Monday
Ephesians 5:33
So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Tuesday
Ephesians 6:1
As a child, I obey my parents because I belong to You, Lord, for this is the right thing to do.
Wednesday
Ephesians 6:2
I honor my father and mother. This is the first of the Ten Commandments that ends with a promise.
Thursday
Ephesians 6:3
And this is the promise: If I honor my father and mother, I “will live a long life, full of blessing.”
Friday
Ephesians 6:4
And now a word to fathers. I don’t make my children angry by the way I treat them. Rather, I bring them up with the discipline and instruction approved by You, Lord.
Zingers from Croft M. Pentz, Tyndale House Publishers
4376. Repentance means not only a heart broken for sin but from sin.
4377. Many people in mending their ways use very thin threads.
4378. Repentance is not only saying, “I’m sorry.” It is also saying, “I’m through.”
4379. Some so-called penitential crying is only hypocritical lying.
4380. To be good, you must first look and see that you are bad.