Your Family Matters

FOND MEMORY:

What is your favorite family memory?

WHY THE FAMILY

• GOD'S IDEA

• GOD'S PLAN

• GOD'S HEART

• WORDS ON THE WALL

- Nehemiah 1:3b

- Nehemiah 2:17

- Isaiah 58:12

Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

Isaiah 58:12 (NIV)

- GATES = MARRIAGES

- WALLS = FAMILIES

- TODAY’S GATES & WALLS ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION

Current stats in America...

• 52% of couples report spiritual and relational misalignment.

• 83% of parents feel unequipped for their new role.

• Children living in single parent households has risen from 9% in 1960 to 29% in 2023.

• Today over 40% of births occur outside of marriage, compared to just 5% in 1960.

• Digital technology has it’s benefits. But it has also caused less personal connections, increased stress, and an anxiety epidemic in parents and children

- BUT THERE IS HELP AND HOPE!

- WE ALL PLAY A PART.

"Let us rise up and build. Then they set their hands to this good work."

Nehemiah 2:18b

• My Family ___________________________________________________________

• Another Family _______________________________________________________

• Church Family _______________________________________________________

“If you want to bring joy to the world, go home and love your family.”

- MOTHER THERESA

“When you care for your family, you change the world.”

- JIM BURNS, PH.D. | FOUNDER OF HOMEWORD

“When we reach the family, we reach the world.”

- BILL BRIGHT | FOUNDER OF CRU/CAMPUS CRUSADE

VICTORY GROUP QUESTIONS

1. How can you apply this message to your life and family?

2. Read Isaiah 58:12. What are the gates and walls that you need to rebuild in your life and in the lives of your family?

3. Pray for your family and ask God to heal, restore and rebuild their lives and bring them to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.