Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Monday, March 23, 2009
















Thank you my readers and I am sorry I have not posted since Dec 2008-I have been busy with my growing family and tossed to and fro by life storms....It is now i am begining to see a rainbow by Christ's grace--i will beging posting sometime next april 2009.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Ethan Xavier-Wyatt
















Here are some pictures of the latest edition to the morales family...He was born one month premature-so please pray for him...










we thank God for such a wonderful blessing........

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

EL BURRITO DE BELEN : a hispanic classic christmas song



El Burrito de Belén
The Donkey of Bethlehem
Canción de Navidad
(Spanish)
Con mi burrito sabanero, voy camino de Belén.Con mi burrito sabanero, voy camino de Belén.Si me ven, si me ven, voy camino de Belén.Si me ven, si me ven, voy camino de Belén.Tuquí, tuquí, tuquí, tuquí, Tuquí, tuquí, tuquí, tu,Apúrate mi burritoQue ya vamos a llegarTuquí, tuquí, tuquí, tuquí, Tuquí, tuquí, tuquí, tu,Apúrate mi burritoVamos a ver a Jesús


(English)
With my grasslands donkey, I'm going to Bethlehem.With my grasslands donkey, I'm going to Bethlehem.If they see me, if they see me, I'm going to Bethlehem.If they see me, if they see me, I'm going to Bethlehem.Tuquí, tuquí, tuquí, tuquí, Tuquí, tuquí, tuquí, tu,Hurry up my donkey,We are almost there.Tuquí, tuquí, tuquí, tuquí, Tuquí, tuquí, tuquí, tu,Hurry up my donkey,We are going to see Jesus.

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

ten questions for a christmas gathering by d.whitney



ten Questions to Ask at a Christmas Gathering


Many of us struggle to make conversation at Christmas gatherings, whether church events, work-related parties, neighborhood drop-ins, or annual family occasions. Sometimes our difficulty lies in having to chat with people we rarely see or have never met. At other times we simply don’t know what to say to those with whom we feel little in common. Moreover, as Christians we want to take advantage of the special opportunities provided by the Christmas season to share our faith, but are often unsure how to begin. Here’s a list of questions designed not only to kindle a conversation in almost any Christmas situation, but also to take the dialogue gradually to a deeper level. Use them in a private conversation or as a group exercise, with believers or unbelievers, with strangers or with family.
1. What’s the best thing that’s happened to you since last Christmas?
2. What was your best Christmas ever? Why?
3. What’s the most meaningful Christmas gift you’ve ever received?
4. What was the most appreciated Christmas gift you’ve ever given?
5. What was your favorite Christmas tradition as a child?
6. What is your favorite Christmas tradition now?
7. What do you do to try to keep Christ in Christmas?
8. Why do you think people started celebrating the birth of Jesus?
9. Do you think the birth of Jesus deserves such a nearly worldwide celebration?
10. Why do you think Jesus came to earth?
Of course, remember to pray before your Christmas gatherings. Ask the Lord to grant you "divine appointments," to guide your conversations, and to open doors for the gospel. May He use you to bring glory to Christ this Christmas.
Preguntas que puede hacer a diez en una Navidad Gathering Muchos de nosotros lucha para que la conversación en las reuniones de Navidad, ya sea eventos de la iglesia, las partes relacionadas con el trabajo, barrio caída de complementos, o de familiares anuales ocasiones. A veces, nuestra dificultad estriba en tener que charlar con personas que raras veces ven, o ni siquiera conoce. En otros momentos simplemente no sabemos qué decir a aquellos con quienes se sienten poco en común. Además, como cristianos queremos aprovechar las oportunidades que brinda especial por la temporada de Navidad, para compartir nuestra fe, pero que a menudo seguro de cómo comenzar. He aquí una lista de preguntas diseñadas no sólo para encender una conversación en casi cualquier situación de Navidad, sino también a tomar poco a poco el diálogo a un nivel más profundo. Utilizar en una conversación privada o como un ejercicio de grupo, con creyentes o no creyentes, con extraños o con la familia. 1. ¿Qué es lo mejor que le ha sucedido desde el pasado mes de la Navidad? 2. ¿Cuál ha sido su mejor Navidad siempre? ¿Por qué? 3. ¿Cuál es el más significativo regalo de Navidad que hayas recibido? 4. ¿Cuál fue el más apreciados regalos de Navidad que hayas dado? 5. ¿Cuál ha sido su tradición favorita de Navidad como un niño? 6. ¿Cuál es su favorito de la tradición navideña? 7. ¿Qué hay que hacer para tratar de mantener a Cristo en la Navidad? 8. ¿Por qué crees que la gente comenzó a celebrar el nacimiento de Jesús? 9. ¿Cree usted que el nacimiento de Jesús merece una celebración casi todo el mundo? 10. ¿Por qué crees que Jesús vino a la tierra? Por supuesto, no olvide rezar ante sus reuniones de Navidad. Pídale a Dios que le conceda "divina nombramientos", para orientar sus conversaciones, y de abrir puertas para el evangelio. Que El uso que usted traiga gloria a Cristo esta Navidad.
Copyright © 2003 Donald S. Whitney. All rights reserved.
For more short, reproducible pieces like this, see www.BiblicalSpirituality.org

