THEME: IT'S TIME TO SWEEP THE HOUSE
TEXT: ISAIAH 57:17
It is definitely important to keep our homes clean, as they say and it is a reality: Cleanliness is health.
It is necessary to remove all the garbage that we see in our houses, but not only we have to take out the visible garbage, but also the garbage that we do not see, that is to say the one that at first sight is not seen and for that we need a broom, it is necessary to sweep home.
When sweeping the house we realize that there was a lot of trash that could not be seen, when sweeping we can take out that garbage that at first sight is not noticeable, because apparently everything looks good, everything looks clean.
Tonight we are going to reflect on those situations that occur in our families that often are not noticed, are not seen by the naked eye, but are unpleasant to God, it is garbage that we have to remove from our house and that can cause more damage that the dust that is on the floor of the house, but we do not give importance.
We are not talking about things that are visible to the naked eye like adultery, abuse, abuse, vices, etc., but those things that are in the heart, those attitudes that we consider insignificant but that affect the harmony of the family . What things do we have to sweep in our house?
I. WE HAVE TO BARE SELFISHNESS (MATTHEW 22:39)
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The true love of the family is not selfish (1 Corinthians 13: 5). The New International Version translates this verse as follows: It does not behave rudely, it is not selfish, it does not get angry easily, it does not hold a grudge. Selfishness manifests itself in our attitudes in marriage: "You do not make me happy! You do not make me feel important! Etc. We are always the center ourselves.
Selfishness manifests itself with our taxing attitudes, we want only what I say to be done, for the family to go out for a walk where I say, for the family to eat what I like, etc.
Selfishness manifests itself in the family when we make decisions just thinking about our feelings, for our own benefit, without thinking about the consequences that this can bring to the other members of the family. The word of God tells us that we should not think only of ourselves but first of all in our neighbor (1 Corinthians 10:24).
Selfishness also manifests itself in not wanting to share the things we have with other family members, and bothering us because others share with that person that we do not want to give them.
Since Biblical times selfishness has greatly affected the family (Judges 11: 2)
The word of God tells us to share for needs (Romans 12: 12-13)
II. WE HAVE TO SWEEP THE COUNTERS (PROVERBS 17: 1)
The word of God shows us that the contentions of our life are mainly in our family
With the brothers (Proverbs 18:19)
With the couple (Proverbs 19:13)
What do we need to get the fight out of our house?
We have to stop being influenced by people used by satan to put ourselves in litigation and discord with our own family (Proverbs 26:20).
We have to put our character under the dominion of the Holy Spirit (Proverbs 29:22)
We have to forgive ourselves and not give place to the devil in our family (Ephesians 4: 26-27)
III. WE HAVE TO SWEEP THE ENVY (PROVERBS 14:30)
According to the dictionary, envy is: Angry sadness or disgust for the good of others or for the affection or esteem that others enjoy. As the verse that we have read the envious one can not be happy, because envy is like rottenness in the bones, it is not seen, but it damages internally.
It is sad that within the family there is envy, that it bothers us to see the blessings and prosperity of the people we supposedly love. But even in the word of God we are shown that envy in the family has always existed (Genesis 30: 1 / Genesis 37:11)
How can we sweep away the envy of our house, of our heart towards our family:
Be grateful to God for what we have and stop comparing ourselves with others (Colossians 3:15).
Let us ask God to remove from our hearts the lofty spirit that makes us believe that we deserve to have the best things and not others (Philippians 2: 3).
Instead of envying the things that others have been able to have, instead of bothering us with the way people love someone in our family, let's ask ourselves: What's wrong with me?
We are envious of the work and the salary of our brothers or sisters, but we perhaps did not want to take advantage of the opportunities that we were given to study, to prepare ourselves. We did not want to work, we did not want to take advantage of the time, we should not bother about the progress of those who did.
We are bothered by the love they have for our brother or sister, and we feel that they do not want us the same, they do not value us equally, but what attitudes do we have? People are a mirror of our own attitudes (Proverbs 27:19).
REFLECT IN OUR ATTITUDES, WE BARIDE THE HOUSE TODAY AND PERMIT GOD TO HABIT WITH US IN OUR HOUSEHOLD.
When you know God and one day the devil decide to deceive and you started following the ways of the evil one the living God will always not be happy with you and he will never ask you why you back slided but what you need to do is to is to come back to Christ and focus your whole mind in his will and his direction.
He is ready to accept any time you have gone astray for he is a God that never forsake his children.
And this is the reason you need to fear God for he will always have mercy on those who fear him.
What God has made is perfect and its great for those who trust in him in truth and in spirit because they will always recieve mercy from the sight of God.
