Family Your Family God’s Family

Family

Your Family God’s Family

It is so important to build strong united families

But if our children are not a part of the Family of God the Father, we missed it

If we want our children to receive the blessing of the Father in Heaven

We need to connect them to His Family

Build an Eternal Family not just a Generational One

How connected are you and your family to God’s Family?   

Where will you and your family be this Sunday?

 

Your Family God’s Family

What is your greatest objective

as a parent for your children?

We set goals for our children like…

Seeing that they get good grades

Get along with others

Go to college

Become successful

Find the right spouse.

As a parent, we have lots of goals,

dreams, and expectations for our children.

But what do you think is the most important?

I think it is that our children

become a part of the Family of God.

I know we might think…

 Yes, I want my kids to

get saved and go to Heaven.

But let’s think about this…

Let’s examine this a little deeper.

In Ephesians 3 verse 14 Paul says…

For this reason I kneel before the Father.

Paul is giving the Gift of

Honor to the Father in Heaven.

Paul is not just saying this, he

sees the scope of God the Father.

He sees the awesome size

of His Family when he says…

 From whom his whole family in heaven

and on earth derives its name. verse 15

His whole Family!

 He is not talking about every

one born into this world.

Paul sees the ones who become part of

God’s Family who have died and are

in heaven and those here on earth.

Think about it…

 Our greatest goal as a parent is to see

our children are a part of God’s Family.

We emphasize having a personal relationship

with God and we cannot stress that enough.

But what about being a part

of God the Father’s Family?

Paul prays this amazing prayer for

the children of the Heavenly Father…

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge — that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Glorious riches,

Power of the Spirit in our inter being,

rooted and established in love.

The kind of love that goes beyond knowledge.

Filled to the top with the fullness of God.

I will receive that prayer.

 Then Paul says…

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

This immeasurably, more than our

imagination of power in our lives

is to bring Him Glory in the Church…

And throughout all generations.

If this is to happen, I need

to look at my role as a father.

Throughout all generations,

 right now is my generation…

My age, my period of time.

Our Father in Heaven has a Family.

A huge Family in heaven and earth.

But don’t let the size of the Family overwhelm you.

You, right now, are the generation

to carry on the Father’s legacy.

 And our role is to connect our children to the Family.

Paul also talks about it as the Church.

Our Father in Heaven wants

His Family together in unity.

The power and blessings come within the Family.

As Sandy and I raised our children, we

made sure they were a part of the Church.

Church Life is Family Life.

I am old enough to see families that did not

make the Church Family a strong emphases.

I have seen the children and

grandchildren drift away from God.

  If you and I want our family to be a

part of the Family of God the Father…

If we want them to enjoy

the blessing Paul prayed for…

“Filled with the Fullness of God”

Then we need to be with the Family of God.

We need to be in the Church regularly, building

relationships and serving the Family of God.

Just like you want your family together…

Our Heavenly Father wants His Family together.

Where will your family be this Sunday?

   

Scripture Reading

Ephesians 3:14-21

14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge — that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.