God's Purpose for the Family
For many years January has been Family Month at Bethel Church in Northwest Indiana, where Steve DeWitt serves as the Senior Pastor. As we begin 2021, we want to share with you a series of messages that are sure to be both encouraging and a bit challenging as Steve teaches about the Purpose of the Family and then digs deeply into marriage, family difficulties and how to build a gospel culture in our homes.
January is Family Month at The Journey
Articles on the Family
Pastor Steve has written a number of brief articles and devotionals that coincide with this month’s series on God’s Purpose for the Family
By Steve DeWitt
Talking to our family members happens naturally. Having spiritual content to those conversations doesn’t. God knew this and made it a command in Israel. We can talk about the weather all we want, but bring up something spiritual and you get…crickets. Kingdom culture requires kingdom conversations. Not only is it an opportunity to teach our children, but the conversation itself elevates the culture of the home toward the things of God.
How often do you talk about spiritual things? Talk about what God’s doing in your life or our church? How often did you talk about it this past week?
By Steve DeWitt
What do we bear with for the sake of peace? The little daily annoyances, personality traits, and preference matters. They don’t rise to the level of calling for a peace summit. When we make a big stink out of an insignificant thing we come across as petty, which only makes actual peace harder. What should we do with the non-sin idiosyncrasies everybody has?….
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