Protect Your House

Healthy Homes Protect Themselves From The Attacks of the Enemy by Shielding Themselves with the Love of God “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.” — 1 John 2:15–17 1. Protect your home from loving the wrong things. “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — 1 John 2:15 Worldliness is a matter of the heart. We cannot love God and the world simultaneously. “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” — Matthew 6:24 2. Protect your home from empty promises. “For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.” — 1 John 2:16 “Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom.” — Genesis 3:6 “But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.” — James 1:14–15 A Passion for Pleasures “Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.” — Ecclesiastes 2:11 Our passion for pleasure hinders our contentment in God. A Passion for Possessions and Praise “Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing upon earth that I desire besides you.” — Psalm 73:25 3. Protect your house from the things that don’t last. “And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.” — 1 John 2:17 This is a Call to Consider - Our Investments - Our Worship