daughters rather than work, work, work, because of the love of money? Listen, making money is not the most important thing in the world. Making a life is. You can make money without making a life.
Has your child ever heard you say one thing about Jesus to them? Do you read the Word and pray with them? Have you ever put your hands on them and prayed for their healing? Have your children ever seen you holdyour wife’s hand and bow your head in humility before God and seek His face? Oh, how important it is for the man to take the charge of his household and say with Joshua, “I don’t know what the others are going to do, but as for me, my wife, and our children, we will serve the Lord!”
Do not discount the power of your faith and influence. It’s amazing what one person who’s saved can do in a household.
“G O H OME TO Y OUR F RIENDS AND T ELL T HEM …”
Mark 5 records the remarkable story of Jesus casting the demons out of the man called Legion, “who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him, not even with chains, because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones” (vv. 3–5).
After the deliverance, we are toldthat the man was sitting clothed at the feet of Jesus and in his right mind. “And when He got into the boat, he who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him. However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him,
‘Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.’
And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; and all marveled” (vv. 18–20).
When the man begged Jesus that he might go with Him, Jesus said, “No, I want you to go home. You’ve been demon-possessed, running around naked, living in the graveyard, trying to commit suicide, coming home bloody. Your children know it; your wife knows it; your neighbors know it; the whole city knows about it. You need to go home and tell them all the great things the Lord has done for you!” Which is precisely what he did, and it caused the people of Decapolis to “marvel”!
As men of faith, we believe God for our loved ones: our boys, our girls, our aunts, our uncles, our relatives, our neighbors—our own vineyard. We must do something about our own vineyard.
You may be the only one who can stand in faith for your family circle
.
Unfortunately, too many men today are bound in amanner like the demon-possessed man. Some are bound by anger and violence. Some are bent on destruction. Others are addicted to drugs or alcohol or pornography. That’s what the devil does, and no man can deliver himself.
But now notice what Jesus can do. The demoniac saw Jesus afar off and the demons in him cried out, “Don’t torment us before the time!” The demons were afraid in the presence of Jesus. And Jesus commanded those demons to come out.
All we have to have is Jesus.
I want you to know there’s no one who is beyond the touch of Jesus! That’s what Jesus can do. He can bring you to calmness and tranquility, and you’ll be sitting at His feet. He’ll give you a sound mind so that you can think straight and live right.
Go back to your wife, your children, your mother, your daddy, whoever is at your home. They know what kind of man you’ve been. They know the torment you’ve been in. Go home to where you live! And don’t just stop with your home; go to all your friends who were aware of your condition. Go to your home and to your friends and do two things: Tell them what great things the Lord has done for you and tell them that He has had compassion upon you!
But don’t just tell them what God’s done for you;tell them about His compassion. You know it’s hard for anyone who
Has your child ever heard you say one thing about Jesus to them? Do you read the Word and pray with them? Have you ever put your hands on them and prayed for their healing? Have your children ever seen you holdyour wife’s hand and bow your head in humility before God and seek His face? Oh, how important it is for the man to take the charge of his household and say with Joshua, “I don’t know what the others are going to do, but as for me, my wife, and our children, we will serve the Lord!”
Do not discount the power of your faith and influence. It’s amazing what one person who’s saved can do in a household.
“G O H OME TO Y OUR F RIENDS AND T ELL T HEM …”
Mark 5 records the remarkable story of Jesus casting the demons out of the man called Legion, “who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him, not even with chains, because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones” (vv. 3–5).
After the deliverance, we are toldthat the man was sitting clothed at the feet of Jesus and in his right mind. “And when He got into the boat, he who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him. However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him,
‘Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.’
And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; and all marveled” (vv. 18–20).
When the man begged Jesus that he might go with Him, Jesus said, “No, I want you to go home. You’ve been demon-possessed, running around naked, living in the graveyard, trying to commit suicide, coming home bloody. Your children know it; your wife knows it; your neighbors know it; the whole city knows about it. You need to go home and tell them all the great things the Lord has done for you!” Which is precisely what he did, and it caused the people of Decapolis to “marvel”!
As men of faith, we believe God for our loved ones: our boys, our girls, our aunts, our uncles, our relatives, our neighbors—our own vineyard. We must do something about our own vineyard.
You may be the only one who can stand in faith for your family circle
.
Unfortunately, too many men today are bound in amanner like the demon-possessed man. Some are bound by anger and violence. Some are bent on destruction. Others are addicted to drugs or alcohol or pornography. That’s what the devil does, and no man can deliver himself.
But now notice what Jesus can do. The demoniac saw Jesus afar off and the demons in him cried out, “Don’t torment us before the time!” The demons were afraid in the presence of Jesus. And Jesus commanded those demons to come out.
All we have to have is Jesus.
I want you to know there’s no one who is beyond the touch of Jesus! That’s what Jesus can do. He can bring you to calmness and tranquility, and you’ll be sitting at His feet. He’ll give you a sound mind so that you can think straight and live right.
Go back to your wife, your children, your mother, your daddy, whoever is at your home. They know what kind of man you’ve been. They know the torment you’ve been in. Go home to where you live! And don’t just stop with your home; go to all your friends who were aware of your condition. Go to your home and to your friends and do two things: Tell them what great things the Lord has done for you and tell them that He has had compassion upon you!
But don’t just tell them what God’s done for you;tell them about His compassion. You know it’s hard for anyone who
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