God’s Word on Family Success

God’s word speaks to us about succeeding as a family.

• Leviticus 18:1-29 NIV see the whole chapter. Here is an excerpt: Leviticus 18:6-18 ESV
  “None of you shall approach any one of his close relatives to uncover nakedness. I am the Lord. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether brought up in the family or in another home. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter or of your daughter’s daughter, for their nakedness is your own nakedness.
• Lamentations 3:22-26 ESV
  The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
• Matthew 5:4 ESV
  “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
• Matthew 22:35-39 ESV
  And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
• John 4:18 ESV
  There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
• Romans 8:28 NIV
  And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.
• Romans 8:35-39 NIV
  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Romans 12:21 ESV
  Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
• 1 Corinthians 6:16 ESV
  Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.”
• 1 Corinthians 7:39 ESV
  A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
• 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 ESV
  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
• 1 Timothy 5:14 ESV
  So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.
• 1 Peter 5:7 ESV
  Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.