双语灵修（葛培理牧师）: 1月16日 家的安全

1月16日

家庭安全

 “要穿戴上帝所赐的全副军装，就能抵挡魔鬼的诡计。”

以弗所书 6:11 

你的家庭根基稳固固么？你的家安全么？还是充满 了紧张气氛，就要分崩离析？

家，是这个世界最重要的部分。家，是上帝的创造。家，不是社会学家所发明的，他们以为家是邮件的投递之处，有了家才有投递“家书”的必要。​家，早在城邦和政府出现之前就已经存在。家，先于各种语言、民族、殿堂、教会的产生。在家里，性格、态度、人品、价值观、人生目标，得以形成。这些都是会影响一生之久。

如今，很多人恐惧不安却干着急，因为他们发觉在家庭里所发生的变化，远比在华尔街，或者华盛顿

DC所发生的，要严重得多。

先知尼希米说：“灰土尚多，扛抬的人力气已经衰败，所以我们不能建造城墙。” （尼希米记 4:10）如今这时代，灰土垃圾无处不在。我们看到电视上、电影里、杂志中，充斥着对家庭和神圣婚姻的玩笑、嘲弄。在一个全国性的电视节目中，一位知名女性被问到：是否相信婚姻和家庭。她说，当然相信，但是，有谁还愿意活在”围城”之中呢？这种对家庭和婚姻的嘲讽是一种普遍现象，特别存在于那些离婚或未婚同居的人中。

今天，魔鬼对家庭的攻击，前所未有。我们如何抵挡牠的攻击呢？显然，最好的防备就是神的话语。使徒保罗称之为：圣经的宝剑。穿戴神所赐的全副军装，全家一起阅读圣经、灵修、分享，每日彼此提名代祷。最重要的是，把你的婚姻和家庭交托给基督，让祂成为你的一家之主。

January 16

HOME SECURITY

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Ephesians 6:11

Is your home built on a solid foundation? Is your home secure? Or is it filled with tension? Is it about ready to break up?

The family is the most important institution in the world. It was God’s idea in the first place. It was not the idea of sociologists who thought it might be a good way to deliver the mail!

Families existed before cities and governments, before written language, nations, temples, churches.

In the home, character and attitudes are formed; integrity is born; values by which we live are made clear; and goals are set.

These last a lifetime.

 Many people today are wringing their hands with fear and insecurity because far more than what they see happening on Wall Street or in Washington, D.D., is happening to our families and our homes.

The propher Nehemiah said, “There is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall” (Nehemiah 4:10).

We see rubbish everywhere-rubbish on television and in films and magazines making fun of the home, making fun of marriage, one of the holiest of all institutions. (A well-known woman was asked on a national television program whether she believed in the institution of marriage. “Sure,” she said, “but who wants to live in an institution?” This is typical of the ridicule now being heaped on the home and on marriage, particularly by those who are divorced or live together without being married.)

Today, Satan is attacking the family as never before. But what are our defenses against such attacks?

As always, our best defense is the Word of God, referred to by the apostle Paul as the “sword of truth.” Put on the whole armor of God. Read the Bible together as a family. Have family devotions. Pray for one another daily by name. And most importantly, commit your marriage to Christ and make Him the center of your home.

Pray for the day:

Father, You our Father in heaven, and I pray that our families will be patterned after that—that we will be fathers and mothers and brothers and sisters and children who are full of love for You and who live our lives with the love that You have for us as our Father. We pray this in Jesus’ Name, Amen.