Those who trust in the lord and those who have given their life to christ will always find favour in the face of the lord and they shall lway receive divine direction from the Almighty God
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God loves us; That is why he wants us to enjoy good health and live for a long time. In his Word we find this invitation: "Observe your heart my commandments because length of days and years of life and peace will be added to you" (Proverbs 3: 1, 2). The standards of health and hygiene that he gave to the nation of Israel are proof of the love he has for us (Deuteronomy 23: 12-14). These rules were very reasonable, and when the Israelites obeyed them, they got rid of the diseases suffered by other nations such as Egypt, which did not have such an advanced health code (Deuteronomy 7:12, 15).
Nowadays, there are all kinds of vices that contaminate "the flesh", that is, the body: the addiction to tobacco, alcohol, drugs ... But the people who manage to cleanse themselves reduce the risk of suffering diseases physical and mental, and live more years. In addition, obeying the standards of hygiene that God gives us is a sign of consideration for the people around us (Mark 12:30, 31).
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cleanliness is also a way of being close to God, our heavenly Father wants his servants to be clean, or pure. His Word says “With the pure you show yourself pure."(Psalm 18:26) God loves us all and he knows that keeping a clean life is best for us. He also expects us as his Witnesses to reflect favorably on him. Indeed, our clean appearance and fine conduct will bring glory to God and his holy name.
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It is critical on the grounds that when we clean and range our home is that we understand how grimy and deplorable it was and you can deal with all the trash that you had aggregated without acknowledging it and without seeing, that is the reason it's great and basic without neglecting to toss our little barrel and cleaning our home to dispose of every one of those garbage and have the capacity to see plainly what we are and sarnos records of the terrible things that we had great word God favor you
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It is time to sweep the house of all dirt, cool message inspiring, educative, relentless and awesome. And this is the reason you need to fear God for he will always have mercy on those who fear him.
What God has made is perfect and its great for those who trust in him in truth and in spirit because they will always recieve mercy from the sight of God.
God loves us all and he knows that keeping a clean life is best for us. He also expects us as his Witnesses to reflect favorably on him. Indeed, our clean appearance and fine conduct will bring glory to God and his holy name.
It is critical on the grounds that when we clean and range our home is that we understand how grimy and deplorable it was and you can deal with all the trash that you had aggregated without acknowledging it and without seeing.
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Be grateful to God for what we have and stop comparing ourselves with others (Colossians 3:15).
Let us ask God to remove from our hearts the lofty spirit that makes us believe that we deserve to have the best things and not others (Philippians 2: 3).
Instead of envying the things that others have been able to have, instead of bothering us with the way people love someone in our family, let's ask ourselves: What's wrong with me?
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Give us a chance to desert the old man, the old activities, the negative behavior patterns, those that denounce and separate us from the Father, scrub our lives and our hearts and that the purifying is from the most profound of our spirits thus the beauty of God is with us .
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Thanks for sharing this wonderful. It is necessary to remove all the garbage that we see in our houses, but not only we have to take out the visible garbage, but also the garbage that we do not see, that is to say the one that at first sight is not seen and for that we need a broom, it is necessary to sweep home. We are not talking about things that are visible to the naked eye like adultery, abuse, abuse, vices, etc., but those things that are in the heart, those attitudes that we consider insignificant but that affect the harmony of the family. Selfishness manifests itself with our taxing attitudes, we want only what I say to be done, for the family to go out for a walk where I say, for the family to eat what I like, etc.
Selfishness manifests itself in the family when we make decisions just thinking about our feelings, for our own benefit, without thinking about the consequences that this can bring to the other members of the family. The word of God tells us that we should not think only of ourselves but first of all in our neighbor. We have to stop being influenced by people used by satan to put ourselves in litigation and discord with our own family. We have to put our character under the dominion of the Holy Spirit.
We have to forgive ourselves and not give place to the devil in our family. Angry sadness or disgust for the good of others or for the affection or esteem that others enjoy. As the verse that we have read the envious one can not be happy, because envy is like rottenness in the bones, it is not seen, but it damages internally. We are bothered by the love they have for our brother or sister, and we feel that they do not want us the same, they do not value us equally, but what attitudes do we have? People are a mirror of our own attitudes. Thanks for sharing
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I have read your post in this part interest me alot "The true love of the family is not selfish (1 Corinthians 13: 5). The New International Version translates this verse as follows: It does not behave rudely, it is not selfish, it does not get angry easily, it does not hold a grudge. Selfishness manifests itself in our attitudes in marriage: "You do not make me happy! You do not make me feel important! Etc. We are always the center ourselves" that what all Christians must know and practice.
