Post 9.6 -- Make Your Heavenly Home a Priority.

By Judy Rix... Note: Before you read this chapter, please read "Post 9 -- Seven Ways to Make Your Home a Heaven on Earth."

Prioritizing a "Heaven on Earth" home builds a strong spiritual foundation for your family. It invites divine influences and fulfills God's eternal plan despite the challenges of the world and the adversary.

When all family members work intentionally to make your heavenly home a priority, it becomes "a place of refuge where peace and serenity prevail, a place where you can reset, regroup, and reenergize." (Elder Richard G. Scott) 

Here are a few strategies:

-- Families aren't perfect. When something disrupts the harmony in your home, take a moment to analyze the issue. Convene a family council, and let everyone offer suggestions for improvement.

-- Create a family flag or logo. Historically, a coat of arms or family crest was a unique symbol which proudly represented a family's legacy, accomplishments, and values. Make it an honor for your children to be included in that legacy. Our family flag represents "Give them a strong foundation so they can fly on their own."

-- Teach your children from a young age to value and care for everything in their home and environment. Instill in them the principle of stewardship, and allow them to work for their privileges. Everyone appreciates more deeply the things they have to work for.

-- Transforming your home into a beautiful space is a meaningful investment of time and money. By making that sacrifice, you create an environment of joy and invite God's spirit to dwell there. You provide your family and friends with peace, happiness, and nourishment for their souls -- a place where they want to be.

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Go to the Source -- What Do the Scriptures and Respected Teachers Say?

“This house shall be a healthful habitation if it be built unto my name, and if the governor which shall be appointed unto it shall not suffer any pollution to come upon it. It shall be holy, or the Lord your God will not dwell therein.” (D&C 124:24)

“…He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.” (BOM 2 Nephi 8:3)

"Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God." (D&C 88:119)  

"And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places." (Bible. Isaiah 32:18)

"Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established, and by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches." (Bible. Proverbs 24:3-4)

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