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we need more safe zones

1 Thessalonians 5:6   NLT So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded. There are some places that ought to be safe.  I mean safe as in you feel welcome, at peace and calm.  That would includes the places where you can let your guard down because you know you won’t be attacked physically or emotionally.  These places are important. The first is our homes.   Maybe you realize as I do that it is very easy to let our homes become battlegrounds rather than a safe zone.  This happens when we let our guard down, when we stop doing what God called us to do, when we start thinking about ourselves rather than about others.  For our homes to be safe, we have to realize we are on the same team, and we all win when we are together.  Husbands and wives… Parents and kids… Family.  It is a challenge to make our homes safe places. Another place that ought to be a safe zone is the church.   If you are l...