Family Focus
 
FAMILY    Tony & Jonathan Evans
 
Family is first mentioned in the Bible in the book of Genesis. The family existed even before there was sin. The first family was placed in a sinless environment that God created.
 
On the fifth day of creation, God formed the animals that would live on the earth. Then on the sixth day, He came to the greatest purpose of all: creating people. Us. You and me.
In Genesis we read,

God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” (Genesis 1:27-28)

The purpose of humankind is to reflect the image of God. An image is simply a mirror—a reflection of something or someone. We’re to look so much like God that we reflect Him to others. Our families are to reflect Him as well.
 
The purpose of a family is to be a team that God can work through to carry out His will and bring Him glory.

What is one way our family can help others know about God? What is one way our family can reflect God and His attitudes and character to one another? Let’s think of something we can do together that will benefit our church, our neighborhood, or someone we all know.