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Reading: Acts 27:21-26

“If a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing

to live with her, she must not divorce him.

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife ...

Otherwise your children would be unclean but as it is, they are holy”

(1 Cor 7:13,14)

Many women are swimming against the current, constantly fighting against the thought of giving up. Paul has a word for them. He says, “Don’t give up. Don’t get exasperated. Your presence at home means a lot for the husband and children. Don’t be a quitter. Because, if you are a believer then the Lord has a heart for your husband and children because of you. He looks at your face and says: ‘She is my child. I can’t let her down. I’ve got to do something for her husband and children for her sake!’ ”

Your very presence in the home has a cleansing effect on the husband and children. They see you on your knees, they see you reading the Bible, and develop a fear for sin. So stick on, keep on, pull on, hope on. This is the meaning of, “Believe (keep on believing) in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved — you and your family” (Acts 16:31) (Parenthesis mine).

Jonah said, “I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you” (Jon 1:12). We should not be the cause of storms in our family. Instead, let us look at some positive examples:

  • “Elisha said: As surely as the Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, if I did not have respect for the King of Judah, I would not pay attention to you” (2 Ki 3:14).
  • Laban told Jacob, “Please stay, if I have found favour in your eyes, for I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me for your sake” (Gen 30:27).
  • “From the time Potiphar put Joseph in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field” (Gen 39:5).
  • The Lord told Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found “you” righteous in this generation” (Gen 7:1).
  • An angel told Paul, “Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand trial before Caesar; and God has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you” (Acts 27:23,24).

Who knows? May be it is because of you that your family is not given to satan. So hold on. The Lord is with you!

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Reading: Acts 27:21-26

“If a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing

to live with her, she must not divorce him.

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife ...

Otherwise your children would be unclean but as it is, they are holy”

(1 Cor 7:13,14)

Many women are swimming against the current, constantly fighting against the thought of giving up. Paul has a word for them. He says, “Don’t give up. Don’t get exasperated. Your presence at home means a lot for the husband and children. Don’t be a quitter. Because, if you are a believer then the Lord has a heart for your husband and children because of you. He looks at your face and says: ‘She is my child. I can’t let her down. I’ve got to do something for her husband and children for her sake!’ ”

Your very presence in the home has a cleansing effect on the husband and children. They see you on your knees, they see you reading the Bible, and develop a fear for sin. So stick on, keep on, pull on, hope on. This is the meaning of, “Believe (keep on believing) in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved — you and your family” (Acts 16:31) (Parenthesis mine).

Jonah said, “I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you” (Jon 1:12). We should not be the cause of storms in our family. Instead, let us look at some positive examples:

  • “Elisha said: As surely as the Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, if I did not have respect for the King of Judah, I would not pay attention to you” (2 Ki 3:14).
  • Laban told Jacob, “Please stay, if I have found favour in your eyes, for I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me for your sake” (Gen 30:27).
  • “From the time Potiphar put Joseph in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field” (Gen 39:5).
  • The Lord told Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found “you” righteous in this generation” (Gen 7:1).
  • An angel told Paul, “Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand trial before Caesar; and God has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you” (Acts 27:23,24).

Who knows? May be it is because of you that your family is not given to satan. So hold on. The Lord is with you!

  Address for Correspondence Contributions

Dr. Lilian Stanley
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
 +91 9843511943
  lilianstanley@gmail.com

Blessing Youth Mission

Blessing Youth Mission
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
 +91-416-2242943, +91-416-2248943
  hq@bymonline.org
  www.bymonline.org

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Name: Blessing Youth Mission
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IFSC No.: SBIN0007274

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