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Dr. Joel Beeke explains in this video that a marriage is positively impacted when spouses compliment each other, affirm, and lift up each other. It is something that spouses should attempt to do consistently to help to build a strong marriage that will weather through tough seasons. 1 Peter 4:8 (NKJV) - "And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins."

Joel Beeke shares in this video that one thing that one thing that they did in their family was to speak well of the church to their children. He didn't want them to grow up with the idea that the church wasn't important or was something to be resented. The same thing can apply to marriage and how you speak to your spouse. Our children are listening and paying attention to how we view and treat both the church and our marriage. Romans 16:17 (NKJV) - "Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them."

Ephesians 6:1-3 commands children to obey their parents "because it is right." Here are ten reasons why it is "right" to obey. 1. It is right because it pleases the Lord. You want God's blessing in everything you do. Imagine God is against you. Imagine God's displeasure upon you? Paul speaks to the Colossians that your honor and obedience is "pleasing to the Lord" (Col 3:20). God opposes the proud, but He gives grace to the humble (1 Pet. 5:5, James 4:6). The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men (Rom 1:18). 2. It is right because children need to learn it when they are young. Pride makes children think that they should be in control. Here is the reality. Children are blind to their lack of wisdom and experience. Children don't see themselves the ways mature people see them. Ecclesiastes 10:3, gives a picture of what this looks like, "Even when a fool walks along the way, He lacks wisdom, and he shows everyone that he is a fool." Children are naturally deceived about themselves. Children want all the authority and responsibility of adults without having the maturity, the thinking process, and the financial ability to be on their own. They want the same authority as the parents, but they do not have the same wisdom and experience as parents. 3. It is right because rebellion is connected to the self-driven impulses that characterize evil – even demonic activity. God calls it "divination" (1 Sam 15:22-24). "Rebellion" is like "divination." Divination, at its core, is rejecting God and going to another source. It is despising His ways. This independent spirit of arrogance is like idolatry. Whe

Allowing Dishonor and disobedience in your home is devastating to your children, while securing honor and obedience is one of the most helpful things you can do. It is the will of our Father in heaven to create cultures of honor and fathers and mothers are at center stage of accomplishing this task. When the apostle Paul says in Ephesians 6:1-4, “honor your father and mother’ he is identifying one small piece of a huge issue that goes far beyond father and mother. God desires honor toward Himself and every other living creature. Seven Admonitions for Fathers and Sons for creating a culture of honor 1. Get The definition right 2. Understand the will of God 3. Learn from Jesus 4. No one can sidestep this command 5. Examine your heart 6. Fathers, honor your sons 7. Believe the promise

Pride is a besetting sin of people from all walks of life, that manifests itself in almost countless ways. It is a pervasive and deadly sin that so easily creeps into the heart and is so difficult to identify and repent of. But God has given his Word to not only help us to see the sinfulness of pride, but also to identify its many forms and to give us help in the war against this ubiquitous evil.

In this audio message, Bill Brown reads George Washington's Rules of Civility. George Washington, when he was roughly 14 years old, penned 110 "Rules of Civility." Readers can find practical and wise advice from these rules. We should encourage our children to pursue maturity and to desire wisdom even at a young age. Proverbs 13:20 (NKJV) - "He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed."

In this message Joel Beeke and Scott Brown discuss the love that a husband should have for their wives. They should love their wife as Christ loves the church. When they do this they fulfill the law.

In this audio message, Scott Brown provides us with some lessons that we can learn from the life of Jonadab, a man in Scripture. The honor that Jonadab's sons, the Rechabites, displayed for Jonadab was rewarded by God. They were still showing honor to Jonadab hundreds of years later. How can we likewise demonstrate honor to our parents? Deuteronomy 5:16 (NKJV) - "Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you."

In this audio message, Scott Brown discusses Ephesians 6 and talks about honor. Honor is a foundational principle. He shares that there are five foundational principles that we can take from this chapter. It is especially important for young people to learn to honor their parents and other older, wiser individuals that God has placed in their life. Deuteronomy 5:16 (NKJV) - "Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you."