It’s not unusual for an adult child to define honoring as submitting to every parent’s request, even those parents who are not doing the will of God. This interpretation is problematic if the parents are self-serving.
Always giving in to what someone wants from you because they are related to you is not honoring them. Is it redemptive to say “yes” to every desire of your parents? It depends on what the parents are asking. The Lord does not give you everything you ask, does He?
If you desire to imitate Jesus, measuring each request from your relatives to determine the best response is wise. Sometimes the most appropriate thing you can do for them is to deny their request. https://lifeovercoffee.com/the-relatives-are-coming-the-relatives-are-coming-what-am-i-to-do/
The shocking and inspiring story of Sophie Ottaway.
Watch the full interview here: https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-490-sophie-ottaway-engineered-at-birth-to-be-a-girl/
Focus on the Cause, not the Effect, so you can remove the cause and not be affected by the effect.
A local church’s worship value is not primarily about the music but the lifestyle because you never ask, “Are you worshiping?” The reason is that we worship all the time. God made us for worship—wired us for worship, you could say.
Worship is part of what it means to be image-bearers. Who could do otherwise? The better question is, “What or whom do we worship?” https://lifeovercoffee.com/three-characteristics-of-a-fantastic-local-church/
Whenever a person chooses sinful anger, he is, in effect, giving the other person control over him. It’s counterintuitive. In his anger, he is like a marionette, a puppet on a string.
Anger toward someone is the total submission of their thoughts, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors to the other person. It is not self-control, as governed by the Spirit of God, but someone out of control or under the control of another spirit. https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-110-help-for-the-angry-person/