Monday, December 17, 2007

The meaning of christmas- a universal language





romans 3:23-25:23for(A) all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24(B) and are justified(C) by his grace as a gift,(D) through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25whom God(E) put forward as(F) a propitiation(G) by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in(H) his divine forbearance he had passed over(I) former sins.


23por cuanto todos pecaron y no alcanzan la gloria de Dios,
24siendo justificados gratuitamente por su gracia por medio de la redención que es en Cristo Jesús,
25a quien Dios exhibió públicamente como propiciación por su sangre a través de la fe, como demostración de su justicia, porque en su tolerancia, Dios pasó por alto los pecados cometidos anteriormente,


Romanos 5:12-19
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Adán y Cristo comparados 12Por tanto, tal como el pecado entró en el mundo por un hombre, y la muerte por el pecado, así también la muerte se extendió a todos los hombres, porque todos pecaron;
13pues antes de la ley había pecado en el mundo, pero el pecado no se imputa cuando no hay ley.
14Sin embargo, la muerte reinó desde Adán hasta Moisés, aun sobre los que no habían pecado con una transgresión semejante a la de Adán, el cual es figura del que había de venir.
15Pero no sucede con la dádiva como con la transgresión. Porque si por la transgresión de uno murieron los muchos, mucho más, la gracia de Dios y el don por la gracia de un hombre, Jesucristo, abundaron para los muchos.
16Tampoco sucede con el don como con lo que vino por medio de aquel que pecó; porque ciertamente el juicio surgió a causa de una transgresión, resultando en condenación; pero la dádiva surgió a causa de muchas transgresiones resultando en justificación.
17Porque si por la transgresión de uno, por éste reinó la muerte, mucho más reinarán en vida por medio de uno, Jesucristo, los que reciben la abundancia de la gracia y del don de la justicia.
18Así pues, tal como por una transgresión resultó la condenación de todos los hombres, así también por un acto de justicia resultó la justificación de vida para todos los hombres.
19Porque así como por la desobediencia de un hombre los muchos fueron constituidos pecadores, así también por la obediencia de uno los muchos serán constituidos justos.


Romans 5:12-19
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Death in Adam, Life in Christ 12Therefore, just as(A) sin came into the world through one man, and(B) death through sin, and(C) so death spread to all men because(D) all sinned— 13for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but(E) sin is not counted where there is no law. 14Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not(F) like the transgression of Adam,(G) who was a type of(H) the one who was to come.
15But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for(I) many. 16And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin. For(J) the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought(K) justification. 17For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness(L) reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
18Therefore, as one trespass[a] led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness[b] leads to justification and life for(M) all men. 19For as by the one man’s(N) disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s(O) obedience the many will be made righteous.



John 3:16-20
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For God So Loved the World 16"For(A) God so loved(B) the world,[a](C) that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not(D) perish but have eternal life. 17For(E) God did not send his Son into the world(F) to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18(G) Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not(H) believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19(I) And this is the judgment:(J) the light has come into the world, and(K) people loved the darkness rather than the light because(L) their works were evil. 20(M) For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light,(N) lest his works should be exposed.


