{"id":7451,"date":"2024-02-25T19:34:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T01:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tjc-chicago.org\/?page_id=7451"},"modified":"2024-02-26T07:11:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T13:11:42","slug":"2024s_pl7_ia_abrahams-story-of-building-family-altar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tjc-chicago.org\/zh\/2024s_pl7_ia_abrahams-story-of-building-family-altar\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4e9e\u4f2f\u62c9\u7f55\u5efa\u9020\u5bb6\u5ead\u796d\u58c7\u7684\u6545\u4e8b"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7451\" class=\"elementor elementor-7451\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-528cfbda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"528cfbda\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cded71\" data-id=\"cded71\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ea15ff8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"2ea15ff8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"trp_language_switcher_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"trp-language-switcher trp-language-switcher-container\" data-no-translation >\n    <div class=\"trp-ls-shortcode-current-language\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"trp-ls-shortcode-disabled-language trp-ls-disabled-language\" title=\"\u7e41\u9ad4\u4e2d\u6587\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault()\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"trp-flag-image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/translatepress-multilingual\/assets\/images\/flags\/zh_TW.png\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" alt=\"zh_TW\" title=\"\u7e41\u9ad4\u4e2d\u6587\"> \u7e41\u9ad4\u4e2d\u6587\t\t<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"trp-ls-shortcode-language\">\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"trp-ls-shortcode-disabled-language trp-ls-disabled-language\"  title=\"\u7e41\u9ad4\u4e2d\u6587\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault()\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"trp-flag-image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/translatepress-multilingual\/assets\/images\/flags\/zh_TW.png\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" alt=\"zh_TW\" title=\"\u7e41\u9ad4\u4e2d\u6587\"> \u7e41\u9ad4\u4e2d\u6587\t\t<\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/tjc-chicago.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7451#TRPLINKPROCESSED\" title=\"English\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"trp-flag-image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/translatepress-multilingual\/assets\/images\/flags\/en_US.png\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" alt=\"en_US\" title=\"English\"> English        <\/a>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/tjc-chicago.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7451#TRPLINKPROCESSED\" title=\"\u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"trp-flag-image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/translatepress-multilingual\/assets\/images\/flags\/zh_CN.png\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" alt=\"zh_CN\" title=\"\u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587\"> \u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587        <\/a>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <script type=\"application\/javascript\">\n        \/\/ need to have the same with set from JS on both divs. Otherwise it can push stuff around in HTML\n        var trp_ls_shortcodes = document.querySelectorAll('.trp_language_switcher_shortcode .trp-language-switcher');\n        if ( trp_ls_shortcodes.length > 0) {\n            \/\/ get the last language switcher added\n            var trp_el = trp_ls_shortcodes[trp_ls_shortcodes.length - 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I am going to tell a story about how I gained peace and love from God. Picture this: I&#8217;m living comfortably in Ur, and then God tells me to pack up and move. Not just to a new neighborhood, but to a totally different country, Canaan. It&#8217;s a wild move, but I trust God, so I take my wife Sarai, my nephew Lot, all our stuff, and the people with us, and off we go.<\/p><p>Now, think about this for a sec. We\u2019re trekking to this new place, and I&#8217;m not going to lie, it&#8217;s tough. We&#8217;ve left everything familiar behind, and sometimes it feels like we&#8217;re all alone out there. But then, God shows up. He says, Now the Lord had said to Abram:<i> \u201cGet out of your country, From your family And from your father\u2019s house, To a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. (Gen12:1-3)\u201d<\/i><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Then the Lord appeared to me and said, <i>\u201cTo your descendants I will give this land.\u201d(<\/i>Gen12:7<i>) <\/i>And there I built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to ME.<\/p><p>Fast forward to today. We&#8217;ve got our own kinds of altars\u2014maybe it&#8217;s a family chat where we share what we&#8217;re thankful for, or it&#8217;s just a moment when we pause to pray together. Whatever it is, it&#8217;s about recognizing that, even when life gets real and we feel lost, God&#8217;s still there, guiding us.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><i>Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain.\u201d Psalm 127:1.<\/i> <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It reminds me that, If God&#8217;s not in our plans, we&#8217;re just running in circles. You can have the flashiest crib, but if there&#8217;s no joy, no peace? It&#8217;s just a pretty, empty shell. And let&#8217;s be real, we can&#8217;t micromanage our family&#8217;s faith or safety. We can watch out for them, but at some point, we are going to let go and surrender to God.<\/p><p>And hey, I get it. This generation, they&#8217;re pushing boundaries, trying to figure things out. They might not see it as rebelling; they&#8217;re just doing their own thing. But sometimes, that freedom they&#8217;re chasing can lead them down some rocky paths, and it can really sting those who care about them<\/p><p>Parents, I hear you. You think the world&#8217;s messing with your kids, or the church isn&#8217;t doing enough. But faith isn&#8217;t a Saturday -only deal. What&#8217;s happening Sunday through Friday? What are we teaching our kids during those other 166 hours in the week?<\/p><p>Bottom line: Preachers and teachers can help, but most of the heavy lifting? That&#8217;s on us at home. We can&#8217;t count<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>on just a couple of hours of Saturday religious education class<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>and consider it done.. We need to live the everyday example.<\/p><p>So, let&#8217;s go back to the basics, like I did. Set up that family altar of trust in God&#8217;s guidance. Show your kids that faith is the real deal for you, and even the wild ones will notice. They&#8217;ll see the love and the care, and it&#8217;ll make them think twice about the choices they make. They might not turn around on the spot, but that seed&#8217;s planted.<\/p><p>In the end, our family altar isn&#8217;t just about tradition or routine; it&#8217;s about keeping our hearts tuned to God&#8217;s frequency. It&#8217;s about coming back to Him, together, no matter where we&#8217;ve wandered off to. That&#8217;s the legacy I started, and it&#8217;s one we can all keep going. And this is how you get peace and love at home.<\/p><p>We warmly invite you to come to the True Jesus Church\u2019s bi-annual Evangelical Service and Spiritual Convocation.\u00a0 See details below.<\/p><p>18-21 April 2024 Evangelical Service and Spiritual Convocation<\/p><p>Thursday, 18 April 2024 6:50PM to 8:10PM<br \/>Friday and Saturday, 19-20 April, 2024 9:00AM to 8:10PM<br \/>Sunday, 21 April, 2024 9:00AM to 1:00PM<br \/>Complimentary lunch and dinner will be served.<\/p><p>Please find our church location below:<\/p><p><b>4N550 Church Road<br \/><\/b><b>Bensenville,\u00a0<abbr title=\"Illinois\">IL<\/abbr>\u00a060106<br \/><\/b><i aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/True+Jesus+Church+Chicago\/@41.945266,-87.9536702,18.39z\/data=!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x880fb39f5fbd433d:0x72d82c41e185bf3e!2s4+S+Church+Rd,+Bensenville,+IL+60106!3b1!8m2!3d41.9448745!4d-87.9534209!3m5!1s0x880fb3a1e4e2dd49:0xd44299b704de1192!8m2!3d41.9453743!4d-87.9533863!16s%2Fg%2F1tdn02z1?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>\u00a0Google Maps<\/b><\/a><\/p><p>For online streaming, please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tjc-chicago.org\/service\/live-sabbath-service\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p><p>For regular service hours, please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tjc-chicago.org\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tjc-chicago.org\/\">click here<\/a>.<b><\/b><\/p><p>Email us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ilovejesus@tjc-chicago.org\">ilovejesus@tjc-chicago.org<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, I&#8217;m Abraham. 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