God is Your Loving Father and Helper; Blending A Family Ministry

Regardless of how difficult, or how many issues your family may be facing, God is with you and is on your side! Consider these scriptures: John 1: 12-13 states, �Yet to all who received Him (Jesus), to those who believed in His name, he gave the right to become children of God-- children born not of natural descent,[3] nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. (Though we all fall short of God�s glory, Jesus redeemed us back to our loving Father!) John 10: 10 reads, �The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I (Jesus) have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.� (Jesus came to show us how to overcome and have abundant life!) Deuteronomy 20: 4 says, �For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory." (You are an OVER COMER when you follow God�s leading!) Jeremiah 29: 11 states, ��For I know the plans I have for you,� declares the LORD , �plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.�� (He has a plan for you and your new family � it is a plan of success!) Hosea 4: 6 says, �My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.� (Our families fail for the same reason!) Luke 3: 23 reads, �Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph� (Jesus grew up in a stepfamily environment�Joseph is a role model for us today!) Colossians 3: 21 (Amplified Bible )states, "Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their spirit.]" (Parents can overwhelm and overburden their children - expecting too much too soon, and cause them to pull away from them, and the family.)