Juan 3:16-20
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El amor de Dios 16Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo, que dio a su Hijo unigénito, para que todo aquel que cree en El, no se pierda, mas tenga vida eterna.
17Porque Dios no envió a su Hijo al mundo para juzgar al mundo, sino para que el mundo sea salvo por El.
18El que cree en El no es condenado; pero el que no cree, ya ha sido condenado, porque no ha creído en el nombre del unigénito Hijo de Dios.
19Y este es el juicio: que la luz vino al mundo, y los hombres amaron más las tinieblas que la luz, pues sus acciones eran malas.
20Porque todo el que hace lo malo odia la luz, y no viene a la luz para que sus acciones no sean expuestas.

La Biblia de las Américas (LBLA) Isais 1:
18Venid ahora, y razonemos --dice el SEÑOR-- aunque vuestros pecados sean como la grana, como la nieve serán emblanquecidos; aunque sean rojos como el carmesí, como blanca lana quedarán.
19Si queréis y obedecéis, comeréis lo mejor de la tierra;
20pero si rehusáis y os rebeláis, por la espada seréis devorados. Ciertamente, la boca del SEÑOR ha hablado.


Isaiah 1:18-20:


18"Come now,(A) let us reason[a] together, says the LORD:though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as(B) white as snow;though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.19(C) If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;20but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; (D) for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."

Isaiah 61
The Year of the LORD’s Favor 1(A) The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has(B) anointed meto bring good news to the poor;[a] he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,to proclaim liberty to the captives, and(C) the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]2(D) to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor,


Isaías 61
Buenas nuevas de salvación 1El Espíritu del Señor DIOS está sobre mí, porque me ha ungido el SEÑOR para traer buenas nuevas a los afligidos; me ha enviado para vendar a los quebrantados de corazón, para proclamar libertad a los cautivos y liberación a los prisioneros;
2para proclamar el año favorable del SEÑOR, y el día de venganza de nuestro Dios; para consolar a todos los que lloran





Wednesday, December 12, 2007

a good father,his daughter and the A train



I came across cnn and i must applaud the father of the daughter who participated in the A-train beating crime and later sickly posted the crime on you tube:








Thursday, November 22, 2007

out of the mouth of children





I came across this pleasant surprise at my son's public school and i thought about this passage:


15-16When the religious leaders saw the outrageous things he was doing, and heard all the children running and shouting through the Temple, "Hosanna to David's Son!" they were up in arms and took him to task. "Do you hear what these children are saying?"
Jesus said, "Yes, I hear them. And haven't you read in God's Word, 'From the mouths of children and babies I'll furnish a place of praise'?" (matt 21:15-16)
18Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances may be, be thankful and give thanks], for this is the will of God for you [who are] in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will].(1 thes 5:18)
Psalm 106
1 Praise the LORD. [a] Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
Psalm 136
1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever.
2 Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever.
3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever.
From my family to yours Have a happy thanksgiving!!!
i will blog next week...


Tuesday, November 06, 2007

prince caspian





For fellow narnia fans here is a link to the new movie coming out on 2008:








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SERIES: Further Up and Further In: Narnia Explored (Weds In Epiphany) Click here for iTunes podcast
02.22.06 The Last Battle Dr. Kevin Murphy notes 02.15.06 The Magician's Nephew Dr. Kevin Murphy notes 02.08.06 The Horse and His Boy Dr. Kevin Murphy notes 02.01.06 The Silver Chair Dr. Kevin Murphy notes 01.25.06 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Pastor Jeff Thiemann notes 01.18.06 Prince Caspian Intern Pastor Sara Wolbrecht notes 01.11.06 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Dr. Kevin Murphy notes





SERIES: The Coming of the Lion (Sundays in Advent 2005) Click here for iTunes podcastDecember 9, 2005 marks the release of "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" as a major studio movie. Saint Matthew is going to use the timing of this film, which we believe, will be one of the blockbusters of this Christmas season, and we want to highlight C.S. Lewis' "baptized imagination" to teach some of the basics of orthodox Christianity
12.25.05 Aslan Is True Beast Dr. Kevin Murphy 12.24.05 What If Christmas Never Came? Dr. Kevin Murphy 12.18.05 The Backwards Christmas Pageant 12.11.05 Aslan Is Not a Tame Lion Dr. Kevin Murphy 12.05.05 Aslan Is On The Move Dr. Kevin Murphy 12.27.05 What Are You Waiting For? Pastor Jeff Thiemann








































