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How Important Is Your Family?

“But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."
Joshua 24:15

As you consider God’s purpose and call for your own life, you also need to consider how your plans will affect the most important people that God has entrusted to your care: your family.

Our families are precious gifts from our Heavenly Father. If we are to be faithful and obedient followers of Jesus Christ, we must care for our loved ones and make time for them, even when the demands of the day are great. In a world filled with countless obligations and frequent frustrations, we may be tempted to take our families for granted. But God intends otherwise. God intends that we honor Him by honoring our loved ones – by giving them our support, our time, our love and our cooperation.

No relationship is perfect! Yet, your family is God’s blessing to you. Give thanks for that blessing… and act accordingly.

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, You have given me a wonderful gift: my family. I thank You for my family and I ask that You help me to show them that I love them by the things that I say and the things that I do. I pray this in Jesus’ Name. Amen