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‘Then Noah built an altar to the Lord , and there he sacrificed as burnt offerings the animals and birds that had been approved for that purpose. And the Lord was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things. As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night.”’ Genesis 8:20-22(NLT)

‘But if you refuse to serve the Lord , then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord .”’ Joshua 24:15(NLT)

‘They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.” ‘ Acts of the Apostles 16:31(NLT)

As Noah came out of the ark, he didn’t go to see the land or to find and prepare something to eat. The first thing he did was to raise an altar to the Lord. God was pleased with that offering, and then made a promise of blessing to all mankind.

It is time for us to raise an altar to God inside our homes. If there is a big secret to victory, this is it! Don’t do it only on Sundays, but expand on it and bring church home. Be a family that prays and worships together. God needs to be the center of our home and that can only happen when we worship together, along one another, holding hands or with our arms raised to heaven in adoration.

Like Noah, we should walk in God’s presence and work to strengthen our families. He is an example of a servant of God who took a holy stand before the corrupted world, and decided to work to save his own. We cannot let our home be destroyed by pain and evil. May God always be the center of our house, and may our families be more than conquerors through the name of Jesus. The time has come for us to enter the ark with our whole family and raise altars to God inside our homes!

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‘Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically. Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying. When God’s people are in need, be ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you. Don’t curse them; pray that God will bless them. Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with each other. Don’t be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don’t think you know it all! Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone. Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say,’ Romans 12:11-19(NLT)

‘Wait patiently for the Lord . Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord .’ Psalms 27:14(NLT)

‘I waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry.’ Psalms 40:1(NLT)

‘Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth. ‘ Genesis 7:6(NLT)

The ark took decades to be completed, and most of the time we want everything to happen quickly, or even instantly, in our family. We are no longer willing to wait for God’s time. We have been fixing problems for years, but we have no patience when it comes to solving them.

We live in “automatic” times, but this is not the reality of life with God. We have to face difficulties, and even when life becomes extremely hard, we cannot give up. We must learn to keep on fighting. To have a blessed family, patience is required. An argument will not always be resolved quickly, or a hurt may not turn into forgiveness overnight. Trust and love need to be cultivated. The harmony of a family is a daily achievement.

We can’t stop fighting for the salvation of our children and marriage. To fight is to do absolutely all we can: to pray, to fast, and to cry out to God! When in doubt of the next step, seek guidance in the Word: read the Bible. 

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‘Similarly, a family splintered by feuding will fall apart. ‘ Mark 3:25(NLT)

‘But ‘God made them male and female’ from the beginning of creation. ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’ Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.”’ Mark 10:6-9(NLT)

‘“Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.’ Exodus 20:12(NLT)

‘We love each other because he loved us first. If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? ‘ 1 John 4:19-20(NLT)

Fragmented families cannot escape the flood. We need to understand that unity within our home is essential to follow God’s plans. Therefore, their is  importance in a family that is always talking, praying together, and sharing life together. How can we say we love God and mistreat or ignore our spouses or children who are by our side every day?

Noah’s family worked together before the flood, and continued doing so during the time they remained inside the ark. Imagine the work that went into taking care of all those animals and the tasks to maintain the ark in itself. They needed to be very organized and work together under the same purpose. Unity within the ark was essential.

A home must be a place of shelter, love, and respect. Husbands must respect their wives, and wives their husbands. Children need to learn how to talk with parents, and parents with their children. Society shows us marriages that do not last, and children who disrespect their parents. But God says we become one when we get married, and commands the children to honor their parents in the Lord.

Togetherness is essential for a blessed home. It is not automatic, often it will need to be worked upon with much dedication, conversation, and in some cases upon forgiveness and reconciliation. For us to be blessed, our home must be blessed, for a divided home cannot stand.

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‘This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God. Noah was the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Now God saw that the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence. God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt. So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth! “Build a large boat from cypress wood and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior. Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper. “Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die. But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives. Bring a pair of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood. Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive. And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals.” So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.’ Genesis 6:9-22(NLT)

‘“If you love me, obey my commandments. ‘ John 14:15(NLT)

Noah’s story is almost always told the same way, but we need to think about how hard it was to actually build the ark… God instructed Noah on how to construct it, but if he and his family had not followed through in obedience, salvation would not have come. God did not make an ark appear, Noah and his family had to build it.

God literally gave all the details necessary for building the ark. When we follow the Lord, He gives direction. His Word is filled with guidelines toward a blessed home, but the decision to build on it and execute His orders is ours to make. The Bible states that Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him. Just as Noah, we must be attentive to his commands, bring them into our homes, and obey every single one of them. 

Noah had to work for it. If the ark had not been built, surely the family would have no shelter to be saved from the flood. To rescue our home and family, we must act as God dictates.

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‘The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil. So the Lord was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart. And the Lord said, “I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them.” But Noah found favor with the Lord .
The Story of Noah
This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God. ‘ Genesis 6:5-9(NLT)

‘But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives. ‘ Genesis 6:18(NLT)

Noah and his family lived in a time of moral depravity, so great that the Bible says the Lord saw wickedness and thoughts that were always for evil. However, the Lord showed his goodwill to Noah. In fact, the story is not just about Noah, but about his entire family. In the midst of the flood, God spared the lives of eight people, a whole family. Noah did not win alone.

Amongst all the wickedness, God found benevolence in Noah. Why? Because He found a family that would serve Him in Noah’s house. He saw a family shaped by godly standards and not by the society in which they lived. A family that serves the Lord is different, and even with all the ugliness of the world, God still saves them. A family that belongs to God does not stay in the storm, but has shelter inside the ark.

The world today can be compared to the society of Noah’s era. We live in a time of moral decay and many social, political, and spiritual issues. That is reason why we need to take care of our homes: so there is salvation in it. We need to attain God’s attention, just as Noah’s family, so we can receive the information on how to build and find protection inside the ark.

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