voddiebaucham-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1414333935&adid=0BVC5HBTG8JJ0VTR2RZ6&

28/06/2010, 11:10

Hello brothers, sisters and friends.

I’m humble to praise the Lord for given me such a blessing to serve on the Board of Advisors with Disciple Like Jesus’ Ministry under the leadership of Alan Melton. 

http://www.disciplelikejesus.com/about-us.html

I prayed that you will join DLJ’s group to support this Ministry to spread God’s word to parents and grandparents to disciple their family like Jesus.

Join DLJ group on Facebook here. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=36272068305

As far as for The Godly Home group, I’m planning to expand more readings, such as “theology”, “Christianity history”, “Apologetics”, and many more books. God calls us not only to equip us to be parent to our child(ren), He also desires that “the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” 2 Timothy 3:17. 

In His Services

Daniel Mac

09/07/2010, 00:25

http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/07/08/why-are-parents-so-unhappy-and-who-would-settle-for-happiness-anyway/

22/07/2010, 10:45

Parents, please read this free PDF book.

http://www.calvindude.com/ebooks/InfidelDelusion.pdf

Thanks to Monergism.com for posting this link.

30/08/2010, 06:53

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/27/almost.christian/index.html?iref=NS1

18/09/2010, 02:48

http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4236

22/09/2010, 06:23

http://fiveintelligiblewordsblog.blogspot.com/

Thank you.

08/10/2010, 20:06

Suppose your child was dying

(James Smith, "Our Father and Comforter")

Surely, if parents realized the value of their children's souls; if they had a vivid sight of the danger to which they are exposed; if they felt that they must be saved by the Lord Jesus--or perish for ever--then they would act very differently toward them!

Could a parent, if he believed the Scriptural representation of hell, as a place of torment; and saw that his child hung over that ever-burning lake as by a thread--and might, at any moment, by some accident, be plunged into the bottomless abyss; I say, if he saw and believed this--could he let his child go on, day after day, and month after month, without the tender expostulation, the affectionate appeal, and the heart-felt prayer with him? I think not!

Alas! alas! We do not half believe . . .

  in the horrors of hell,

  in the danger of our children, and

  in the absolute necessity of faith in Christ, in order to for them to be saved--or we could never live as we do!

What anxiety is manifested about their health and their education; and what indifference about their never-dying souls! One feels at times ready to conclude that many professing Christian parents must be half infidels, or wholly insane--to act as they do!

Reader, suppose your child was dying. His pulses are faint and few. He breathes short and hard. You approach his bedside. You take his hand in yours. He asks, "Father, did you believe I was a sinner? Did you know that it was possible I might die young? Were you aware that, without faith in Christ--I must perish forever? Did you, father?"

"I did, my child."

"Then how could you be so cruel, so hard-hearted, as to treat me in the way you have? You never took me aside to talk to me seriously. You never endeavored to impress upon my mind the importance of spiritual things. You never earnestly warned me to flee from the wrath to come. You never lovingly invited me to the Lord Jesus Christ. You never prayed with me as if you believed I was in danger of going to hell, and could only be saved by the grace of God. You were very earnest about temporal things--but indifferent about spiritual realities. You knew that I was going to hell--and you did not try to prevent it. Now I am lost! Lost for ever--and you are the cause of it! Or, at least, you are accessory to my everlasting damnation!"

Or, suppose you were before the Great White Throne, and the Judge seated thereon, and you meet your children there. One of them points to you, and says, "There is my mother! She showed great concern about my body--but she never showed anxiety about my soul. She never knelt by my side in prayer. I never heard her plead with God for my soul, nor did she ever, in downright earnest, plead with me. I charge her, before the Judge of all--with cruelty to my soul; and throughout eternity I shall curse the day that ever I had such a parent! No name will excite my enmity, or draw forth my bitter reproaches, like the name of my mother! I am lost, lost forever--and my mother never heartily tried to prevent it!"

Parents, how could you bear this? Parents, parents! By all the tender ties that unite you to your children, I beseech you to seek, first, principally, and most earnestly--the conversion of your children!

Source: Grace Gems

11/10/2010, 12:21

Suppose your neighbor, friend, relative, co-worker and enemy were dying.

I have read a similar poem by Author Unknown except for the characters were a Christian and his best friend. I believe my previous note has wake up or made a few feel discomfort.

Perhaps that dying person was our neighbor, friend, relative, co-worker and enemy. Do we feel that painful? It didn’t hurt us when we read of King David how he pled to God to spared “the child that Uriah’s wife bore to him.” 2 Samuel 12:15-23 It didn’t hurt us when God poured His wrath upon His Son on the cross for our sins. We might not have felt that hurt because God has not place our children on that dying bed.

If we live our live just for the sake of our children’s salvation then that is very selfish of us. Christ calls us to be His witnesses to those who are around us not just to our children. 

We ought to warn others about Hell because our Lord Jesus taught more about Hell than Heaven when He was on earth. As a father to my two children, I have shared with them at least twice on Luke 16:19-31. (The point was not Monster, Inc tried to scare them but to teach them that Hell is a real place.)

I pray that we don’t read the Bible and come to church to listen to a sermon just for the sake of “comfort”. God does shake things up in our live just as He did in Acts 5 to the early church. 

Please don’t just think about that dying person as our children, think about our neighbors, friends, relatives, co-workers and enemies are dying as well. I will conclude this short note with a reminder from Dr. David Martyn Lloyd-Jones, “every child that born into this world is not a living child is a spiritually death child.”

25/11/2010, 23:31

Happy Thanksgiving!

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