Monday, August 3, 2009
Honor who?!
Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Exodus 20:12
"To honor our heritage gives God glory, but this commandment may seem hard when one has come out of a broken or abusive home.
For those who have experienced this pain, honoring our father and mother is important for a number of reasons. First, it reminds us that we live in a broken world. Second, we come out of our dysfunction as ministers to those who have suffered without God. This also causes us to face our own unforgiveness and uproot the curse of judgment that we can pass to our children.
This commandment is healthy to stable families and healing to unhealthy families."
Commentary by:
Dave Whitehead, Senior Pastor Grace NYC
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If there's one thing I've learned in the last year, it's that we minister better to one another out of our brokenness than out of our false holiness. Those who have walked through hell are better able to stand with others in their own. It's what makes Jesus such an amazing Saviour. Knowing that he has already walked through hell and knows what it is that we are going through.
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