In our busy world, family time frequently gets neglected.

It is vital that we give attention to our families while we can,

and it is especially important to give attention to what God says in his word about our homes. For the next few minutes, let's join Scott Pauli, as we open the scriptures and find God's

message for your family.

God's Word is so rich, so amazing. You can never exhaust it. It is the infinite,

eternal Word of God. And I never cease to be amazed at how the opening pages of Scripture

speak to me again and again. It's almost like those of us who are living near the end of the Bible,

near the revelation, here are the close of scripture, need to go back again and revisit these

first principles, these foundation principles that are found on the opening pages. Because you see,

truth never changes. It endures to every generation.

The words of Solomon, there's no new thing under the sun. And so, on the opening pages of the

book of Genesis, we find some foundation principles we can build on in relationship to all

of life, of course, but certainly for our family. Now, the last time we studied, we identified one of those great foundation principles,

and it is this, that the family was ordained by God.

Why is that significant?

Why is that important?

Because in the end, the only thing that matters is this, what does God want?

What does God want your family to look like? what does god wants your family to look like what does

god wants your family to do how does god want you to guide your children what what decision would the

lord be pleased if we made in the end we're all going to stand before god paul said it this way in the

new testament that of him and through him and to him are all things.

So we came from God, we are sustained, and we exist by him through his strength, and someday, guess

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