Family Matters to God - deeply

We thank you for the word that episode in our

heart this morning, Lord, God Father, let our is be open,

our hearts be ready. Holy Spirit, You're welcome here. Say

what you need to say through her to us, Lord,

and help us to do something with it. We pray

in Jesus Mighty name.

Amen, Amen, thank you day. Good morning, Church. How are

you doing today? Good? All right?

So well, it is a privilege to me to be

here this morning. And actually today we are gathering around

a theme that is very close to God's heart and

actually is the theme that we are going to have

during the month of February, and this is about family matters.

This is our theme for the month.

But today in particular, we are going to review family

matters to God.

And then deeply, and we want to highlight the word

deeply as we will see together.

Okay, so just let me get started by saying that

family is not an accident of biology. It is an

intentional design of God. Before even God established governments or

kings and being raised up before any church building or temple,

God created the family. The family is the cradle of identity.

Faith, character, and legacy. Let's say it again.

Family is the cradle of identity, faith, character, and very

important legacy. But we also know that families have and

facing real challenges, challenges like it's like business, conflict between

members of the family, generational pressures, relational breakdowns, and spiritual battles.

Yet in all these God has not left us without guidance.

His words shows how to build strong families rooted in

His truth.

So today, what I would like to share with you are.

Three powerful truths about why family matters to God and

how we can strengthen our homes.

I mean, so point.

Number one that we are going to be talking about today,

it's about God designed the family. As I said, when

we book, when we go to the Book of Genesis,

in the chapter number two, between verse eighteen to twenty four,

the Bible refers to when the Lord look at Adam

in the garden, he said, it is not good for

the man to be alone. Aiden perhaps was kind of

happy and with all the animals naming them, et cetera.

Perhaps he was having a good time. But the Lord

looked at him and he said, it is not good

for the man.

To be alone. So he created the woman.

And at that specific time, the Lord designed the family.

And as you know, aid and if then had children,

so they were exactly the first family that we can

think of. So this was not just an idea or

something that after thought. It was particularly a design from

God to create the family. So in that case, the

family is something that we have companionship, and companionship was

God's idea.

It was not a human invention.

It was God's I mean desire to have company or

right to help, to support, to encourage, to do so

many things. That was God's idea.

And we then.

He also established something that we know in our days

as the marriage, and marriage is not a casual arrangement,

is a covenant, is something that the Lord really wants

to have to in that case have something that is

strong and is helping.

And it comes from the Lord.

And something else is that the family is the picture

if we can think of family or the ideal family

that the Lord had in mind, the family is a picture.

Of God's love and unity.

So if we think about that when we think of

a family, family is great. Family is a perfect design.

Family is something that the Lord had in mind and

started creating. And well we can think of that that

is amazing and it's not always working like that, and

that is something that we are going to be meditating

today around that.

Okay, So we can say.

That when we step outside of God's original design, we

step into unnecessary struggle. If we would follow exactly what

the Lord created, if we would follow exactly the things

that he had in mind, it would be amazing. Every

family would be perfect. The reality is that when we

step outside that model, then is when we start having

some issues. But if we meditate on that, well, the

original arrangement was, or the blueprint of that family would

be honor, love, commitment, and order. If we would follow that,

our families would flourish. Okay, And well it's not always

the case, but bear with me a moment, Okay, we

will continue talking about that. So that was the first principle.

The first truth that I wanted to share with you

today is that the family, it was designed by the

Lord and with one purpose. I mean to flourish the family,

to make happy people, to be helpful one to each other.

And truth number two is what is the language of.

A godly family? And that is love.

And I would say the second point is about love

as the language for our families. We can find in

First Corinthians, chapter thirteen, verse four to seven. There is

a very important description about what is love, and the

apostle Paul describes love as patient, kind, not easy, angered,

keeping no.

Record of wrongs.

It is really lovely. This is what love is all about.

And that description really I mean images the love of God.

That is exactly what we find in first gorithias.

You can read it.

Several of us know it, I mean, sometimes even by heart,

around what the love of God is all about. And

for us we need to remember that that language. If

we speak that language in the midst of our families.

Well that would be very powerful.