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Very good post, your words have a very deep meaning. In this life hygiene is very important, because all that can describe to our lives clean of bad deeds. God loves people who are always clean and always keep themselves from sinful deeds. The cleanliness is part of the faith, we see those who are close to god and often recite the verses of god, they all always look clean... :)
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Yes,this is lovely,its important to be clean inward and outward as believers and live a godly life,we have to let the love of Christ constrain us and be seen in our life and allow the word of God to transform us,2 Peter 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
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Very true, we have to sweep away every envying spirit, jealousy out of our lives for us to be able to keep the family (house) clean.
Also we have to be spiritually balance, welcoming the Holy Spirit into our lives for guidance.
And we should always be grateful for what we have.
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You are responsible for the spiritual cleansing of your home. Asa made good use of the 10 years of tranquility enjoyed by the country at the beginning of his reign. Instead of lying down to rest, he and his people built their kingdom in such a way that all the people remember him as one of the best kings of Judah.
A. The first thing Asa did was conduct a cleanup campaign in Judah. (v.3) How necessary it is to start a clean-up campaign in our life! So that those who live with us are affected.
B. How often are we found guilty of bringing anathemas to the home? When we speak of anathemas we are talking about objects and things that instead of serving as a bridge to bring our family to God. We move it farther.
C. For example: Televisions, movies, music, etc. This is not bad! but if they remove attention from the things of God, they become a tool of destruction.
D. Few are the people who bring a Bible home, or who take their family to a church. Clean your house, save your family!
E. Noe could not save the ancient world with his message, and all perished in the flood. But from his family they all entered the Ark and were saved.
F. If we are going to be called children of God, we will "cleanse ourselves from all defilements of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God" 2 Cor. 7: 1
G. Bring the presence of God to our home better, like David; who jealously yearned to have the Ark of the Covenant in his house, and did not rest until he had it with him.
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It is very important because when we clean and sweep our house is that we realize how dirty and disastrous it was and you can take care of all the garbage that you had accumulated without realizing it and without seeing, that's why it's good and essential without forgetting to throw our little barrel and cleaning our house to eliminate all those rubbish and be able to see clearly what we are and sarnos accounts of the bad things that we had very good word God bless you
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Let us leave behind the old man, the old actions, the bad habits, those that condemn and separate us from the Father, cleanse our lives and our hearts and that the cleansing is from the deepest of our spirits and so the grace of God is with us .
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You are in charge of the profound purifying of your home. Asa made great utilization of the 10 years of quietness appreciated by the nation toward the start of his rule. Rather than resting to rest, he and his kin manufactured their kingdom such that every one of the general population recall him as extraordinary compared to other rulers of Judah.
A. The main thing Asa did was direct a cleanup battle in Judah. (v.3) How essential it is to begin a tidy up crusade in our life! So the individuals who live with us are influenced.
B. How frequently would we say we are discovered liable of conveying abominations to the home? When we discuss utter detestations we are discussing articles and things that as opposed to filling in as a scaffold to convey our family to God. We move it more remote.
C. For instance: Televisions, films, music, and so forth. This isn't terrible! yet, in the event that they expel consideration from the things of God, they turn into an instrument of devastation.
D. Maybe a couple are the general population who bring a Bible home, or who take their family to a congregation. Clean your home, spare your family!
E. Noe couldn't spare the old world with his message, and all died in the surge. Be that as it may, from his family they all entered the Ark and were spared.
F. In the event that we will be called offspring of God, we will "wash down ourselves from all debasements of fragile living creature and soul, culminating sacredness in the dread of God" 2 Cor. 7: 1
G. Convey the nearness of God to our home better, similar to David; who enviously longed to have the Ark of the Covenant in his home, and did not rest until the point when he had it with him.
God cherishes us; That is the reason he needs us to appreciate great wellbeing and live for quite a while. In his Word we discover this welcome: "Watch your heart my charges since length of days and years of life and peace will be added to you" (Proverbs 3: 1, 2). The benchmarks of wellbeing and cleanliness that he provided for the country of Israel are confirmation of the affection he has for us (Deuteronomy 23: 12-14). These guidelines were extremely sensible, and when the Israelites obeyed them, they disposed of the ailments endured by different countries, for example, Egypt, which did not have such a propelled wellbeing code (Deuteronomy 7:12, 15).
These days, there are a wide range of indecencies that sully "the substance", that is, the body: the dependence on tobacco, liquor, drugs ... In any case, the general population who figure out how to wash down themselves decrease the danger of misery ailments physical and mental, and live more years. Furthermore, complying with the norms of cleanliness that God gives us is an indication of thought for the general population around us (Mark 12:30, 31).
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