Something God has been driving into my head lately is this:
The FAMILY IS THE CHURCH.
It is first a church where God is worshiped and second a family.
This is a huge problem within the Chinese Christian church today.
There's to much pride and darkness hidden within the family.
They just live together. They don't really talk to each other.
I mean the believing parents barely live out their faith for their kids the way they should. Most of the time they don't. They're still too tied down to cultural traditions.
1At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. 2He and all his family were devout and God-fearing
- Acts 10:1-2
The whole family was devout and God fearing. What does that mean? Except that the whole family were active believers that had their own personal relationship with God?
He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect. 5(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?)
-1 Timothy 3:4-5
What does manage own family mean but to manage the spiritual health and growth of one's own family before going to care for the needs of others.
Lets be serious
We have fallen so far of the standard God expects of us.
The reason I'm blogging about this is that I feel God telling me to break this barrier down within my own family.
We're a "Christian" family well my parents are and I am.
My siblings just go to church, but the thing is I have never heard my parents testimony I don't think they really even know mine completely. I never see them praying or reading the bible. We don't do family devos or worship together. I mean they tried but sorta gave up.
Can we honestly say we're devout and God fearing?.......
Is our household being managed well?
So prayers please.
