Reboot part 2 - reboot your family - 01-15-17-

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;

through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.

(Proverbs 24:3-4 – New International Version)

Wisdom Builds

Understanding Establishes

Knowledge Fills

It takes wisdom to have a good family and It takes understanding to make it strong.

It takes knowledge to fill a home with rare and beautiful treasures.

(Proverbs 24:3-4 – The Expanded Bible)

Family Reboot Principle 1

You need the right foundation (God’s Wisdom)

By wisdom a house is built . . .

Commitment 1

Build your family on the Lord

Unless the Eternal Lord builds the house, those who labor to raise it will have worked for nothing. Unless the Eternal Lord stands watch over the city, those

who guard it have wasted their time. (Psalm 127:1 – The Voice)

Commitment 2

Base your family in the Word

We, of course, have plenty of wisdom to pass on to you once you get your feet on firm spiritual ground, but it’s not popular wisdom, the fashionable wisdom

of high-priced experts that will be out-of-date in a year or so.

God’s wisdom is something mysterious that goes deep into the interior of his purposes. You don’t find

it lying around on the surface.

It’s not the latest message, but more like the oldest —

what God determined as the way to bring out his best in us, long before we ever arrived on the

scene. (1 Corinthians 2:6-8 – The Message)

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and

willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds.

It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. (James 3:17 – New Living Translation)

If any of you needs wisdom to know what you should do, you should ask God, and he will give it to you. God is generous to everyone and doesn’t find

fault with them. (James 1:5 – God’s Word Translation)

Family Reboot Principle 2

You have to work hard to make it strong

(Mutual Understanding)

through understanding it is established . . .

Live together in harmony, live together in love, as though you had only one mind and one spirit between you. Never act from motives of rivalry or personal vanity, but in humility think more

of each other than you do of yourselves.

None of you should think only of his own affairs, but should learn to see things

from other people’s point of view. (Philippians 2:3-4 – Phillips Translation)

Commitment 1

Focused attention (TIME)

Commitment 2

Honest communication (TALK)

Family Reboot Principle 3

You continue the process and don’t give up

(Continual Learning)

through knowledge its rooms are filled . . .

Stop lying to each other; tell the truth, for we are parts of each other and when we lie

to each other we are hurting ourselves.  If you are angry, don’t sin by nursing your grudge.

Don’t let the sun go down with you still angry—get over it quickly;  for when you are angry, you give a

mighty foothold to the devil . . . Don’t use bad language.

Say only what is good and helpful to those you are talking to, and what will give them a

blessing . . .

Stop being mean, bad-tempered, and angry. Quarreling, harsh words, and

dislike of others should have no place in your lives. 

 Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as Godhas forgiven you because you belong to Christ.

(Ephesians 4:25-26, 29, 31-32 – Living Bible)

Commitment 1

Focused conflict quickly

Commitment 2

Offer forgiveness freely

Take on an entirely new way of life — a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside

and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you.

(Ephesians 4:22-24 – The Message)

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