Wednesday, October 24, 2007

FREE Kids and internet safety


I heard this on the Montel williams show awile back. This site offers resources to protect your child or those under your care. one tip that stays in my mind: keep the computer where the family meet togrther(or parents room)to make sure the child does not go or access a site which is a nono. Alot of parents wrongly keep the computer in their childs room with tragic results....





Friday, October 12, 2007

my wife,capt america's shield and me




Dear Brothers and Sisters:

i will take at least a week from posting due to the fact that my wife in the last 3 months has had 2 miscarriages. The pain,sadness and depression she feels makes me feel like capt americas shield-i stand in front of her taking blows from life,sin,world etc-yet unlike his impregnable

shield i take blows that leaves dents-and it is only thru Christ that it does not buckle and break.

12I know how to be abased and live humbly in straitened circumstances, and I know also how to enjoy plenty and live in abundance. I have learned in any and all circumstances the secret of facing every situation, whether well-fed or going hungry, having a sufficiency and enough to spare or going without and being in want.
13I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who [a]infuses inner strength into me; I am [b]self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency]. (phil 4:12-13)


And he said, “Who are you?” So she answered, “I am Ruth, your maidservant. Take your maidservant under your wing,[a] ( ruth 3:9a)


we've had debates on adopting(i am a adopted child) and she agrees in time we should adopt but and i hear her desire to have a biological child again-yet she does not hear my point that love given and received from a adopted child-is just like the love received and given from a biological child and sometimes it surpasses the natural one... a sperm and egg does not alone equal maternal or paternal love--but someone else's sperm and egg also equals maternal and paternal love. so please pray for my wife wanda,my son who wants a little brother and sister and me who would love just as fiercely and equally a adopted or natural son or daughter.

Monday, August 20, 2007

children tatoos




temporary safety tatoos for children when traveling in the neighborhood,city,state or abroad.

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Marriage Is Meant for Making Children...Disciples of Jesus by piper




