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Introduction
Most families are dysfunctional
in some way.
All have room for growth.
Introduction
Brief Overview of the
home as God would
have it:
One man for one
woman for life (Gen.
2:18-24; Matt. 19:2-10)
Introduction
Brief Overview of the home as God
would have it:
Wife is:
1) to receive honor ( 1 Pet. 3:7)
2) to be properly adorned (1 Pet. 3:3-6)
3) the “weaker vessel” (1 Pet. 3:7)
4) keeper at home (Titus 2:5)
5) to be in subjection (1 Pet. 3:1; Eph. 5:22)
Introduction
Brief Overview of the home as God
would have it:
Husband is:
1) the primary provider (1 Tim. 5:8)
2) to love the wife as Christ loves His church
(Eph. 5:25)
3) the spiritual leader of the family (Eph. 6:4)
4) to nourish and cherish his wife (Eph. 5:29)
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Brief Overview of the home as
God would have it:
Parenting
1) Provide love, nurture, caring and set
positive examples
2) Discipline is done FOR the child not
TO the child
3) Not all kids are the same (Eph. 6:4 and
Col. 3:21)
Introduction
5 marriages
“I would give
my entire
fortune in
exchange for
a successful
marriage.”
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get hugged
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by the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame,” he
says, “and you don’t
have children with the
Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame. I want what
everybody else wants:
to love and to be
loved, and to have a
family.”
Billy Joel
Is a professor of Human
Development and Family Studies
in the College of Human
Environmental Sciences at the
University of Alabama
“If you live in a strong family, please
contact us. We know a lot about what
makes families fail. We need to know
more about what makes them
succeed.”
Secrets of Strong Families
6 Secrets of Strong Families
1. Commitment!
Jesus Said: (Mark 10:9 KJV)
What therefore God hath
joined together, let not man
put asunder.
Mark 10:9
(1 Cor 7:27 KJV) Art thou
bound unto a wife? seek not
to be loosed. Art thou loosed
from a wife? seek not a wife.
(1 Cor 7:27 KJV) Art thou
bound unto a wife? seek not
to be loosed. Art thou loosed
from a wife? seek not a wife.
6 Secrets of Strong Families
1. Commitment!
2. Time together!
(Gen 2:24 KJV) Therefore shall a man
leave his father and his mother, and
shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall
be one flesh.
(Eph 5:15 KJV) See then that ye
walk circumspectly,
(BE CAREFUL ) not as fools, but
as wise,
(Eph 5:16 KJV) Redeeming the
time, because the days are evil.
Strong families make
time to be together;
Weak families
spend time on other
things!
6 Secrets of Strong Families
1. Commitment!
2. Time together!
When 1500 children were
asked, “What do you think makes
a happy family?,”they didn’t list
“money,” “cars,” or “nice homes.”
They simply answered:
“Doing things
together!”
6 Secrets of Strong Families
1. Commitment!
2. Time together!
3. Appreciation!
(Eph 4:29 KJV) Let no
corrupt communication
proceed out of your mouth,
but that which is good to
the use of edifying, that it may minister grace
unto the hearers.
Strong families build
one another up;
Weak families tear
one another down.
Number-One Predictor of Divorce?
Disrespect!!!
•“If I had to do it over again, I’d still
marry you.”
•“I couldn’t get you out of my mind
today.”
•“I will always love you.”
•“I can always count on you.”
•“I’m so proud to be married to you.”
•“I’m sorry.”
•“I was wrong.”
•“You make every day brighter.”
Like a diamond
You Sparkle
You’re Strong and Enduring
You’re Priceless!
Like a diamond
I like to take you with me when I leave the house
And show you off in public. You make me proud!
Like a diamond
I like you next to my body!
They say, “Diamonds are forever.”
Honey, you are the diamond in my life!
One mother wrote saying,
“Each night we go into the
children’s bedrooms and give
each a big hug and kiss. Then
we say, ‘You are really good
kids and we love you very
much.We think it’s important
to leave that message with
them at the end of the day.”
Secrets of Strong Families
1. Commitment!
2. Time together!
3. Appreciation!
4. Communication!
6 Secrets of Strong Families
(Prov 25:11
KJV) A word
fitly spoken is
like apples of
gold in pictures
of silver.
Secrets of Strong Families
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Commitment!
Time together!
Appreciation!
Communication!
5. Spiritual faith!
(Psa 127:1 KJV) A Song
of degrees for Solomon.
Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain
that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the
watchman waketh but in vain.
—“People who attend
church even once a
month increase their
chances of staying
married. Religion
provides couples
with a shared sense
of values, ideology
and purpose in life.”
Secrets of Strong Families
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Commitment!
Time together!
Appreciation!
Communication!
Spiritual faith!
6. Coping with crisis!
6 Secrets of Strong Families
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Commitment!
Time together!
Appreciation!
Communication!
Spiritual faith!
6. Coping with crisis!
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and
naked I shall return there.
6 Secrets of Strong Families
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Commitment!
Time together!
Appreciation!
Communication!
Spiritual faith!
6. Coping with crisis!
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Job 1:21
NOW IS THE TIME
Best time to get started is NOW
Best time to ask God for His help
is NOW
Best way to start, is on your knees
with an open heart, NOW
Change is a process. You
will need ongoing help.
Please, let heaven and this
church help you each step
of your journey.