Understanding the ministry of homemaking

What is homemaking:

Cultivating a space that is inviting for your family and others. The creation and management of a home.

Holiness in the Home:

Titus‬ ‭2:3-5‬ -The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

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Homemaking is a ministry because of the action and intentions behind them. According to scripture, women are expected to follow a behavior of holiness. Holiness begins in the heart and if should effect how we talk and how we treat others. Holiness isn’t something we turn on when we have guests, we should maintain a posture of holiness with our husbands and children. 

Be mindful that whatever attitude and posture you’re expressing at home is your teaching. We are teaching our children (whether it’s children we birthed or godchildren, nieces, etc.) behavior to follow through our actions. 

Whatever we do it must be out of love and with pure intentions. Let your love speak through your service and the good deeds you exemplify. This is true holiness being cultivated in your home.

Check Your Fruit:

The key to your ministry is the fruit that it bears. If you are maintaining a constant relationship with God by praying and reading his word, your life should bear the fruits of the spirit and it will be evident in your home. Galatians 5:22-23 says, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Check the fruit of your home by making sure the following fruits of the spirit are present.