Bringing Your Family Into Focus - Day 3

We’re talking this week about how to have healthy family relationships. By looking at the acrostic PLUG, we can learn about how to strengthen our family. In a car, there are many parts that make an engine work. Each part is crucial to power an engine, but one item puts a spark in the life of the engine. You see a spark plug doesn't create power, it transfers power. It is a conduit that takes the power and creates a spark that ignites the fuel. Our lives need to be "spark plugs" for God. We need to be a conduit for God's love and power to the world we live in, including our families.

P - Praise
L - Love
U -
G -

At almost every wedding, you will hear 1 Corinthians 13, it’s a familiar passage about love

The apostle Paul shares that

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and love keeps no record of being wronged. Love does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

Now I want you to do something, go back and replace the word love with your own name. Can you honestly say that you are patient and kind, not jealous or boastful or proud or rude or irritable? Go through the entire passage and think about your relationships within your family.

Does that sound like you. Because For a follower of Christ, love should characterize your life. You should have an abundant love for God and for others. And your love for your family should be evident to all.

Next Steps for Today:

• Read through 1 Corinthians 13 and make a list of how you can show each aspect of love mentioned. Be specific.
• As a family, spend time talking about what you love about each other. Don't bring up the negatives, just focus on how each person shows love.

Prayer for Today:
Lord, help us to love as you have loved us. We are called to love you with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Help us to love others as you have commanded. We know the importance of love in our families, so help us to show and display love in all of our actions.