This past Sunday we talked about killing the lion of sin in our hearts. I had said,
"when the lion comes into your house you don’t just try to tame it … you put it down." I was thinking more about our hearts and yet this week as I was praying for our church and hearing more stories of the havoc that the lion is wreacking in some of our homes I began to see what statement means for the dads at Harvest.
What do we, as dads, do when the lion comes to the front door? What are we doing to protect our families? This is a huge responsibility that the Word of God places on our shoulders ... to lead, guide, provide and care for our families. What does this look like? So often we can feel as though we aren't up to the task. We don't have the skills, leadership, power, strength or spirituality required for such a task. The truth is that
on our own we don't. But the greater truth is that
we are not on our own!
So how do we lead and protect with God's leadership, guidance, power and strength?
Here are a couple of great links I came across this week that I hope are helpful.
Praying for your family
Leading your family
My prayer for us as a church is that we have a church full of strong men ... strong in the Lord ... strong in prayer ... strong in the Word. And through that we have strong families. Let's continue to encourage and help each other to be able to stand strong and put down the lions that attack our hearts and our families.
Firmly in the grip of God's grace,
Kaj