Morning by Morning, June 22, 2026 — Honoring Fathers. Honoring Sons and Daughters.
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Thank You for my journey with You every day—morning by morning and moment by moment, as I abide in You and You abide in me, grounded in Your Word and living in Your Spirit (John 15:4). …
Yesterday was Father’s Day. And these spiritual principles from the Word of God still come to mind today:
“‘Honor your father and mother,’ which is the first commandment with promise: ‘that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.’ And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:2-4).
Honor and respect are foundational in any relationship. We honor with respect, with love, with appropriate obedience and submission to godly authority, with our words and our attitudes and our actions. We honor with time and attention, with encouragement and affirmation.
As You have intended, our earthly relationships are to be a reflection of our heavenly relationship with You. You are a good, good Father, honoring us with love and life. And we are Your sons and daughters, through Jesus Christ our Lord, honoring You with our obedience and respect.
In a relationship like that, it goes well with us. And at the same time, when our relationships are not like that, it doesn’t go so well.
Your Word doesn’t say to just honor good fathers and good mothers or to refrain from provoking only good sons and good daughters. But all fathers and all mothers, all sons and all daughters.
Sometimes honor comes through forgiveness for the failure to be who You created them and called them to be. Sometimes honor comes through letting go of the past and not hardening our hearts in judgment as if to say that’s just how they are, how they’ll always be, and they’ll never change; but rather, agreeing with the Redeemer to bring change instead of agreeing with the accuser to condemn.
Restoration of these relationships—especially those strained and torn—is one of the signs of the end times, for the revival and great harvest at the end of the age:
“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse” (Malachi 4:5-6).
Lord, send Your Spirit of restoration in the hearts of Your people in these significant relationships. Let us experience Your blessing and not Your curse, great revival rather great destruction—in our hearts, in our relationships, and in all the earth. With honor and respect, toward You and one another, may it go well for us all. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you experience honor, respect, restoration, and love in the significant relationships of your life, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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