Beginning with this post I will focus on issues that families and couples deal with. I will focus on some of the counseling advice and, more importantly, some of the Biblical advice we have as we face these issues.
As an introduction, here are 3 important facts to consider:
1) Satan is real and Satan wants to destroy your family. The Bible tells us that Satan is “a roaring lion seeking about whom he may devour” (I Peter 5:8). While there are plenty of issues that we deal with in the flesh that may hinder our marriage and our relationship with our children, we dare not forget that we “wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers in high places” (Ephesians 6:12). There is a spiritual and invisible ware going on for your home and for your marriage.
2) God wants your marriage and your home to be strong and healthy and He gives us the tools to make it work. As much as Satan wants to destroy your marriage -God wants your marriage to succeed. God uses marriage as a picture of His relationship to Israel in the Old Testament and His relationship to the church in the New Testament. God tells us that He is our Father and that we are His children. God uses the home as a clear picture of His relationship with us. It is no wonder that Satan wants to destroy the home and God wants to strengthen it. God gives us tools through His Holy Word and through His Holy Spirit (more on this in a later post).
3) Marriage is not a competition and training our children is not optional. We are not in a competition with our spouse. Too many couples are trying to ‘one-up’ each other. They need to get the last word in. They need the situations where they can say ‘I told you so’. The Bible tells us that we are one. The Word of God also commands us to ‘train up a child in the way he should go’ (Proverbs 22:6). Parents today are content to relinquish child rearing to church, school and community.
Our goal in the following posts is to follow God’s plan to having a strong home and a healthy marriage.
