MESSAGES OF HOPE THE JOY OF FAMILY 4 BIBLICAL KEYS TO MAINTAIN JOY IN YOUR FAMILY 1. HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, (Ephesians 5:25-26 NKJV) 2. WIVES, SUBMIT TO YOUR HUSBANDS, AS TO THE LORD Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. (Ephesians 5:22 NKJV) 3. CHILDREN, HONOR YOUR PARENTS Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: (Ephesians 6:1-2 NKJV) And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4 NKJV) 4. CHOOSE WORDS OF HELP & HOPE FOR YOUR FAMILY Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. (Ephesians 4:29 NKJV)