This is the last of the “chapters” in my Family Foundations series, aimed at helping you create a Christ-centered home. In case you haven’t noticed I want to draw two important things to your attention.
#1: So far I’ve said very little about many of the things typically addressed in a series about a Christ-centered home and family.
For example, I’ve hardly mentioned…
- Marriage
- Parenting
- Home life
- Finances
- Family standards
- Discipline of children
- Communication
- and the list could go on…
Of course, I’ve deliberately neglected those topics, and here’s why:
Those areas are not where you should begin when considering what it means to have a Christ-centered home.
They are the areas of home and family life that will demonstrate the fruit of a Christ-centered home, but not the sources of the fruit. Christ Himself is the source of Christ-centered fruit, and you MUST remember that as you begin thinking about what it will take for you to have a Christ-centered home.
And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
#2: In this series, so far I’ve focused primarily on YOU, as an individual, not on your family as a group.
The word order in the name of this website reflects this truth:
Christian comes first. Before all else you must be a Christian – a Christ-follower, a Christ-like one, a disciple of the King of Kings and LORD of Lords. This is more than a religious title you pin on, it is your identity. Everything else should flow out of who you are in Christ. Stay with me on the blog, and we’ll explore that issue a TON more.
Home comes second. The relationships within your home, beginning with the marriage relationship (with the exception of a single-parent home), are some of the largest stones at the bottom of the walls of your Christ-centered home. The stability of relationship that exists between those leading the home is fundamental to the home’s stability. Don’t get these first two switched around… a home centered on a marriage instead of on Christ, is a home focused on an idol.
and Family comes last (but is often where we begin in thinking about these issues). Your family as a whole can and should be Christ-centered, in how it functions, how it communicates, how it expresses Christ for the world to see, etc. But it can’t and won’t if you get the order of focus switched around. Put Christ first in your life… and then you’ll see more clearly to help the others in your family put Him first in their lives.
Christian – Home – Family. That’s the order. It’s where I began with this series (and this website), and that’s where I end – because it’s the truth that guides and establishes the foundations of a Christ-centered home.
Q: What will you do with what you’ve learned so far?
Q: How will you begin ensuring that Christ is central to your life?
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“How to drive him crazy in Bed.”
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Do you remember the “damsel in distress” kind of stories?
The home itself takes on the aroma of the Holy Spirit of God, as a testimony of His presence in the home, manifested through her, the homemaker.
Your relationships need you now.
The guys will tell you all kinds of rationale for why you should consent to living together…
I don’t mean that in a derogatory sense at all. I’m pointing out that, that type of confusion goes both ways. In other words: He is a man, you are a woman. 
In fact, here’s an 
Matthew 18 tells us that when a “brother” (fellow Christian) offends us, we are to go to them. This passage is typically used to instruct church members on how to handle large-scale problems within their church community. But that’s only one application. If you read the passage carefully, you can see that it’s talking about a situation where individuals are experiencing a sin or offense between them, and it gives specific steps to follow.
I’m passionate about that for you, because I’m passionate about it for my own family.
e your relationship with each other is supposed to mirror God’s relationship with His people (Ephesians 5:22-32). It’s a symbol, an image of the kind of interaction and love God desires to have with His own.
There is another stream of movies/books along the same line… the “magical” sort of books, ala 
Anointing in Old Testament Days
As believers in Jesus Christ, we have been anointed by the Holy One.
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My Husband is bitter and very hateful toward me. I’m in the dark as to why…He “keeps score” about my faults and is very negative to me. It feels like there is no love here anymore. We have been married for 15 years. I am praying for him, but it is a hard “pill” to swallow, when these “faults” identified are so outrageously ridiculous. Just anything to pick a fight. It feels like he berates and has “kept score” for so long that there is no turning back in this relationship. I want to stay together for the kids sake, as they deserve two parents in the house. It seems obvious that the only thing left is to try to co-parent with as little conflict as possible. Any Bible verses come to mind to encourage in this situation.