Ephesians 6:1-4
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
I have tried to show from Scripture that the main meaning of marriage is to display the covenant-keeping lovebetween Christ and his church. In other words, marriage was designed by God most deeply, most importantly, to be a parable or a drama of the way Christ loves his church and the way the church loves and follows to Christ. This is the most important thing for all husbands and wives to know about the meaning of their marriage.
Marriage Portrays the Magnificent
The key passage has been Ephesians 5:23-25: “The husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” Don’t be so familiar with this that it doesn’t strike you as amazing. Where in all the world would anyone talk about marriage this way? In three verses, he says it three times:
Verse 23: marriage: even as Christ is the head of the church.
Verse 24: marriage: as the church submits to Christ.
Verse 25: marriage: as Christ loved the church.
What is the most important meaning of marriage? It is found in the words: “as Christ . . . as the church . . . as Christ.” The ultimate meaning of marriage is not in marriage itself. It is not in the husband and not in the wife and not in the offspring. The ultimate meaning of marriage is in: “as Christ,” “as the church,” “as Christ.” Marriage is a magnificent thing because it is modeled on something magnificent and points to something magnificent. And the love that binds this man and woman in marriage is a magnificent love because it portrays something magnificent—“as Christ loved the church” and “as the church submits to Christ.” The greatness of marriage is not in itself. The greatness of marriage is that it displays something unspeakably great, Christ and the church.
Filling the Earth . . . With Worshipers of Jesus
Now what I want to add today is that marriage is for making children . . . disciples of Jesus. There is a double meaning that I hope will help you remember the point. Marriage is for making children—that is, procreation. Having babies. This is not the main meaning of marriage. But is an important one and a biblical one. But then I add the words disciples of Jesus. “Marriage is for making children disciples of Jesus.” Here the focus shifts. This purpose of marriage is not merely to add more bodies to the planet. The point is to increase the number of followers of Jesus on the planet.
The effect of saying it this way is that couples who cannot make children because of issues of infertility can still aim to make children followers of Jesus. God’s purpose in making marriage the place to have children was never merely to fill the earth with people, but to fill the earth with worshippers of the true God. One way for a marriage to fill the earth with worshippers of the true God is to procreate and bring the children up in the Lord. But that’s not the only way. When the focus of marriage becomes, “Make children disciples of Jesus,” the meaning of marriage in relation to children is not mainly, “Make them,” but, “Make them disciples.” And the latter can happen, even where the former doesn’t.
Where We’re Heading
But we are getting ahead of ourselves. Here’s where we are going. First, I want us to see that God’s original plan in creation was for men and women to marry and have children. Having children is God’s will. Second, I want us to see that in the fallen world we live in, not only is marrying not an absolute calling on all people, but producing children in marriage is not an absolute calling on all couples. Normal, good, painful, glorious—but not absolutely required of all. Thirdly, we will focus on what Ephesians 6:1-4 says about how marriage becomes the means for making children disciples of Jesus.
1. Having Children Is God’s Will
First, the meaning of marriage normally includes, by God’s design, giving birth to children and raising them in Christ. Genesis 1:26-28:
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
After the flood we read in Genesis 9:1, “God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.’” This was God’s original design. Marriage is the place for making children and filling the earth with the knowledge of the Lord the way the waters cover the sea (Habakkuk 2:14). It has never ceased to be a good thing. “Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate” (Psalm 127:4-5).
And in the New Testament no one is more positive about children than Jesus himself. Mark 10:13-14 says, “They were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.” So from beginning to end, the Bible puts a huge value on having and raising and blessing children. If you are among the many at Bethlehem with large families, be affirmed! It is a magnificent calling. We will come back to it in a moment. This is one of the great meanings of marriage—to bear and raise children for the glory of God.
2. Having Children Is Not Ultimate
But the second main point I want to make is that, while the meaning of marriage normally includes giving birth to children, this is not an absolute. In this fallen, sinful age, in desperate need of knowing the Redeemer, Jesus Christ, nature by itself does not dictate when or whether to beget children. The decision about whether to conceive children is not ultimately a decision about what is natural, but about what will magnify the Redeemer, Jesus Christ.
In other words, there’s an analogy between the singleness question and the children question. God said in Genesis 2:18, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” So it sounds, at first, like marriage is always the way to go. Then the unmarried Paul said in 1 Corinthians 7, verse 7 and verse 26, “I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. . . . I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is.” So there are different gifts and different callings. Marriage is not absolute.
So it is with conceiving children. In the beginning, God said to mankind, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” That’s normal. That’s good. But it’s not absolute any more than marriage is absolute. What is absolute is to pursue spiritual children, not natural children. Marriage is not absolutely for making children. But it is absolutely for making children followers of Jesus. Consider a few passages.
Having Hundreds of Children
In Mark 10:29-30, Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.” Here Jesus shifts the absolute from having children biologically to having hundreds of children through the family of Christ and through spiritual influence. It might include adoption. It might include foster care. It might include making your home a place for backyard Bible clubs. It might include hospitality in a neighborhood where your home is every kid’s favorite place. It might include your nursery job or your care for your nieces and nephews or the Sunday School class you teach. The point is: Marriage is not absolutely for making children; but it is absolutely for making children followers of Jesus one way or the other, directly or indirectly.
