Dear men,
In light of yesterday's sermon on Living the Gospel....
Over the next two days I would like for each of you, as the spiritual leader of your home, to gather your family and to talk specifically about 1 area, for each person in your family, where confession & repentance needs to take place today!
I want the spiritual leaders of our homes to be intentional about seeking out at least one specific sin that your wife is wrestling with and is having a difficult time overcoming. One specific sin that your kids are wrestling with and are having a difficult time overcoming. For the little ones, just ask them...what is something that you're doing, that you know God doesn't like, and you wish that you could stop doing? Just and example, but you know your children. And then for you (spiritual leader) to open up about one specific sin that you are wrestling with and need to confess and repent. All sin is significant, so don't get me wrong, but let's 'man up' and get real about the real strongholds in our lives.
Men, this is what it means to live the gospel and pastor your family. Every single one of us, sin. And hopefully every single one of us are wrestling with a particular sin, trying to pin it down and leave it there. We must spiritually coach ourselves and our families in confession, repentance, and forgiveness so that they can leave that sin behind and never go back to it again.
It is time that we as a church be aggressive about abiding in Christ as individuals and as a family. This means war...spiritual warfare for your family. Don't let the enemy invade and overtake your family with sin any longer. Fight the good fight of faith and persevere to abide in Christ.
Be doers of the Word and and not hearers only! Don't be like the foolish man who looked at himself in the mirror...saw who he really was and turned away and forgot what he looked like.
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