Read for This Week’s Study: Isaiah 38; 39; 1 Cor. 7:12–15;
1 Pet. 3:1, 2; Heb. 6:12; 13:7; 3 John 11; Isa. 58:6, 7, 10, 12.
Memory Text: “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priest-
hood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may pro-
claim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His
marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9, NKJV).
P
erhaps we have reached a stage when, thanks be to the Lord, our
lives are (at least for now) going well: family is fine, work is fine,
health and finances are, too. Or maybe not? Maybe your home,
for now, is in pain, turmoil? Either way, when someone comes to visit
your home, like emissaries from Babylon who visited King Hezekiah,
what answer could be given to the question that the prophet Isaiah later
asked the king: “ ‘What have they seen in your house?’ ” (Isa. 39:4,
NKJV).
What have people seen in your house? What have heavenly angels
seen? What kind of spirit permeates our residences? Can one “smell”
the scent of prayer? Is there kindness, generosity, love, or tension,
anger, resentfulness, bitterness, and discord? Will someone who’s there
walk away thinking Jesus is in this home?
These are important questions for all of us to ask ourselves regard-
ing the kind of home that we have created. This week we will look at
some of the issues that can make for a wonderful home life, despite the
inevitable tensions and struggles that homes today face.
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