Being “Children of God”In Romans 9:8, Paul said, “It is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.” In other words, in God’s kingdom, bringing “children of the flesh” into being is not absolute, but seeking to bring into being “children of God” is absolute.
The Most Important Family
In 1 Corinthians 4:15, Paul says, “Though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.” This is the most important family in the Christian life, and this is the main way we have children, not by natural birth, but by supernatural birth. For many marriages they go together. But not for all.
Begetting Spiritual Children
One more verse on this point—Romans 16:13: “Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.” Here is motherhood extending out beyond the son of birth to the son of affection and care. So I conclude that among Christians mothering and fathering by procreation is natural and good and even glorious when Christ is in it. But it is not absolute. Aiming to bring spiritual children into being is absolute. Marriage is for making children. Yes. But not absolutely. Absolutely marriage is for making children followers of Jesus.
3. Making Marriage a Place for Making Disciples
Now in the few minutes we have left, let’s focus on God’s calling on marriage to be a place for making children followers of Jesus. We will focus this week on mother and father, and next week on the father, both because the father gets special focus in this text and because next Sunday is Father’s Day. Here’s the text again:
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother’ (this is the first commandment with a promise), ‘that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.’ Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
Five Brief Observations
The father has a leading responsibility in bringing the children up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Notice that verse 1 says, “Children obey your parents.” Both. Not only father or only mother. But parents. But when the focus shifts from the duty of children to the duty of parents, the father is mentioned, not the mother. “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” So my first observation that we will unpack next week more closely is that in the marriage, fathers have a leading responsibility in bring up the children in the discipline and the instruction of the Lord.
Nevertheless, both mother and father are called to this together. Both are mentioned as the special object of the child’s honor. Verse 1: “Children, obey your parents (mother and father) in the Lord.” You can hear this truth in Proverbs 6:20-21: “My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching. Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck.” And you recall that Paul reminded Timothy to hold fast to what his mother and grandmother had taught him as a child (2 Timothy 3:14; 1:5). So both mother and father bear responsibility in this marriage to bring the children up in the Lord, with dad having the leading responsibility.
It is important that mother and father be united in this effort. It is not always possible because sometimes one spouse is not a believer, and then you do the best you can in finding practical common ground, for example, in the way the children are disciplined. But God’s design is a united front. Both have one goal: This child is to grow up in “the discipline and instruction of the Lord”—grounded and shaped and permeated by the Lord, aiming to honor the Lord. God does not design that we be divided on this. The children need one united front coming from mom and dad. Don’t confuse the children. Work through your differences of what to teach, and how and when to discipline, and then stand united before the children. Don’t let the children manipulate you against each other. Make that a hopeless ploy. God is one.
Which leads to the fourth observation. The most fundamental task of a mother and father is to show God to the children. Children know their parents before they know God. This is a huge responsibility and should cause every parent to be desperate for God-like transformation. The children will have years of exposure to what the universe is like before they know there is a universe. They will experience the kind of authority there is in the universe and the kind of justice there is in the universe and the kind of love there is in the universe before they meet the God of authority and justice and love who created and rules the universe. Children are absorbing from dad his strength and leadership and protection and justice and love; and they are absorbing from mother her care and nurture and warmth and intimacy and justice and love—and, of course, all these overlap.
And all this is happening before the child knows anything about God, but it is profoundly all about God. Will the child be able to recognize God for who he really is in his authority and love and justice because mom and dad have together shown the child what God is like. The chief task of parenting is to know God for who he is in many attributes and then to live in such a way with our children that we help them see and know God. And, of course, that will involve directing them always to the infallible portrait of God in the Bible since ours is always important.
Finally, God has ordained that both mother and father be involved in raising the children because they are husband and wife before they are mother and father. And what they are as husband and wife is where God wants children to be: As husband and wife, they are a drama of the covenant-keeping love between Christ and the church. That is where God wants children to be. His design is that children grow up watching Christ love the church and watching the church delight in following Christ. His design is that the beauty and strength and wisdom of this covenant relationship be absorbed by the children from the time they are born.
Parents Pointing to Christ and the Church
So what turns out is that the deepest meaning of marriage—displaying the covenant love between Christ and the church—is underneath this other meaning of marriage—making children disciples of Jesus. It is all woven together. Good marriages make good places for children to grow up and see the glory of Christ’s covenant-keeping love.
May the Lord give us a united focus on what really matters in marriage: Husbands and wives loving like Christ and the church, and the children seeing it, and by God’s grace, loving what they see.

