PIETY OR GODLINESS Ingredients of happy families Piety Piety godliness is habitual reverence and obedience to Goddevotion to religious duties and observances godliness devoutness religiousness OED ID: 592583
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Ingredients of Happy Families:
PIETY OR GODLINESSSlide2
Ingredients of happy families:
Piety
Piety
(
godliness
) is “
habitual
reverence and obedience to God...devotion to religious duties and observances; godliness, devoutness, religiousness” (OED).Slide3
Ingredients of happy families:
Godliness
Family is a product of His wisdom
(Gen 2:18-25)
The home God has a great spiritual dimension
Godliness is MOST important in a mate/familySlide4
Godly Families:
Attitudes
Reverent in worship
(Heb 12:28-29)
Spiritual-minds
(Rom 8:5; 1 Cor 2:14)
Spiritual priorities
(Matt 6:33; 2 Cor 4:18; 1 Tim 6:17-19; Col 3:1-2)
Morality & Virtue
(Jas 2:18, 26; 2 Cor 6:18-7:1; 2 Pet 1:4-9)Slide5
Godly Families:
Activities
Staying close to God through worship, study and prayer
Planning ahead for consistent attendance
Enthusiastic involvement with the church
Hospitality and willing to visitSlide6
Godliness removes many, if not most, of the causes of unhappiness
(
1 Tim 4:8; 6:5-6
)
Noah
(Heb 11:7; 2 Peter 2:5)
Abraham
(Gen 18:19)
Joshua
(Josh 24:15)