THE BLESSED HOUSEHOLD IN THE BLESSED NEW YEAR

Bishop Genesis T. Udang

BASIC ELEMENTS OF A BLESSED HOUSEHOLD• THE PLAN AND PRESENCE OF THE

LOVING GOD

THE PLAN AND PRESENCE OF THE LOVING GOD

• Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for well-being, and not for calamity, in order to give you a future and a hope.

• 1Co_2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

• Joh 10:10 The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

•Gen 13:18 So Abram moved his tent and settled beside the oaks of Mamre that are by Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.

• Gen 12:6 Abram traveled through the land to the place called Shechem, as far as the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.

• Gen 12:7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I'll give this land to your descendants." So Abram built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

• Gen 12:8 From there Abram traveled on to the hill country east of Bethel and set up his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD.

BASIC ELEMENTS OF A BLESSED HOUSEHOLD• THE PLAN AND PRESENCE OF THE

LOVING GOD

• THE BLESSING AND GUIDANCE OF A GODLY FATHER

• 2Sa 6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.

• 2Sa 6:13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.

• 2Sa 6:14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

THE BLESSING AND GUIDANCE OF A GODLY FATHER• Gen 26:1 And there was a famine in the land,

beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

• Gen 26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

• Gen 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

• Gen 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

• Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

• Heb 11:20-21 “By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future. 21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.”

• 2Sa 9:7 And David said to him, Have no fear: for truly I will be good to you, because of your father Jonathan, and I will give back to you all the land which was Saul's; and you will have a place at my table at all times.

• 1Ki 11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, Because you have done this, and have not kept my agreement and my laws, which I gave you, I will take the kingdom away from you by force and will give it to your servant.

• 1Ki 11:12 I will not do it in your life-time, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son.

• Deu_6:7 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.

BASIC ELEMENTS OF A BLESSED HOUSEHOLD• THE PLAN AND PRESENCE OF THE

LOVING GOD

• THE BLESSING AND GUIDANCE OF A GODLY FATHER

• THE FAITH AND PRAYER OF A LOVING MOTHER

THE FAITH AND PRAYER OF A LOVING MOTHER

• 2Ti_1:5 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.

• Exo 2:1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

• Exo 2:2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

• Exo 2:3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

• 1Sa 1:11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

• 1Sa 1:12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.

• 1Sa 1:17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

• 1Sa 1:20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

BASIC ELEMENTS OF A BLESSED HOUSEHOLD• THE PLAN AND PRESENCE OF THE

LOVING GOD

• THE BLESSING AND GUIDANCE OF A GODLY FATHER

• THE FAITH AND PRAYER OF A LOVING MOTHER

• THE RESPECT AND OBEDIENCE OF THE CHILDREN

THE RESPECT AND OBEDIENCE OF THE CHILDREN

• Eph 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

• Eph 6:2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) • Eph 6:3 That it may be well with

thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.