Word for the day "Having difficulty Honoring your parents"
Deuteronomy 5:16 (NLT) Honor your father and mother, as the Lord your God commanded you. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.We may feel a sense hurt in our emotions as we relate to our parents. This is true especially if we've not had the best childhood experiences. This raises some disturbing questions. How can we honor someone whose actions have been anything but honorable? Does this mean that we stay under their control and yield to their manipulations in order to please God?The Bible does express, "Honor your father and mother, as the Lord your God commanded you. Then you will live along, full life in the land the Lord your God is giving you" (Deuteronomy 5:16). The word honor comes from a root word meaning "Heavy"; it implies fixing weighty value on the relationship. We are to place high value on our parents’ role in our lives.This does not mean, however, that they have the right to destroy our lives just because they brought us into the world. Even Jesus said, "I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, meaning often our enemies will be right in your own household!" (Matthew 10:35-36).As we evaluate our lives, we can honor our parents by realizing the heavy impact they have had on us. We don’t have to let them manipulate and abuse us in order to please God. But we can still choose to love them, even though we may need to set up boundaries in the relationship.Point to ponder- If anyone reading today’s message is struggling with honoring your parents, we can best honor our parents by the way we live our lives.Our Leadership team is especially thankful for those of you who provided financial donations and support in the month of February 2018 by partnering with us in efforts to advance the kingdom of God in this 21st century season: Special thanks to Mr. William Wilson, Ms. Annette Straker, Mr. Kenneth Washington, Ms. Gloria Teel, and Gertrude Scott. Why don’t you take the opportunity to write us on our blog and let us know how we are doing in serving you Great people, we’d love to hear from you!Follow me on Twitter @Elder James Baker, as I endeavor to encourage and empower leaders of today and tomorrow!Kingdom Blessings,Pastor James Baker, Jr.Thank you for using the Word Cup devotionals brought to you through Grace and Truth Leadership on (Word press). We are a faith-based, donor-supported ministry. If you have been touched by these daily devotionals, and would like to make a monthly pledge or a special gift of any amount, please use the link below to give as the Lord leads. Thank you so much! http://www.graceandtruthleadership.org/#!donate/vv9e2