Walking Together Towards God

It is one thing to establish communing and fellowship in church with your spouse, but adding children will change the dynamic. When a couple with children decides to follow Christ, know that there will be little eyes following who you follow. It is supremely paramount to give your children good spiritual influences as you would with anything else. We take our time t choose good schools and good doctors, so why not take the same care with something so important? Parents are Spiritual Teachers. Parents are the first spiritual influences for their offspring. We see biblical principles and precepts to mothers and to fathers in the scripture. Here are a few: Proverbs 6:20-35 This verse encourages children not to forsake the commands and instructions that both of their parents have taught them. Proverbs 1:8 Solomon writes to his son in this verse to obey his father and mother. Proverbs 23:22 This proverb reminds children that the teaching of their parents extends even to o

As we think about doing Ministry in the same church together, we have to remember God's order for the church. Jesus is the head of His church. The man follows Christ and the woman follows the man. This is biblical order. So when we speak about Ministry, we have to remember that it is for everyone in the body of Christ. We also believe that the gender roles in the church are outlined in the word of God. Women should prayerfully consider their ministry options with their husbands. Since before we were married, we decided that we wanted to do ministry together. It was a challenge to find a church that actually had  opportunities for us to do what we feel that God had called us to do. We knew God for ourselves, had been baptized and had heard from the Lord regarding what we should do and we were looking for a church that aligned with that direction for our marriage which is our first Ministry. It is important to have your own house in order before attempting to minister to oth