Psalm 101:2, 7-8
2 I will ponder the way that is blameless.
Oh when will you come to me?
I will walk with integrity of heart
within my house
7 No one who practices deceit
shall dwell in my house;
no one who utters lies
shall continue before my eyes.
8 Morning by morning I will destroy
all the wicked in the land,
cutting off all the evildoers
from the city of the Lord.
As goes the home, so goes the city. If we want to see our cities conquered for Jesus' Name, we must live in our homes by Jesus' Name. If we want to march in the Lord's army, we must walk in our homes. The grandiose enterprise of world conquest is accomplished by the pedestrian enterprise of domestic concern.
Our homes are our front lines. As we win them, we move the circumference of light outward and the gates of hell will not prevail against us.
The battle begins at home with men who take responsibility at the local level. The war is won one home at a time.
Joshua 24:14-15
Now therefore fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
When men begin to take responsibility for the worship that takes place in their homes, cities will be won, nations overrun and the world over which Jesus cries, "Mine!" will in glad agreement bow before Him.
“There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!” ― Abraham Kuyper
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