Love Your Family Well
September 10, 2017
"Family" is the laboratory where a child first learns what it means to be loved and how to love in return. Unfortunately, as a result of sin and brokenness, what we learn from our families is sometimes not the love described in the Bible, but a broken facsimile. To love our family well means breaking broken patterns of generational sin. That can only be done when we are willing to love with the kind of love Jesus showed us on the cross. Join us for part three of LOVE WELL, as Pastor Gary explores an Old Testament example of how love can break the cycle of generational sin and set us free to love well.
The Great Commandment:
Love God; Love People – Matthew 22:37-40
Three essentials for breaking the family cycle:
- Fight for instead of with your family (Ephesians 6:10-12)
- Destroy the ledger (1 Corinthians 13)
- Trust God (Romans 8:28)
Memory Verse:
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” – Matthew 22:37-40 (NIV)
Suggested Reading:
The Meaning of Marriage, Tim Keller
The Mingling of Souls, Matt Chandler