But what does that mean to speak that law language

in the midst of our family? Speaking gently even when

you are frustrated. Sometimes we allow anger to come immediately,

and we speak harsh to people, to our members of

our family that are the closest to us. So speaking

gently is one way that we can speak that language

of love. Also, choosing forgiveness. Choosing forgiveness is one of

the most difficult things that we can actually face, particularly

when we feel hurt, when we believe that we have

the right and that the other person is stepping on

us in different matters, in different ways. Choosing forgiveness is hard,

but that is one powerful way to speak the language

of love in the midst of our family. One more

way is showing patience even when we feel pressured, even

when we want to have things done, write and quickly

and fast, and we don't have patience to wait for

the other one to react or to do things, or

perhaps even accomplish the things that we want them to

do for us. So patience is also something that we

need to keep in mind when we are speaking the

language of God in our families, protecting each other.

Okay, so we are in a family with one purpose.

It was not an accident.

As I said that we are in the midst of

that family.

We could have borne somewhere else.

In a different country, in a different town, in a

different house, in a different something. The reality is that

we are where we are because that was the purpose.

That was the intention of our Lord. He had a

plan for each one of us. He had a purpose

for each one of us. So the place where the

Lord has put us there, it's unique.

It was his design, it was his intentions.

So don't think about like, oh gosh, I mean, what

am I doing in this family?

What am I doing in this place?

Think about it twice and consider that you are there.

With a purpose.

So if we continue talking about the language of law,

we can say that we are there also to protect

each other, not exposing the weaknesses.

Of what others in our family are doing.

So we are there to protect each other, also importantly

believing the best, not assuming the worst. Sometimes we just forgive,

for granted that the person is going to do something wrong,

or we are speaking perhaps our children for those parents

with children, considering that well, there is something going wrong,

or we are always trying to assume the worst instead

of believing for the best or taking the best out

of us.

Sometimes well not sometimes.

But the Bible says that the mouth I mean, the

worst that we speak I mean are really powerful.

With our words, we can encourage.

Someone, we can live someone, We can actually make someone

to florish. But at the same time, with our same words,

we can bring someone.

To feel useless, to be with no purpose at all.

We can destroy lives entirely, even at work if we don't,

if we are not careful, we might be destroying someone's.

Career if we don't speak properly. So here is where

we need.

To consider our lives as Christians. And all the language

of love in the midst of our family.

So that is very important.

Now it is easy to say it is difficult to

speak that language when all what is going on in

the world, with all the pressures, with all the situations

that we face on a day to day basis.

It's difficult. But remember God is with us.

His word is with us, and if we follow his words,

if we put in action his words.

For sure it will be easier for us. I mean.

So, first point, we said, family is designed by God.

Second point we said, it's the language that a godly

family speaks is love. Third point and our third point

is faith is the legacy of a strong family. Okay,

let me repeat it again. Faith is the legacy of

a strong family.

And the verse that I.

Have selected with God's grace for today is in Joshua

chapter twenty four fifteen. That it was also at the

beginning of today's conversation.

And we are seeing Joshua.

Here standing before people that they wanted to praise and

serve other gods. But what happens is that Joshua stood

firm and he said, as for me and my house,

we will serve the Lord. It was something very powerful

because he had the knowledge of the world of God.

He had seen the power of God guiding the people of.

Israel through all the desert.

He had seen miracles, he had seen all sorts of things.

So when other people that they were going around they

wanted to worship other gods, he said, as for me,

you can do whatever you want. You can praise whoever

you want. You can select the God you want. You

can serve the God that you want. As for me

and my house.

We will serve the Lord.

And what he was declaring it was not just for him.

It was for his children, the children of his children,

and even generations to come that he didn't even had

mentioned at that point in time.

So it is very important.

So legacy for us as families of God is faith.

How can we share our faith with those in our

family to make sure that faith remain, faith remains through

all the generations and in some cases not even I

mean the generations that we will see. So my question

here is what kind of legacy do we want our

family live?

What is the legacy that And for those.

Of you young people that perhaps you are not married yet,

but one day, with God's will, you will and you

will be part of a family. You will be a

mother a father of your own children. And you need

to consider, what is the sort of legacy that I

want to give or to live as part of my family.

What is the language that I want my family to speak.

What is the decision that I need to make?

And how can we do that?

How can we in order to build a strong legacy,

a legacy of faith?

What can we do?

