Real Help for the Modern Family Part 1
The Beginning of Real Help
Intro: Today begins a new series about family
-many family structures today: traditional, single parents, divorced,
his/hers/ours, grandparents raising grandkids, not married/no children, adult
children caring for aging parents, foster parents, adoptive parents, and many other configurations
-modern and ancient families face the same challenges
-This series is about timeless principles for every type of family
Upcoming topics:
April 15 Marriage
April 22 Raising
Kids
April 29 Launching
Kids/Empty Nest
May 6 Dads
May 13 Moms
May 20 Grandparents/Adult
Children
I visited Fort
Recovery a few weeks ago…
-built after General Anthony Wayne recovered land and
property that was tragically lost when General Sinclair was crushed by British
and Indians.
-I thought of all the forces that are waging war against the
family
My Goal for this
series=Recovery of Healthy Family!
The Beginning Of
Real Help for the Modern Family
Mark 16:1-7
Is there an Empty Tomb or do we have an Empty
Faith?
-1 Corinthians 15:17, 19
-If Jesus is alive, there is great hope, and our faith is rooted in truth
-If Jesus is still dead, we have no hope, and we might as well give up!
Real Help Right
Now- Mark 16:1-7
1. Start asking the right questions
-they were worried about moving the stone that was moved
-stop focusing on what you can’t answer, what may not matter
2. Keep moving towards Jesus
-they kept going, found an empty tomb, eventually Jesus
appeared!
-You may not know what it means to trust Jesus fully…
Keep taking your
next right step towards Jesus
3. Believe in the impossible
-If Jesus can come back to life, He can help your family
right now!
To be a healthy
family we don’t have to…
-Know it all
-Be perfect
-Be strong enough
The same power that
raised Jesus from the dead is available now!
-Ephesians 2:4-10
But God, who is abundant in mercy,
because of His great love that He had for us, made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in
trespasses. By grace you are saved!
He also raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavens, in
Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages He might display the immeasurable
riches of His grace in [His] kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from
yourselves; it is God's gift- not from
works, so that no one can boast.
For we are His creation-created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared ahead of time so that we
should walk in them.
The Beginning Of Real
Help for the Modern Family
My next right step…
1. Start asking the right questions- keep coming to worship, seeking God's answers!
-we will discover principles for healthy family
relationships
2. Keep moving towards Jesus- keep praying!
-we will learn what it means to really depend on Jesus and
His church
3. Believe in the impossible- trust Jesus!
-we will seek to bring hope and healing
-I desire for us to move beyond the past and embrace a
preferred future
Under the power
and influence of Jesus Christ
Will you trust Jesus
today?
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