You can improve what’s going on in your family.

Deuteronomy 3:3-9

3Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.

4Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.

GOD is saying I want Word of GOD in your family. GOD placed you there for a reason don’t give up, they will pass on what you pass onto them. They will grow up with the Word of GOD.

A strong family is the members of the family have love and devotion to one another.

Characteristics of strong family:

< Be godly parents who love GOD and devoted to Him.

< Be consistent in what you say and do.

< Be a good listener.

< Discipline without rejection. Don’t discipline while you are angry then you come and discipline them. Explain what you would like them to do.

< Parents must love one another. That builds security in their life.

< Don’t play favourites.

< Admit your failure.

< Praying together.

< Read the Bible together. It’s your guide book, their guide book for life.

< Encourage your children to have private devotions.

< Attend church together.

< Explain how to handle money. Save, give, and spend. Teach them teethe and stay out of debt.

< Discourage any kind of criticism.

< At the proper age share your heartaches, disappointments, trials, and tough times.

< Don’t avoid hard questions.

< Build biblical convictions into their life as a guide. They will do what you do no matter what you say.

< Spend time with your children. Encourage your children.

< Plan fun things together.

< Be willing to ask for forgiveness.

< When a problem comes, don’t take sides.

< Always be honest with your children.

< Be a refuge for one another on the telephone, not on texting.

< Stay physically and emotionally close to your children.

< Increase your time of prayer and Scripture reading.

< Remind them that trusting GOD is more important than ever before.

< Give the children an encouraging verse of Scripture every morning.

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