Warriors for the Faith, Series 3, Lesson 1: Faithful at Home

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Where We Left Off

Series Two looked at the warrior's inner walk: prayer, a clean vessel, fasting, and forgiveness. Today we begin Series Three, The Warrior's Life. These four lessons look at how a warrior lives among other people. Today is Lesson One. It's called "Faithful at Home."

Home may be a family, a room of your own, or a hard situation you did not choose. The first place a warrior stands is still under their own roof.

Our Key Verse

Joshua set the choice before the people, and then he spoke for his own house:

"…but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
— Joshua 24:15 (KJV)

He could not make the whole nation believe. He could decide what his house would do. As an application, faithfulness starts with the people closest to us, and with the ordinary hours of the day.

The Word in the House

God told Israel to keep His words close, not only at the tabernacle:

"And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up."
— Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (KJV)

Sitting. Walking. Lying down. Rising up. The faith is meant to live in the daily talk of the home. David wanted the same thing in his own heart:

"…I will walk within my house with a perfect heart."
— Psalm 101:2 (KJV)

Fathers have a special charge:

"And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."
— Ephesians 6:4 (KJV)

And the Bible honors the faithful work of a woman in her household:

"She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness."
— Proverbs 31:27 (KJV)

Men and women both have a part in making a house a place where the Lord is served.

Faith Passed Down, and Faith Shared

Paul reminded Timothy that the faith in him did not start with him:

"When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also."
— 2 Timothy 1:5 (KJV)

A grandmother and a mother planted the Word in a young man who would preach it to the world. That is warrior work.

And home is not only for parents of children. Aquila and Priscilla, a husband and wife, opened their lives to a gifted preacher named Apollos and helped him:

"…they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly."
— Acts 18:26 (KJV)

A faithful home can be a place where others are strengthened too. If you live alone, you can still walk within your house with a perfect heart, and you can still open your life to help someone else in the Lord.

Closing Thought

A warrior for the faith is first faithful at home. Serve the Lord under your own roof, teach His Word in the ordinary hours, and let your house be a place of unfeigned faith. Next time, in Lesson Two, we'll look at being salt and light where you work.

Let Us Pray

Lord, as for us and our houses, we will serve You. Help us walk within our homes with a perfect heart, and to pass on an unfeigned faith. In Jesus' name, amen.

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