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Pas. Jim's Blog

"Whosoever's House" - Pastor Welty

Jim Welty

When I was a little boy, my mother taught Bible classes for neighborhood kids.  One of the lessons she taught was entitled "Whosoever's House".  Whosoever was a young man who lived in a heart house that had been given to him by the King.  Whosoever heard that the King's Son was coming for a visit, so he wanted to get his house as clean as possible.  No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get his house as clean as he wanted due to some unwanted guests:  Miss Grouchy, Mr. Bad Habits, Miss Tell Lies and Mr. Pretend.  He was feeling very discouraged by this.  Finally Whosoever received good news when Mr. and Mrs. Honesty stopped by.  They told him that the King's Son would help him clean out his heart's house if Whosoever opened the door and invited him in.  It was a great analogy to our spiritual lives and the need to honestly deal with areas of our lives that are not pleasing to God.

Recently a friend of mine gave me a little booklet entitled "My Heart Christ's Home" by Robert Boyd Munger.  He starts with Ephesians 3:16-17 which says:  I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,  so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then he explores what it means to have Christ dwell in our hearts. 

 It reminded me of Whosoever's House as the author walks us through the various rooms of our home and asks us to consider how Jesus impacts the area of our lives that that room represents.  The rooms he explores are the study, the dining room, the living room the work room the recreation room the bedroom and the hall closet.  These rooms give us a pretty comprehensive look at our lives as Christ followers.

We're going to take a few weeks to consider that booklet and those ideas as we seek to grow in our relationship with Christ and each other.  We will begin this study on January 12, and the booklets will be available for your to have.  I hope we all benefit from this study.