Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching (Heb 10:25).

How paramount it is that we spend time together with the body of Christ for the purpose of exhorting one another towards love and good works (Heb. 10:24).

Our family was recently exhorted from attending a conference put on by the Maxwell family at the home of the Butler family. The Maxwells travel around the country a couple times each year, encouraging families in the homeschool network on the importance of family harmony, marriage oneness, keeping yourself unspotted from the world, avoiding complacency, and rejecting worldly models.

The attacks against the family are intense though they often seep in at unawares. Like small wedges, the ideologies of the world – individual success, entertainment, friends, ineffective churches (glory bubbles), etc – work their way into families. One example was ‘work.’ How often do we look forward with great anticipation to the completion of a tast rather than enjoying our work? What we enjoy will impact those younger.

We were exhorted on a variety of topics that included the roles of husband and wife, preparing young people for Godly marriages, keeping your children’s hearts. the powerful tool of evangelism, the devastating affects of anger and how often it is overlooked under the guise of being ‘disappointed’ or ‘slightly displeased.’

Watching the Maxwell family interact with one another, their submission and lack of an independent spirit, and their heart to invest into others was of great inspiration.

We look forward to the next Maxwell conference!

(click here for pictures and reports on the day conference from the Hynes and Maxwell families).

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