Furthering Families
Our families are consumed with pursuing achievements and losing each other in the process. Discover biblical principles necessary to further your family toward God’s ideal.
Author
Travis Agnew
Lead Pastor
Family
Furthering Families
Our families are consumed with pursuing achievements and losing each other in the process. Discover biblical principles necessary to further your family toward God’s ideal.
Travis Agnew
Lead Pastor
The Dangers
- Many homes claim to follow a Bible they do not know, and they are surrendering to cultural and peer pressures.
- Marriages are suffering due to a lack of time and intentionality to grow in necessary ways.
- We often blame our children’s spiritual condition on the culture we cannot control rather than the family we can alter.
- We fill our calendars with priorities that will not improve our spiritual conditions.
- We have expected the church to do what God expects the home to do.
- The church has replaced parents with programs, and we are losing our children one generation at a time.
The Architect [Psalm 127:1-2]
- What happens in your house is just as important as what happens in God’s house.
- The most critical spiritual environment is the one in which you live.
- God’s ideal is when a family of God partners with the people of God for the discipleship of every generation.
- Christian homes are in danger when we succumb to worthless pursuits and frivolous concerns.
The Occupants [Psalm 127:3-5]
- Children are a blessing, not a burden.
- The family and the church must work together to sharpen the two sides of each arrow.
- A trained warrior understands that a sharpened arrow can go where he cannot.
- Every arrow needs to be sharpened, aimed, and released.
The Assessment
Marriage
- Are we complacently drifting or intentionally connecting?
- What are the greatest sources of our conflict right now?
- What are steps we could take to address those areas?
Parenting
- How pleased are we with our children’s spiritual conditions?
- What do we need to prepare them for in their next stages of life?
- What change would make the biggest impact in your relationship with your children?
Finances
- What would God’s assessment of our finances indicate about our priorities?
- Where would we like to be financially in five years?
- What steps do we need to take now to get there?
Schedule
- What does our schedule say about our family?
- What things do you wish you had margin to do as a family?
- What things might you need to reduce in order to see that happen?
Vision
- What would people say about our family right now?
- What would God say about the health of our family right now?
- What type of legacy do we wish our family to leave?
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