Do We Speak the Word at Home?
The ministry of the Word is not the exclusive property of pastors and teachers, but is to be shared with the whole people of God in various capacities–one another speaking the Word to one another.
This culture of Word-speaking will not be a reality in a pastor’s congregation if it is not the reality in his own life. The question must first be, does “word-speaking” happen in my family? Does it happen outside of a formal context?
My hope is a home that is saturated with the Word. It is hung on the walls and prayed at the table and whispered in the morning when we awake from sleep and sung in the evenings before we go to bed and served in the busy monotony of regular days. I want my daughters to speak words of life to one another and I want them to love doing it. And even in my most frustrated and often sin-blinding moments, I want to break through to speak words of life to Melissa. Please, Jesus!
Do we really believe this Book? Brothers, do we believe the Book?
My name is Jonathan. My wife is Melissa and our daughters are Elizabeth and Hannah. We live in Minneapolis, MN.
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