Spirit Filled Family

Ephesians 6:1-4
"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for
this is right. “Honor your father and mother”
(this is the first commandment with a
promise), “that it may go well with you and
that you may live long in the land.” Fathers,
do not provoke your children to anger, but
bring them up in the discipline and instruction
of the Lord."

Ephesians 6:1–4 (ESV)

4 Characteristics of a
Godly family
1. Sprit Filled Power
“And do not get drunk
with wine, for that is
debauchery, but be filled
with the Spirit,”
Ephesians 5:18
2. Gospel Purpose
3. Gospel Fueled
Obedience
“Children, obey your parents in
the Lord, for this is right. “Honor
your father and mother” (this is
the first commandment with a
promise), “that it may go well
with you and that you may live
long in the land.””
Ephesians 6:1–3
4. Spirit Filled
Parenting
:4 “Fathers, do not
provoke your children to
anger; but bring them up
in the discipline and
instruction of the Lord.”
“habits are kinds of liturgies. They are
little routines of worship, and worship
changes what we love. Habits of the
household are not just actions that form
our families’ routines, they are liturgies
that form our families’ hearts.”
- Justin Whitmel Early. Habits of the Household (p. 11)
“but Jesus said, “Let the
little children come to me
and do not hinder them,
for to such belongs the
kingdom of heaven.””
Matthew 19:14
“The family, for better or worse, is a formation machine.
The stakes are high, and if all we looked at is what we’re
doing as a family, this... would be an incredible burden.
But not if we look up. When we look up, we see that we
have a heavenly father, a divine parent who is parenting
us. He is forming us into perfectly loved children of the
King. We do not have to invent anything, carry anything,
or bear the final burden of parenting. We just get to follow
someone...Our best parenting comes when we think less
about being parents of children and more about being
children of God".
- Earley, Justin Whitmel. Habits of the Household (p. 17).