The Importance of Family

S - Scripture

1 Timothy 5 v. 1-2 Do not rebuke an older man but exhort him as you would a Father; treat younger men like brothers, older women like mothers, younger women like sisters, all in purity.

O - Observation

Family!!! God wants us to be a family. Families look out for each other, care for each other. They celebrate your accomplishments, they cry at your sorrows. The core of a family is relationships.

Family dysfunction occurs when relationships breakdown. There's a reason why Satan attacks the family, because it destroys the concept, the understanding of what a family is all about. Thus the importance of the last 3 words of the verses, "all in purity." We need to treat and view people with love. 1 Corinthians 13 v. 7, "Love bares all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

A - Application

How big is my "family"? Do I love them as "family"?

P - Prayer

Jesus, Help me to develop a strong, healthy and large "family".  Love Will.

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