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| Hannington Sebuliba - Head of Laity, All Saints Jjanyi |
He said that Men Are to Set Forth A Godly Pattern In The Home. Ps.128: 1 “Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.” He went on to say that a father in a home ought to be the one who sets the spiritual tone in the home. He further said that the wife and children have to see in a father , a man who patterns his life after the ways of God.
He went a head to say that Men are to set forth a Godly picture in the home. He derived this from I Cor.11: 3 “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. He called upon men to set a godly picture in their homes, that’s how society and this Country would turn out to be better places to live in.
He advised fathers, never to take the attitude that religion and spirituality is something to be left to the wife and kids. He went on to say that the bitter fact is, God holds you personally responsible for the spiritual leadership in your home. He also said that even wives have responsibility in that area, but most responsibility on matters of spirituality and religion in a home is on the head of the man since God has made them the head of the home.
He reminded the married couples about Psalm 128 that is usually sung or recited during the wedding services.
“1 Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him.
2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
4 Yes, this will be the blessing for the man who fears the Lord.
5 May the Lord bless you from Zion; may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
6 May you live to see your children’s children peace be on Israel.”
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| Members of the Fathers and Mothers Unions of All Saints Church Jjanyi |
He said that a father in a home must be determined to lead his family to worship. The idea of worship is brought out by the words “feareth the Lord,” found in verse four of Ps.128. A man who leads his home to follow and worship God will be blessed. That blessing extends not only to this man’s family, but also to the nation, according to Ps.128: 5-6. As the family goes, so goes the nation.
A CHURCH WITHOUT SPOT OR WRINKLE (Ephesians 5:27)
Turning to the rest of the Church, he said that in Uganda today, people are looking for a perfect Church, perfect, relationship, perfect wife, perfect husband, perfect job, perfect family, perfect children and perfect everything you can think of. He said that many people especially the youth have ended up sampling almost all Churches and what they get in such Churches is unbelievable.
He said like the way Christ loved His Church that is faulty, husbands ought to love their wives despite their shortfalls.
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| Part of the congregation |
He told them about a story of man who got attracted to a female musician whose outside beauty could only be equaled to that of angels not knowing that she had her physical problems. He said that during their honeymoon, the man found out that the bride he had married in Church was disabled and wanted to end the relationship. He went to say that as he was about to get out the relationship, a small voice told him to keep the promise and vows he had made before God and the congregation, which he accepted and thus lived in harmony with his wife.
He said that in any relationship people need to understand their mate’s shortfalls and help them to overcome them because no one on earth is perfect.
The Fathers Union members led the worship from Choir, ushering, leading worship, reading lessons and preaching.
The Chairman of the Fathers Union Ssaalongo Solom Nsubuga Wasswa, urged members to take on their role in the family as role models to their families. He requested fathers to always lead their children to worship places.
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