Heal My Home (9 of 9)
Series: Majoring in the Minors
Scott Maze
Malachi 4:4-6
Today, I want to speak to you on this subject ‘‘Heal My Home.’’ Find Malachi 4 with me if you will [page 955 in your pew Bibles]. I have been challenged by Malachi, the Minor Prophet and I hope you have been challenged as well. As close out the last book in the Bible, the prophet Malachi directs our attention to our homes.
Today’s Scripture
‘‘Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.
5 ’’Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction’’ (Malachi 4:4-6).
Isn’t it fascinating that the last thing the Hebrew Bible says is to turn the father’s heart to his children and vice versa? After Malachi, it will be 400 plus years before any prophet speaks again in Israel. God wants the last words to be devoted to the home.
This past week, we did a five-question survey about our church’s teenagers’ relationship with their fathers. We asked our church’s middle school and high school students five questions and one bonus question about their relationship with their father this week. We asked fathers to answer the same five questions as well. While moms are super important, the text of Scripture mentions fathers specifically. Again, we simply asked the students and their parents involved in our church’s student ministry group to respond.
And here’s what we found: When we asked about a teenager’s relationship with their father, this is what we discovered. 83% said they were very close to each other. 13% said they were somewhat close to each other.
When we asked the father about his relationship with his teen, we discovered this. 66% of fathers said they were very close to each other. 31% of fathers sa ...
Series: Majoring in the Minors
Scott Maze
Malachi 4:4-6
Today, I want to speak to you on this subject ‘‘Heal My Home.’’ Find Malachi 4 with me if you will [page 955 in your pew Bibles]. I have been challenged by Malachi, the Minor Prophet and I hope you have been challenged as well. As close out the last book in the Bible, the prophet Malachi directs our attention to our homes.
Today’s Scripture
‘‘Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.
5 ’’Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction’’ (Malachi 4:4-6).
Isn’t it fascinating that the last thing the Hebrew Bible says is to turn the father’s heart to his children and vice versa? After Malachi, it will be 400 plus years before any prophet speaks again in Israel. God wants the last words to be devoted to the home.
This past week, we did a five-question survey about our church’s teenagers’ relationship with their fathers. We asked our church’s middle school and high school students five questions and one bonus question about their relationship with their father this week. We asked fathers to answer the same five questions as well. While moms are super important, the text of Scripture mentions fathers specifically. Again, we simply asked the students and their parents involved in our church’s student ministry group to respond.
And here’s what we found: When we asked about a teenager’s relationship with their father, this is what we discovered. 83% said they were very close to each other. 13% said they were somewhat close to each other.
When we asked the father about his relationship with his teen, we discovered this. 66% of fathers said they were very close to each other. 31% of fathers sa ...
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