It doesn't come on its own, It doesn't come just

by just thinking about it.

Okay, there is a lot of things that we need

to consider.

One of them for us is intentional teaching, and what

we are talking about teaching teaching the world of God.

The Bible recommends teaching the morning, in the afternoon, in

the evening, speak the word of God.

To do children, behave accordingly, give.

Consistent example about how the Lord is asking you to behave.

Worship the Lord, so in the midst of your family,

in the midst of all what you are living, Worship

is an integral part of your day.

Today in the morning, worship Him. In the afternoon, as

you are on the road, worship Him.

At night when you gather with your family, worship again

the Lord. And before you go tonight to sleep. Just

think about that and worship. Praise the Lord. Praise the

Lord for all what he does for us.

It is important for us to build Christ's center values.

So all of our decisions need to be made according

to the world of God. Sometimes the life presents us situations.

In every situation, we need to think, what would Jesus do?

Is this something that is Christ's center? Is the decision

that I need to take the right one? Is my

interpretation of what I am facing is the correct one?

And that is important.

But if we do not know the word of God,

is difficult to take the right decisions, and it's difficult

to face the situations in a godly manner. And very importantly,

prayer in the home. Your household needs to share prayer together.

It is good that you pray. It is good that

I pray on my own. That's building relationship with our Lord.

But it's important to pray together whoever you have at home.

When you have a meal, Before you have your meals,

give thanks. When the children go out to school, bless them.

Speak a word to them so their day goes well.

When you are at work, and sometimes I mean it's

difficult at work, to share your faith, but even thinking

of words that are based on the world of God,

that you can have a blessed day or have something

that we can say to them that changes the atmosphere

in which we are working, even at school.

I mean.

So prayer is important, and not just the prayer that

you raise to the Lord.

But prayer as a family. How many times, and this

is something that we need to consider.

For those married and have a husband or wife, how

many times perhaps a day or a week or a month,

pray together just on simple things, but pray together, I

mean just for the feeling. How the Lord can manifest

amongst our household.

That is important.

That builds stronger relationships, that brings the Holy Spirit in

the mists of what we are living in the midst

of our relationships. And if we are not patient, the

Lord will give us patience.

If the Lord.

If we are not for example, loving enough, the Lord

can transform that. If we are having problems, the Lord

can help us. So it is important that we bring

all these things in the midst of our family, that

we build that legacy, not just led it to happen

or thinking that on its own it is going to build.

We most build together that legacy. I mean so well.

I have mentioned about the three truths that I wanted

to speak today. I hope that you have remembered the

title of each one of them. But now you can say, well,

thank you so much for sharing all these three truths.

But the reality is different.

And you might be thinking, well, that is an ideal family,

but my family is not perfect. And I have some

news for you. There is no perfect family, no perfect family.

There are families that are more blessed if they are

walking in the Lord, et cetera. But there is always

someone in our family, a member either in our close

family or in the extended family, that is difficult, that

is challenging. And I can tell you no perfect families.

And we can go to the first family that the

Lord created. What happened in that family, Well, there was

a murder, okay because King killed able. Okay, even in

the first family there was something.

That was not exactly what the Lord had instructed.

And then what happens with Jacob's family. Jacob's family that

his name was later changed to Israel, had twelve sons.

What happened The brothers were jealous about one brother, yeah,

and they tried to kill him, and at the end

of the day decided, okay, well, let's sell it to

some people that come around. Every single family has their

own challenges. David's family the same. So even in our

country here we might think, oh, the royal family must

be a perfect family.

They have everything to be happy and what happened.

They have their own challenges, they have their own issues.

So bottom line, there is no perfect family.

If we do if we do not walk.

According to the world of God. So I have those

news for you, okay. And perhaps at this point in time,

some of our families.

Might be broken.

We may have some relationships that had been broken for years.

That's my own family situation. In different ways, with different

members of my family, there might be situations really difficult,

and each one of us perhaps are facing that. And

I was thinking the Lord when Maureen came here and

she felt that the Holy Speed let her know that

there might be some people here that needed to be

healed from brokenness.

And I need to tell you some of the herds

that are more difficult to.

