FAMILY MATTERS (3 OF 4)
by Joey Rodgers
Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:5-9
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Family Matters (3 of 4)
Series: Simplify
Joey Rodgers
Deuteronomy 6:5-9
When I pastored in TN, we had an interesting family who lived across the street from the church. They were the Clampetts of White House, TN - a country family w/ means. In fact, the property the church occupied was purchased from this family. Shortly after I arrived at the church, the mother passed away, and the family asked me to perform the funeral. As a custom, I went to their home to plan the service - and what a surprise I had in-store.
Have you seen the show hoarders? They could've filmed an episode w/ this family. The moment I stepped foot into the house, it was like being in a maze. From room to room, access was only possible thru 3 ft wide pathways that cut thru floor to ceiling stacks of newspapers, mags, and mail. Everywhere you looked, the house was filled w/ stacks. And wasn't just inside their home - it also was in their cars. In fact, sitting in their driveway were 4-5 abandoned cars filled up past the windows w/ mail.
Needless to say, something wasn't right w/in the home and this family was drowning in their clutter. I think the same can be said for far too many families, only the clutter is a overfilled calendar occupied by misplaced values/activities that are filling our lives w/ twinkies, ding dongs, and the next big event - and as a result, our families are lost in the minutia of life.
If you're just joining us, we're in week-4 of a New Year's series entitled - Simplify. To simplify is to make something less complicated and more forthright by reducing it to the basic essentials. Our hope in this series is to offer sound spiritual guidance to extricate ourselves from the unnecessary/complicated by reducing it back to the basic essentials of living in alignment, under the influence of God and His will.
In week 1, we looked at what's needed to declutter our souls. In week 2, we talked about the principle of the tithe - which is giving to God the first/b ...
Series: Simplify
Joey Rodgers
Deuteronomy 6:5-9
When I pastored in TN, we had an interesting family who lived across the street from the church. They were the Clampetts of White House, TN - a country family w/ means. In fact, the property the church occupied was purchased from this family. Shortly after I arrived at the church, the mother passed away, and the family asked me to perform the funeral. As a custom, I went to their home to plan the service - and what a surprise I had in-store.
Have you seen the show hoarders? They could've filmed an episode w/ this family. The moment I stepped foot into the house, it was like being in a maze. From room to room, access was only possible thru 3 ft wide pathways that cut thru floor to ceiling stacks of newspapers, mags, and mail. Everywhere you looked, the house was filled w/ stacks. And wasn't just inside their home - it also was in their cars. In fact, sitting in their driveway were 4-5 abandoned cars filled up past the windows w/ mail.
Needless to say, something wasn't right w/in the home and this family was drowning in their clutter. I think the same can be said for far too many families, only the clutter is a overfilled calendar occupied by misplaced values/activities that are filling our lives w/ twinkies, ding dongs, and the next big event - and as a result, our families are lost in the minutia of life.
If you're just joining us, we're in week-4 of a New Year's series entitled - Simplify. To simplify is to make something less complicated and more forthright by reducing it to the basic essentials. Our hope in this series is to offer sound spiritual guidance to extricate ourselves from the unnecessary/complicated by reducing it back to the basic essentials of living in alignment, under the influence of God and His will.
In week 1, we looked at what's needed to declutter our souls. In week 2, we talked about the principle of the tithe - which is giving to God the first/b ...
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