Sermon Tone Analysis

INTRODUCTION

The family is the building block of any society and nation.

But the family is also essencial to the building of God’s kingdom in the earth.

When God chose to impact the world, establish His glory here on earth, and bring redemption to mankind He worked thru families.

Adam & Eave

Noah, his wife and children

Agraham and Sarah

Moses and his family

Mary & Joseph

Jesus and the church.

The instution of the family was created by God and represents Him God and His relationship with His people.

eph 5:31-32

Hence God is a god of families, and intends to use them to transform a community, a city, a nation and the world.

That is why satan attacks families so hard; especially married couples and christian families.

if we are going to win the battle against the enemy we must have a stratigy.

Illustration: Jack and the bean stalk - The trasformation of jacks family started with 3 p’s

PROPOSITION

For our families to fulfil its potential as world changers it starts with 3 P’s (1) PRESENCE, (2) PROTECTION, (3) PROVISION.

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MAIN POINTS

(1) PRESENCE - of God in our families

David saught to return the Ark of the covenant to Jerusalem - but there was a misap...

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Because the Ark (which carries the presence of God) was in Obed-edom’s house his home and family was blessed.

Consecration: - to cleanse, set appart and make holy.

Take away the unclean things

Dedicate the place & People - anoint with oil both place and people.

The presence of the Lord will come and fill your home if you will consecrate and cleanse it.

Communion: - Raising up a prayer alter in your home.

- The prayer of the saints are refered to as incense.

- It discribes the Alter of incense:

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EX 30:6

“Where i will meet with you” - It is thru our communion - raising up an alter of prayer in our homes that we will.

Morning and Evening - prayer must be raised up in our homes onto God. - for our Husbands, wives, children, community, nation.

Another thing that was significant about the alter is that it was a place of atonement.

Pray for the cleasing and consecration of your family - Note that Aaron applied the blood of the Lamb for the sins of the people.

Jesus is the Lamb that died for the sins of the entire world.

Therefore apply the blood: - over your husband, wife, children.

Apply the blood.

Maintaining the presence of God in your home will bring blessings to your family.

(Obed-edom)

Do you want your family to be blessed and become a plessing - cultivate the presence of God in your home.

Illustration : - My mother

(2) PROTECTION - of God over our families

The nation is being invaded by so much evil.

In the media - In the music - in the movies

In the music

in the movies

Our children are being Abducted, Rapped, Murdered.

We have to pray for the protection of God over our families.

If we maintain the presence of God in our families we will have the protection of God over our families.

Job 1:1-5

So Job made sacrifices on their behalf to consecrate them peradventure they had sinned and defiled themselves.

Job’s was an act of intercession - Standing between God and man: - Today we no longer need to make a physical sacrifice as Jesus died once for all but - the prayer of confession and repentance is powerful because it appropriates the work of Christ and destroys the enemies legal rights against an individual, family, or even community.

Examples:

Moses -

Hezekiah -

2 chronicles 30:18-20

New Testement

So Job interceeded / made sacrifices on behalf of his family - was it effective?

- satan brought an accusisation against Job.

“Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side?

You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.”

There was an edge of protection arround them.

But there are conditions to this protection:

Job was Blameless (hb “tam”) - one having moral integrity.

- He had no Iniquity.

Our sins will impact the edge - Illus - Israel and balak

Job feared God, resisted evil - he walk in obedience to God.

The Presence brings Protection - Keeping danger away from us.

But some it brings Preservation - Keeping us safe in the midst of danger.

Sometime you are going thru the valley - its not because you sinned but its because the devil made an accusation against.

Satan made an accusation against Job.

The Question is why did God grant him permission?

Because his accusation had some truth in it.

Job didn’t serve God completely for naught

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and so satan brought an accusation, and got permission against him.

Illus - The devils attack & My Grand-mother’s Dog

It is important that as we seek to interceed for our families Protection that we do some investigation, wheather thru enduiries / or discerment.

Family mapping.

(3) PROVISION - of God for the families

One of the major things the enemy uses aginst families is the lack of provission.

The young girl with the bigman because he can provide lunch mony and bus-fare for school

The young youth involved in crime because there just seem to be no other was to survive.

The woman wants to serve God but “a di man/man dem who provide”

Even in our own christian home we struggle to make ends meet - Yet the Bible says “the cattle on a thousand hills are His” all the resources are His.

Hence we should Pray:

KVJ- Peace - (hb “shalom”) - which also mean welfare

So it is our responsibility as believers to pray for the prosperity of ......

Paul repeats this charge in

Pray for the prosperity of the nation.

But i want ot propose to you that the way to provisions is not solely in praving but also in giving.

Act 10:1-4

3 things we observe about this man:

Feard God

Prayed always

He gave alms - Giving to the poor

If we are going to shift our financies and that of our families then the people of God must not only pray but give.