Guidelines From The Duggar House

[pastorables]

I found these house guidelines on the Duggar website.

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Always use soft words, even when you don’t feel well.

Always display kind actions and joyful attitudes, even if you have been mistreated. Have the right response by quickly forgiving others in your heart even before they ask.

Always be enthusiastic and look for opportunities to praise others' character.

Always deflect praise and be grateful to God and others for the ways they have benefited your life.

Always use manners and be respectful of others and their belongings.
Always do what is right, even when others may not, or when no one is looking.

Thank God for how He made you, for what He has given you and everything He allows you to go through. (Romans 8:28)

Don’t mock or put others down. Develop compassion and pray for others.
Never argue, complain, or blame. Quickly admit when you have done wrong and ask for forgiveness (even if you were only 10% at fault). Don't wait till you’re caught. Be sure your sins will find you out. He who covers his sin will not prosper, but he that confesses and forsakes it shall find mercy.

Have a tough accountability/prayer partner to daily share your heart with and to keep you in line (your parents, spouse). The power of sin is in secrecy.

Be attentive and look for ways to serve others with sincere motives and no thought of self-gain.

Think pure thoughts (Philippians 4:8, Romans 13:14).

Always give a good report of others. Don't gossip! Never tale-bear unless physical harm will come to someone. (Use Matthew 18.)

Never raise a hand to hit.
Never raise a foot to kick.
Never raise an object to throw.
Never raise a voice to yell.
Never raise an eye to scowl.

Use one toy/activity at a time. Share!

Do your best to keep your surroundings neat, clean and organized.
Never let the sun go down on your wrath. (Don’t go to bed angry or guilty)

Amendment J.O.Y. - Put Jesus first, Others second, Yourself last.

[MacUser]

Good Church Planting Guidelines also..

[Paully_44]

i saw about 15 minutes of this show the other night while my wife was watching it. I could'nt believe one of their sons who had to be an adult, was only going to date & kiss a girl he believed he would marry and had to be chaperones?.

[DaJudge]

i saw about 15 minutes of this show the other night while my wife was watching it. I could'nt believe one of their sons who had to be an adult, was only going to date & kiss a girl he believed he would marry and had to be chaperones?.

I saw that too. I don't have a problem with them having those standards for themselves, if that is what they want to do.

As for me, though, I enjoyed some good premarital kissin'.

What was weird to me though was how they claimed that kissing a girl before the wedding day caused you to have "emotional baggage". Kind of strange. They basically view kissing as equivalent to sex.

They seem like a nice family, but the way they live ain't for me.

[Paully_44]

They seem like a nice family, but the way they live ain't for me.

me either.