To be upright is to take the high road; to resist compromise, cutting corners, stretching the envelope.

One of the many blessings of walking in uprightness in all of our dealings with God and man is the blessing of intimacy and favor with God and the confidence that He is listening to our prayers and values our fellowship as a result of our uprightness or in response to our uprightness.

For Abraham (or any of us) to truly come to know God, to become like Him, and to be used by Him - especially to father children that will in turn be useable in God’s hands for His purposes – anything in our family culture that is not pleasing to God and in keeping with His kingdom culture will have to eventually be exposed and repented of.

His (Noah's) sons got to observe their father day in and day out living a holy and devout life in the midst of a perverted and debauched generation. They surely knew other fathers in their community and the contrast was obvious. Their father was a principled man, which meant he did not live to please man and was not reactive to contemporary culture.

Jesus Christ is returning for a pure and spotless bride (see Ephesians 5:27 & Titus 2:14). A significant piece of that restoring purifying process is fathers righteously fathering their children, and children learning to find in their Savior what they did not receive from their earthly fathers.

God’s desire and intent for every mother is that you too might have the privilege of dying to every right the American Association of Mothers says you have, so that the fruit of your death might be life not only for your children, but also for all those they will touch.

"....money can accomplish a lot of things in life, but when it comes to love it is of little use. True love just cannot be won and obtained by any amount of money. God knows… wealthy people who have been able to accomplish so much with their wealth have tried and tried in vain. Wives ultimately don’t want their husband’s things. They want their husband. "

There are many who want to be a part of Christ’s church but who do not want to readily admit that He is God and He alone is Savior and that we desperately need a Savior. If we have been born again by the Spirit of God we will readily admit and confess these things.

the truth as it relates to marriage is the natural trajectory of marriage is deterioration. Without constant supernatural help from the grand designer of marriage, and without our cooperation with His help, most marriages will never become what they were meant to become. The opposition within and without the man and woman; the husband and wife is just too great.

Knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that my name is recorded in the Lamb’s book of life, that I am an adopted son or daughter of God, and that no one can change this eternal status of mine is meant to be and should be an ongoing spring of joy and rejoicing for every true believer.