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Proverbs 24:3 - To Establish the Home.

Proverbs 24:3 (NKJV) Through wisdom a house 
is built, And by understanding it is 
established;  

Proverbs 24:3 (NLT) A house is built by 
wisdom and becomes strong through good sense.  

COMMENTARY PEARL

   The family is the most important 
institution in the world. It was God's idea in the first 
place. It was not the invention of sociologists or 
economists or government bureaucrats who decided it 
would make society operate more smoothly. Families 
existed before cities and governments, before 
written language, nations, temples, and churches. 
   In the home, character and integrity are 
formed, values are made clear, and goals are set. 
These last a lifetime. And if they aren't formed 
correctly, that, too, will result in patterns - bad 
patterns - that last a lifetime, if God doesn't 
intervene. 
   Today, Satan is attacking the family as 
never before. But what are our defenses against 
such attacks? 
   As always, our best defense is the Word 
of God. Read the Bible together as a family. 
Have family devotions. Pray for one another daily 
by name. Be on guard against the forces that 
tend to pull families apart today. And most of 
all, commit your marriage to Christ, and make Him 
the center of your home -and your life. [Hope 
for Each Day by Billy Graham] 

COMMENTARY

   He who gave Eve to Adam as a helpmeet 
performed His first miracle at a marriage festival. 
Thus He sanctioned marriage, recognizing it as an 
institution that He Himself had established. He ordained 
that men and women should be united in holy 
wedlock, to rear families whose members, crowned with 
honor, should be recognized as members of the 
family above. 
   Like every other one of Gods good 
gifts , marriage has been perverted by sin; but 
it is the purpose of the gospel to restore its 
purity and beauty. 
   The grace of Christ, and this alone, can 
make this institution what God designed it should 
be"an agent for the blessing and uplifting of 
humanity. And thus the families of earth, in their 
unity and peace and love, may represent the family 
of heaven. The condition of society presents a 
sad comment upon Heavens ideal of this sacred 
relation. Yet even for those who have found bitterness 
and disappointment where they had hoped for 
companionship and joy, the gospel of Christ offers a 
solace. The patience and gentleness which His Spirit 
can impart, will sweeten the bitter lot. The 
heart in which Christ dwells will be so filled, so 
satisfied, with His love that it will not be consumed 
with longing to attract sympathy and attention to 
itself. And through the surrender of the soul to 
God, His wisdom can accomplish what human wisdom 
fails to do. Through the revelation of His grace, 
hearts that were once indifferent or estranged may 
be united. 
   Men and women can reach Gods ideal for 
them if they will take Christ as their helper. 
What human wisdom cannot do, His grace will 
accomplish for those who give themselves to Him in 
loving trust. His providence can unite hearts in 
bonds that are of heavenly origin. Love will not 
be a mere exchange of soft and flattering 
words. The loom of heaven weaves with warp and woof 
finer, yet more firm, than can be woven by the 
looms of earth. The result is not a tissue fabric, 
but a texture that will bear wear and test and 
trial. Heart will be bound to heart in the golden 
bonds of a love that is enduring. AG115 

EXCELLENT PRESENTATION THAT RELATES TO THIS 
TOPIC 

When Inches Become Miles by Randy Roberts 
10-08-2022 | Loma Linda University Church 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkoNMmglSxM&t=2107s 

LINKS AND PASSAGES FOR FURTHER STUDY 

Isaiah 54:13 - A United Family.

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2022/20221115-0843.html 

Matthew 19:4-6 (NKJV) And He answered and 
said to them, "Have you not read that He who made 
them at the beginning 'made them male and 
female,' and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave 
his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 
and the two shall become one flesh'? So then, 
they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore 
what God has joined together, let not man 
separate."  

Genesis 2:18 (NIV) The Lord God said, "It is 
not good for the man to be alone. I will make a 
helper suitable for him."  

Ecclesiastes 4:9, 10 (NLT) Two people are 
better off than one, for they can help each other 
succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out 
and help. But someone who falls alone is in real 
trouble.  

YOUR COMMENTS

If anyone has a paraphrase, commentary or 
testimony on this passage of Scripture, either 
personal or otherwise, I would be interested in 
hearing from you.  Thanks in advance and let's keep 
uplifting Jesus that all might be drawn to Him. Fred 
Gibbs  

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