Core values : Engage Family
"Its meaningless if you are successful outside and pointless at home."
Genesis 2:18
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.
Psalms 127:1
Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.
Genesis 2:16-17
And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
Genesis 3:14
So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,“Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
Issues:
- Communication Breakdown
All are hooked on social media. They are so near yet you so far.
2.Values Erosion
Culture's strong influence on the priorities of the parents.
3.Financial Stress
Families don't know how to save money.
How do we protect?
Model God's design for family
Deuteronomy 6:1-3 "Love the Lord Your God"
These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 2 so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. 3 Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.
Marriage
Ephesians 5:28
In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
How do you love the members of the family?
Be the leader of the family
Matthew 5:14-15
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
Have a blessed day ahead, remember be a light in your own family and to other people <3