One of the foundations of a strong family is speaking the truth. Parents to each other and parents and children to one another. However, we all tempted to not speak the truth, which the Bible calls lying. Lying leads to weak families that have great difficulties. …
In order to build strong families, we’ve got to build them on a foundation of God’s Word. In our message series “Building Strong Families” we’ve been looking at the 10 commandments, which are the plumb line for Christian character. Many believers think they do pretty good at keeping the ten commandments. The same was true back in Jesus’ day. …
We all see and obey traffic signs everyday: stop signs, red lights, green lights, yellow lights, one-way, do not enter and speed limit signs. Some people think that the signs of just an inconvenience, to be ignored if there are no police cars around. They think that traffic signs just make their life difficult, signs impede their freedom to drive the way that they want.
But do traffic signs simply make life difficult or do they serve another purpose? Suppose you ignore that red light and go right through the intersection. You might get away with it a few times but one day somebody else will be going through that intersection and you’re going to get hit. Traffic signs are there for your own protection and for maintaining order in society. When you ignore them, you put yourself and other people in jeopardy. …
We’re currently in a message series called, “Building Strong Families.” In this series we’re looking at Ten Values that God wants us to build our families upon. These Ten Values are found in the Ten Commandments. These 10 values deal with relationships, our relationship with God and our relationships with other people. …
We need strong families today, because weak families are fragmenting in America at an alarming rate. The average marriage in America lasts 7½ years. Sixty percent of all second marriages fail. Every 30 seconds there is a divorce in America.
I don’t want that to happen to you or your family. In fact I don’t just want your family to just stay together, I want it to grow strong. Why? So that it can accomplish the unique purpose that God has for your family. You see, God doesn’t just have a purpose for each person in your family individually, He has a purpose for your family to accomplish together. …
Currently we’re in a message series called “Building Strong Families.” Although each family is unique, God has principles that apply to every family. When we build our lives and families on God’s principles, our families grow stronger.
Today’s society seems to get faster paced every year. Life is getting more complex. Work is getting more stressful for more people. Companies that have laid off people, expect the workers they have left to do just as much work as before the layoffs. I read a recent article that said that more than a third of adults don’t get the minimum required sleep of 7 hours a night. People are working so hard, they hardly can find time to sleep. …
