58. HOME         --page 500--

         And My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, & in sure dwellings, & in quiet resting places (Isa.32:18).

         1. We're building a home of hearts that girdles the globe!
         2. God's in the business of breaking up homes if they're not glorifying Him.
         3. Ask for clearance from the Lord before you even move into a new house, & be sure it's going to be a safe house!
         4. Without a heart there is no home.
         5. No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not annoy his host after three days.--Old Arab proverb.
         6. Home is the place in which we are treated the best & grumble the most.
         7. Don't ever tell me we haven't got room for somebody!
         8. Let me see your Home, & I'll tell you what you are!
         9. The idea of our Homes, of course, is a live-in church that's always open night & day.
         10. Remember to leave your house in better condition than you found it. That's part of your testimony & witness.
         11. I am still firmly convinced that the small independent Homes are the most effective and the hardest to stop!
         12. Love begins at home!
         13. Bless this house,O Lord we pray.
         Make us safe by night and day.
         Bless these walls, so firm and stout,
         Keeping want & trouble out!

         Bless the roof and windows all,
         Let Thy Peace be over all!
         Bless these doors that they may be
         Ever open Lord to Thee!

         Bless these windows shining bright,
         Letting in God's heavenly light.
         Bless the hearth a-blazing there,
         With smoke ascending like a prayer!

         (Bless the fan a'blowin' there
         Cool air flowing like a prayer!)
         Bless the folks who dwell within,
         Keep them pure and free from sin.
         Bless us all that we may be
         Fit, O Lord, to dwell with Thee!
         14. It takes a lot of lovin' to make a house a Home.
         15. When you close down one of our Homes, you destroy somebody's Church.
         16. Your home may not be air-conditioned, but be sure it's prayer-conditioned.
         17. A house is built by human hands, but a home is built by human hearts.

         (See also No.106, 122, 126, 211, 316, 326c, 563, 660, 671, 676, 836, 1031, 1046, 1065, 1067, 1409, 1549.)


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