Saturday, June 16, 2007

A Christain father's Ultimate wish,,,






Tommorow it will be Father's day and I would like to wish God,all the fathers and mothers who must step in the gap as fathers(as well as other family members,friends,pastors etc) Happy father's day and many more!!!

We fathers are underappreciated and at other times unrecognized and invisible case in point: the above pictures illustrate my son's artwork for father's day 2006(he was 4 years old)--this year his class did not make anything for all the fathers represented there.Well to end this little post this is a christain's father ultimate wish for their children:


19Grant to Solomon my son a whole heart that he may keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, performing all, and that he may build the palace for which I have made provision." (1 Chronicles 29:19)


9-16 How can a young person live a clean life? By carefully reading the map of your Word. I'm single-minded in pursuit of you; don't let me miss the road signs you've posted. I've banked your promises in the vault of my heart so I won't sin myself bankrupt. Be blessed, God; train me in your ways of wise living. I'll transfer to my lips all the counsel that comes from your mouth; I delight far more in what you tell me about living than in gathering a pile of riches. I ponder every morsel of wisdom from you, I attentively watch how you've done it. I relish everything you've told me of life, I won't forget a word of it. (Psalm 119:9-16)


8My theme song is God's love and justice, and I'm singing it right to you, God. I'm finding my way down the road of right living, but how long before you show up? I'm doing the very best I can, and I'm doing it at home, where it counts. I refuse to take a second look at corrupting people and degrading things. I reject made-in-Canaan gods, stay clear of contamination. The crooked in heart keep their distance; I refuse to shake hands with those who plan evil. I put a gag on the gossip who bad-mouths his neighbor; I can't stand arrogance. But I have my eye on salt-of-the-earth people— they're the ones I want working with me; Men and women on the straight and narrow— these are the ones I want at my side. But no one who traffics in lies gets a job with me; I have no patience with liars. I've rounded up all the wicked like cattle and herded them right out of the country. I purged God's city of all who make a business of evil.(Psalm 101:1-8)


I have not departed from Thy judgments, for Thou hast taught me.103How sweet are Thy words unto my taste, yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!104Through Thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.(Psalm 119:102-104 )


14"Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. 15And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." (Joshua 24:14-16)

A Christain father's Ultimate wish,,,






Tommorow it will be Father's day and I would like to wish God,all the fathers and mothers who must step in the gap as fathers(as well as other family members,friends,pastors etc) Happy father's day and many more!!!

We fathers are underappreciated and at other times unrecognized and invisible case in point: the above pictures illustrate my son's artwork for father's day 2006(he was 4 years old)--this year his class did not make anything for all the fathers represented there.

Well to end this little post this is a christain's father ultimate wish for their children:


19Grant to Solomon my son a whole heart that he may keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, performing all, and that he may build the palace for which I have made provision." (1 Chronicles 29:19)


9-16 How can a young person live a clean life? By carefully reading the map of your Word. I'm single-minded in pursuit of you; don't let me miss the road signs you've posted. I've banked your promises in the vault of my heart so I won't sin myself bankrupt. Be blessed, God; train me in your ways of wise living. I'll transfer to my lips all the counsel that comes from your mouth; I delight far more in what you tell me about living than in gathering a pile of riches. I ponder every morsel of wisdom from you, I attentively watch how you've done it. I relish everything you've told me of life, I won't forget a word of it. (Psalm 119:9-16)


-8My theme song is God's love and justice, and I'm singing it right to you, God. I'm finding my way down the road of right living, but how long before you show up? I'm doing the very best I can, and I'm doing it at home, where it counts. I refuse to take a second look at corrupting people and degrading things. I reject made-in-Canaan gods, stay clear of contamination. The crooked in heart keep their distance; I refuse to shake hands with those who plan evil. I put a gag on the gossip who bad-mouths his neighbor; I can't stand arrogance. But I have my eye on salt-of-the-earth people— they're the ones I want working with me; Men and women on the straight and narrow— these are the ones I want at my side. But no one who traffics in lies gets a job with me; I have no patience with liars. I've rounded up all the wicked like cattle and herded them right out of the country. I purged God's city of all who make a business of evil.(Psalm 101:1-8)


102I have not departed from Thy judgments, for Thou hast taught me.
103How sweet are Thy words unto my taste, yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104Through Thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.(Psalm 119:102-104 )


14"Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. 15And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." (Joshua 24:14-16)

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Here i am to worship



this should be one of the truths that our lives should testify of we that call ourselves christains:

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=8b47551ad4a26ce3f11a&page=7&viewtype=&category=tf