The Scriptures teach that we should be so filled with the fruit of the Spirit that our hearts should overflow with a love for Christ, enabling us to be a light unto this world. Our homes should be no different as we seek to grow in Christ as a family.
In the 1880's, a fine man of God named J.R. Miller wrote a good book about the family which contains the following analogy:
"The benediction that falls upon the homes of a country is like the gentle rain that descends among the hills. A thousand springs are fuller afterward, and along the banks of a thousand streamlets flowing through the valleys the grass is greener and the flowers pour out richer fragrance. Homes are the springs among the hills, whose many streamlets, uniting, form like great rivers: society, the community, the nation, and the Church. If the springs run low, the rivers waste; if they pour out bounteous currents, the rivers are full. If the springs are pure, the rivers are clear like crystal; if they are foul, the rivers are defiled. Homes are the divinely ordained fountains of life."
Regarding our need to overflow and influence those around us, Charles Spurgeon wrote in the 1800's:
"A Christian is not to be a village in a valley, but "a city set upon a hill;" he is not to be a candle under a bushel, but a candle in a candlestick, giving light to all. From the hidden springs within let sweetly flowing rivulets of testimony flow forth, giving drink to every passerby."
Reject the tendencies of the world, and so fill your mind with the things of God that your mouth only utters those things which are "true, noble, just, pure, lovely, and praise-worthy." (see Philippians 4:8).
"Beware being led away with the error of the wicked, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." (2 Peter 3:18)
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