Kind of overcome are the issues that we face in

our families. I mean, because they are the closest people

to us. Those members are the ones that we believe

that we can trust the most or that we can

rely on, and it's not always the case. And regardless

of what is this status of your family today, if

it is a blessed one and everything is going well,

thank God, I mean, continue doing what you are doing

and keep oppraising the Lord for the.

Family that you have.

But if there are other situations in your family that

for whatever reason, for the situation that we had to

face in our countries, in our own families with extended family,

and some hurt came and some brokenness had been here, well,

the good news is that the Lord can restore those

things that are broken. They can rebuild things, or they

can make new things.

In your life.

And that is the truth that we need to live

day after day, because if we trust the Lord, he

will do his will in our lives, sometimes perhaps not

the way that we could have expected, but certainly the

Lord can do new things. The Lord can restore situations.

The Lord can bring forgiveness in the midst of situations

that we are facing. The Lord can do all sorts

of miracles only if we trust him, only if we

surrender our own will to his will. Only if we

bring that particular situation, and we can say, Lord, you

know what my family is going through. You know perhaps

how many years it has been broken, or you know the.

Situations that cast the current situation. But you know what.

Everything is in your hands. You restore, you bring new things.

You can make a new place here, a new family,

and just trust the Lord in his infinite wisdom. He

has a purpose and plan for you. So for me

today is our encouragement for each one of us, remembering

that the family matters to God and matters deeply because

it was his original design. Because He has a purpose

for each family the way, one way or the other.

The Lord has something to do for you. Amen.

So this morning, as we are coming to a conclusion,

and I would like to retake what Maureen mentioned earlier.

If today you need a miracle in your life, If

today you need the Lord to take action in your family,

If today you need to get wisdom in terms of

how to guide your own children towards I mean giving

or building a legacy of faith, you can come and

ask the Lord to do that.

Let's pray.

Close your eyes, Heavenly Father, thank you for the gift

of family. Strengthen every home represented here today, heal the wounded,

restore the broken, unite the divided.

And bless the faithful. Help us build.

Families that honor your word, walk in your love, and

leave a legacy of faith for generations to come. Lord,

right now, I recognize that I need your help. My

family has been broken for far too long. But when

I surrendered everything Lord to you, you, I just know that

you have the best for me and my family, and

you are restoring and building new things.

So I just want to say thank you. And for

any family here.

Represented that they need a touch of you, that you

need to touch and create a miracle or restoration or

forgiveness or building something new.

I just pray that your.

Holy Spirit comes today and touch every life in need

to get your miracle, your heavenly touch from the Holy Spirit.

Thank you, Lord, Thank you, because I know that family

matters to you, and matters deeply because you are loving Dad,

You are a loving God, and you want everything the

very best for us. So my right now, I pray

for every family in this place, Lord, and anyone needs

prayer today.

If anyone's just to come.

And say, Lord, here is my life, here is my family.

Just right now, put your hand on your heart. I

want to ask you to stand up, just put your

hand on your heart and say, Lord, I recognize that

I need you more than I thought.

I need your word to guide me when.

I need to take decisions, when I need to forgive people,

when I need to speak the language of love, rather

than becoming frustrated or becoming impatient.

I need you Lord this morning.

I need your Lord right now to overcome all the

brokenness in my life, all the brokenness in my family. Lord,

I trust you, whatever the shape is, ructure that you

want to give to our families, if something has been

broken not restored the same way, I just pray Lord

that you can do something new, and you can restore,

and you can give us faith, and you can give

us joy, and you can give.

Us everything you need. Lord.

The legacy of faith that we can give will go

to all of our descendants for generations that we perhaps

won't see. But whatever we build we last forever. And then,

so Lord, help us to be those agents. Help us

to be the family that we can build legacy of faith.

And even if they are not aware own children, perhaps

there are nephews, or there are spiritual children. Help us

to be the parents the godly parents spiritual parents to them,

so they can also build that. Perhaps they have been

brought to you because their own families might not be

able to do that. So consider that if at this

point in time you have people that come to you

in need of love, guidance, comfort, and wisdom to move forward.

Lord, we thank you so much. We thank you for

your Holy Spirit.

Thank you for letting Marey know that there might be

perhaps more than one.

That needs your touch today.

Help them to just surrender everything to you. Any situation

that we need your touch, any miracle that we need

to see. Help us Lord today in the name of Jesus,

we pray I mean, I mean.

Thank you Hell.

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