Joshua's Farewell Address - Joshua 23&24

Do you believe what Joshua says here – really – with real life consequences – “But as for me and my house we will serve the Lord!” – or is that just a nice plaque you can put on the wall of your home?

Do you take your arrows and affix the three feathers properly? Are you a good fletcher with your children? Do you take your arrows and affix the three feathers properly? The feather of doctrine; the feather of apologetics; and the feather of experience – action out on the field of battle for our Lord? Winning the hearts and souls of men to Him? Making a stand for His kingdom in the earth?

Or do you teach them to pursue wealth, ease? Do you run them on the hamster wheel to college – just because you want them to thrive financially? Or do you want them to be an arrow that pierces deep into enemy territory and causes no small stir for Christ in the earth?

The family is the bedrock of all society. What better place to stand? What better place to begin to build? And where is your house? Do you open the Word of God there? Do you discuss the things of Him there? Do you strategize to bring His law, Word and Gospel to the nations there?

Our unions as husbands and wives – our marriages – our homes - should be battle tanks for the Lord. They should be A-10 Thunderbolts which take out enemy tanks! The Lord refers to your children as arrows – not flower pots.

Do you hone your arrows for battle – or do you entertain them with the nonsense dispensed by most churches in America? Puppet shows – pizza parties – games – trips and all the other stupidity? 55 min. MercySeat.net