Her Renewed Strength Podcast | Episode 64

Hey, sis! What is your relationship like with your parents? Are there any hurt feelings your parents have caused you? Maybe your parents didn’t do what you expected from them and probably still aren’t doing what you believe they should be doing. Maybe your mom or dad wasn’t the kind of parent you wanted. If you had or have a strained relationship with your mom, dad, or both, this is an episode you don’t want to miss.

In this episode, I’m going to dig into a question I’ve wondered about for years and finish up our relationship series with a scripture scavenger hunt that will help you honor God during or after your strained relationships.

Grab your Bible and let’s dig into what the Lord has to say about this.

Why you’ve got to check out today’s episode:

• Find out what it means to honor your mother and father so that you will live a long and blessed life.

• Discover the value of honoring your parents and appreciate the beauty of that commandment.

• Reflect on the way you see and treat your mother and father so you can right the wrongs you have committed and glorify God. 

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.” Exodus 20:12

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Check out these episode highlights:

02.30 – Growing up, I had a pretty challenging relationship with my dad which in a sense, contributed to my rebellious spirit.

03.38 – There is a way to honor your father and your mother, even when or after they have wronged you.

What the Word says: 
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.” Exodus 20:12

• This is the first relational commandment that speaks to horizontal relationships.

• Honor = Hebrew word “kāḇaḏ” which means heavy, to honor or glorify

Biblical Instructions on How to Honor Your Parents:

05.21 – #1: SHOW RESPECT 
Proverbs 23:22 “Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.”

• Like the Bereans in Acts 17, test what is said against scripture daily. “Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.” Acts 17:11

• The word despise = hold in contempt, disrespect, hold as insignificant

08.57 – #2: FORGIVE
Matthew 18:21-22 “Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.”

10.39 – #3: OBEY
Ephesians 6:1-4 “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”

• Remember: “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” John 8:7

13.00 – #4: EXTEND GRACE 
Ephesians 4:29 “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.” 

13.52 – instead of condemning and hating your parents, love, forgive, respect, and honor them because you are commanded to. 

Key Takeaway:

• It doesn’t matter how old or young you are. It doesn’t matter whether your parents are deserving or not. The important thing is that you honor them because God commanded it.

Resource:

• Join us for a study on the book of Jonah starting July 5. Click here.

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