1. ​May Christ be the foundation of every family. Genesis 2:18; Psalm 127:1
   
   ✓ Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. Matthew 7:24-25
   
   ✓ And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. Deuteronomy 6:6-7
   
   ✓ For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him. Genesis 18:19
    

2. Relationships and roles in the family. Ephesians 4:32; 5:22-25; 1 Peter 3:7
   
   ✓ Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. Colossians 3:19
   
   ✓ Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother” (this is the First commandment with a promise),3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land. Ephesians 6:1-3
   
   ✓ The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down. Proverbs 14:1
    

3. Protection and provision for each family. Psalm 37:25; Philippians 4:19
   
   ✓ And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake.” So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac's servants dug a well. Genesis 26:24-25
   
   ✓ Therefore, do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear? For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.33 But seek 7irst the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:31-33
   
   ✓ And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8
    

4. Restoration for every family. Isaiah 49:15-16; Ruth 4:15
   
   ✓ For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the Lord,
   because they have called you an outcast: It is Zion, for whom no one cares! Jeremiah 30:17
   
   ✓ And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. 1 Peter 5:10
   
   ✓ He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3

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