How Are Things With Your Family?

II Kings 4:24-27

(sermon outline for Sunday May 10)

 

You can honor God in the way you manage and nurture family relationships.

Is something wrong? Are you all right? Your husband? Your child?               II Kings 4:26 The Message

• Imperfect families are the norm.

• Some things we do almost guarantee that things will go wrong:

• When we talk more than we listen.
• When we spend more than we earn.
• When we ignore conflict rather than addressing it.
• When we fail to practice what we preach.

• Some things help us to get on the right track and stay there:

• Tell stories frequently.
• Manage your finances firmly.
• Reconcile quickly.
• Live consistently and authentically.

• You live life differently when you know that you are in God’s family. 

If you wait on your family to become the perfect family, you will be waiting for eternity.  But if you follow God’s guidance, your imperfect family can teach you valuable lessons about God’s grace.