January 27 2013 How To Live At Peace With Your Parents

HOW TO LIVE AT PEACE WITH YOUR PARENTS
Exodus 20:12

Verse 12 - Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

I.  Why God gave this commandment.

•  Principle:  I need to always honor my parents.

•  Pattern:  How I relate to my parents will affect
every other relationship in life.

•  Promise:  If I honor my parents I will live a long (or full) life.

II.  How to live at peace with your parents.

1.  I can honor my parents by accepting them.
Proverbs 23:22 - Listen to your father who gave you your life, and do not despise your mother.

Romans 15:7 - Accept one another just as Christ accepted you.

2.  You can honor your parents by appreciating them.
Deuteronomy 26:11 - Be grateful for the good things that the Lord has given you and your family.

Proverbs 23:22 - When your mother is old, show her your appreciation.

3.  You can honor your parents by affirming them.
Proverbs 3:27 - Do not withhold good fRomans those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act.

4.  You can honor your parents by not abandoning them.
I Timothy 5:4 - If a widow has children or grandchildren, they should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.

John 1:12 - All who received Him He gave the right to become children of God.

You can live at peace with your parents.

October 28 The Choice Of Giving

THE CHOICE OF GIVING

Matt. 5:7 - Happy are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

The Motive of Mercy

Vs. 7- Happy are the merciful.

We must experience God’s mercy.
I Peter 1:3 - Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In His great mercy, He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Complete surrender to God.
Romans 12:1 - I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God that you present your bodies (yourselves) a living sacrifice to God.

The Marks of Mercy

Matt. 5:7 - Happy are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Mercy is: Kindness

What are the Marks:

1. I’ll accept people where they are.
I Thes. 5:14 - Encourage the timid, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.

2. Keep the Spirit of forgiveness.
Matt. 18:22 - But up to seventy times seven.

Col 3:13 - Be gentle and ready to forgive, never hold grudges. Remember the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.

3. We must support each other.
Gal. 6:2 - Bear one another’s burdens.

Hosea 6:6 - For I desire mercy, not sacrifice.

4. I’ll help those who are hurting.
Prov. 3:27 - Whenever you possibly can, do good to those who need it.

I John 3:17-18 - If someone who is supposed to be a Christian has enough money to live well, and sees a brother in need but won’t help him, how can God’s love be in him? Let’s stop just saying we love people, let’s show it by our actions.

The Mastering of Mercy

• Don’t nurse them

• Don’t curse them

• Do release the wound.

You get what you give:

Prov. 11:17 - Your own soul is nourished when you are kind, it is destroyed when your are cruel.