Next week's sermon in our series on Nehemiah is going to be all about the family fighting. Far less common than topics you might find covered on Oprah or Jerry Springer (is he still around?) - is the kind of family fighting that is covered in God's Word. In Nehemiah 4, Israel had begun building the wall when they came against some pretty strong talkers. You know that kind....the loud obnoxious name callers. Nehemiah gave God's people a couple of things to do. One of them being...fight for your family.
In a world where people get fired up by a lot of causes that aren't worth too much eternally, how about getting fired up about fighting for your family. Their spiritual health, their daily walk, their morals and convictions, their testimony....all things worth getting fired up about. How do you fight for your family? The best thing you can do is identify where the enemy attacks your family and then make a plan of action. For our family, Satan loves to attack on Saturday nights and Sunday mornings. I don't find this coincidental. So instead of a free for all with Satan throwing all the punches, we have a plan of action for Saturday nights and Sunday mornings. Clothes get ironed and laid out for church, the kids get baths early and our night time activities are usually low-key, we get up in time to not yell on Sunday mornings, we tag team with getting the kids ready. Do we always succeed? No way! But we are much more successful now, because we have a plan. We aren't flying by the seat of our Sunday best pants! I know this is a rather comical struggle for some of you, but the truth is that if you identify how the enemy works, and get a plan in place to fight him, with God's help...you can fight for your family....and win!
Praying for you in the fight this week,
Bruce
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