The summer months are often a time when families travel together, perhaps vacation, a family reunion, or just a quick trip to Grandma's house.

These road trips can either be miserable or days when wonderful memories are made.

What a picture of all of life.

We are just passing through this world and families must learn how to enjoy the Lord and one

another as we make the journey together. We are taking a summer road trip through the Book of

Philippians, the book of Christian joy, and discovering principles to help our homes.

Let's join Scott Pauley now for today's study.

If I were to ask you today to take me to the classic passage on the family in the New Testament,

where would you take me?

What scripture would you open to?

Probably you would take me to one of two books.

You would either take me to the book of Ephesians or to the book of Colossians.

And that would be very appropriate because both of those books outline specifics related to home life.

The role of husbands and wives and fathers and children and their classic passages, if you will.

And for many years, as I studied and spoke on the home,

I would go consistently to Ephesians and Colossians and neglect the little four-chapter book that is sandwiched between the two.

Now, Ephesians and Colossians are very important, and they're really twin epistles.

They should be studied alongside one another.

But in the good providence of God, there's a little letter that Paul wrote to a group of people in Philippi

that is sandwiched between Ephesians and

Colossians. I've told you already, full disclosure, that Philippians is really my favorite

book of the Bible, and I've spent much time in it. But for some reason, it was not until more recently

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