Week 21 of 52
Family and Household
God builds His work through homes long before He builds it through institutions.
Built on Joshua 24. Joshua's closing charge to Israel, ending with a household decision made in public: as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Scripture does not treat the family as a private arrangement outside the reach of faith. It is the first institution God makes, the first place obedience is taught, and the first place its absence is felt. Genesis opens with a household, the law regulates households, the prophets measure a nation by what happens inside its homes, and the New Testament gives households some of its most direct instructions.
This week does not romanticise family life or pretend the Bible is silent about its failures. It reads real households, some faithful and some broken, and asks what each one teaches about serving God together under one roof.
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Seven days
Each day is its own devotional
Day 1
As for Me and My House
A leader's faith becomes a household decision.
Joshua 24:15
Day 2
Train Up a Child
Instruction given early is meant to last.
Proverbs 22:6
Day 3
Eli's Sons and a Father's Silence
A household can fail through what is never said.
1 Samuel 3:13
Day 4
Husbands, Wives and a Great Mystery
Marriage is given a meaning larger than itself.
Ephesians 5:25
Day 5
Ruth and Naomi's Household of Two
Loyalty can rebuild a household from almost nothing.
Ruth 1:16
Day 6
Honour Your Father and Mother
The only commandment attached to a promise.
Exodus 20:12
Day 7
A House Built by Wisdom
What holds a household together in the end.
Proverbs 24:3-4