How to Create a Biblical Vision Statement for Your Family in 2026
Fierce Marriage
Ryan and Selena Frederick
4.9 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Christians, please don’t enter the New Year without doing this… Today we discuss the startling statistic that 94% of families lack a written vision statement and share the three-part framework for creating a biblical family vision.
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| 0:00.0 | Find some way to articulate what it is God is asking, commanding, calling, requiring of you in the various areas of your life, whether that's work life, obviously family life, marriage, your finances, whatever goals you might have. |
| 0:12.6 | Life has become faster, more visceral. I don't want to waste a moment living for something other than God. |
| 0:18.4 | What is wise walking versus unwise walking? To me, the marker of an |
| 0:22.1 | unwise walker is they are walking and going nowhere versus a wise walker who is going somewhere. Now you can |
| 0:27.8 | talk about the method by which he's walking. God's given us responsibility, stewardship, wisdom, |
| 0:33.1 | discernment on how to navigate some of these bigger life transitions. |
| 0:38.3 | Only one in 20, 94% of families do not have a written version of any sort of mission statement, any sort of family vision statement. |
| 0:44.3 | I have a lot of people that are living for their phone. They're living for their social media accounts. |
| 0:49.3 | And they may not say that, but their life may reflect some of those values. |
| 0:53.3 | This is the biggest problem for couples |
| 0:54.5 | is they don't really have deep, sustained unity on the big things. |
| 1:02.1 | Almost 2026 here. Yeah, Selena, how was your Christmas? |
| 1:12.4 | Funny. It's coming. This episode is coming out on the 30th, but we're clearly recording it before Christmas. |
| 1:17.6 | Clearly. I'm sure my Christmas was amazing. I'm sure you made it just incredible, memorable, |
| 1:22.8 | the best it's ever. I'm actually very disappointed with that gift you get, you got me. |
| 1:26.3 | It was nothing that I expected and |
| 1:29.0 | frankly far too expensive. You would never say that about a gift I got you. Out loud. I'm kidding. |
| 1:39.4 | You give great gifts. You're going to love that gift I got you, didn't you? I already said that. |
| 1:45.1 | You could. Sorry. But in foresight to the hindsight, you will be able to say that when this actually |
| 1:52.3 | goes live. So go ahead. Uh, yes, it's that time of year. It's, it's my, I don't know, |
| 2:00.7 | it used to be my favorite time of year. |
| 2:01.9 | That's debatable now. |
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