Angels in the Home

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for June 9
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Angels in the Home

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy
ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot
against a stone. Ps. 91:11, 12.

Angels of God are watching over us. Upon this earth there are thousands
and tens of thousands of heavenly messengers commissioned by the Father
to prevent Satan from obtaining any advantage over those who refuse to
walk in the path of evil. And these angels who guard God's children on
earth are in communication with the Father in heaven. "Take heed that ye
despise not one of these little ones," Christ said; "for I say unto you,
That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which
is in heaven" (Matt. 18:10).

Scarcely any of us realize that angels are about us; and these precious
angels, who minister to those who shall be heirs of salvation, are
saving from us many, many temptations and difficulties. The whole family
of heaven is interested in the families here below; and how thankful we
should be for this interest manifested for us day and night.

Words spoken in our homes which are impatient and unkind, angels hear;
and do you want to find in the books of heaven a record of the impatient
and passionate words you have uttered in your family? Impatience brings
the enemy of God and man into your family and drives out the angels of
God. If you are abiding in Christ, and Christ in you, you cannot speak
angry words.
Fathers and mothers, I beseech you for Christ's sake, to be kind,
tender, and patient in your homes. Then light and sunshine will enter
your homes, and you will feel that bright beams from the Sun of
Righteousness are indeed shining into your hearts.

It is the absence of the graces of God's Spirit that leaves the home in
a dark, unhappy condition. Your home should be a blessed sanctuary where
God can come in, and where His holy angels can minister unto you. If
impatience and unkindness are manifested one to another, angels cannot
be attracted to your home; but where love and peace abide, these
heavenly ones love to come and bring still more of the holy influence of
the home above.

>From Devotional: Our Father Cares, p. 150.