by Rev. Jeremiah Cheung Ephesians 6:4 “Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” Discipleship begins at home. How? simply stated, we do discipleship at home by employing the “do not… instead” principle — “do not exasperate your children,” this is the negative approach; “instead bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord” is the positive approach. 1. Do not exasperate your children What does it mean to “exasperate your children”? It means we must not use inappropriate words or actions to provoke your children towards anger, so that lasting resentment is generated their hearts. There are 7 possibilities: we exasperate our children when we a. are […]
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By Rev. Jeremiah Cheung Scripture passage: 1 Peter 3:7 Martin Luther once said, “May the wife cause her husband to love coming home, and the husband make the wife sad when he leaves home.” After a man and woman are married, a woman will value the family more, while the man will value his work more, so the man and the woman will have differing values. To have a happy marriage, the two must be willing to learn. 1. Instructions from the Truth / God’s word a. Instructions for the wife: Submit to and Respect your husband b. Instructions for the husband: Love your wife, just as Christ loves the church 2. Four marriage models a. Hate and Defiance model […]
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By Rev. Jeremiah Cheung Proverbs 23:22-25 You only have one mother who carried you in her womb for forty weeks. The Chinese refer to this period as “ten months in the womb.” There is a bond of life between you and her. You will never have another mother who gave you life and whose life is related in that way to you. When our parents leave this world, we must remember them; more importantly, while our parents are alive, we must seize the opportunity to honor them. Proverbs 23:22-25 teaches us how to honor our parents. 1. Listen to your parents v.22 2. Respect your parents v.23 3. Seek to please your parents. v24-25
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