PEPSIThe Christian Family’s

FOUNDATION

The family that prays together stays together.

Prays

The family that eats together grows and stays together.

Eats

The family that plays together heals, grows, and stays together.

Plays

The family that sleeps together understands, heals, grows, and stays together.

Sleeps

The family that intends together matures, understands, heals, grows, and stays together.

Intends

"As the family goes, so goes the nation."

PEPSIThe Christian Family’s

FOUNDATION

The family that prays together stays together.

Prays

Isaiah 56:7

"My house shall be called a house of prayer for all people."

Prayer

Joshua 24:15

". . . . but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord."

PrayerWorship

The vehicle we use to talk to God

It’s about our alligence

Who Should Attend?

•Everyone?

▸Those are believers

▸Non-believers should only invited

When to Have Worship

•First thing in the morning

•Pray or have worship with children before going to bed.

Worship Mechinics

•Short and sweet

•No longer than 10-15 minutes. Six to eight minutes is excellent.

•Include the children

Program

•Sing one song (or two)

•Read a short Bible passage

•Read the chosen devotion

•One family member prays for everyone

•Hug and kiss after prayer

Where to Have Worship?

•A chosen spot/room

▸Bedroom

▸Dinning table

▸Living Room

Who Can Lead in Worship?

•Make a schedule

•Everyone can have a chance to lead

What are the roadblocks to prayer?

•Too much television viewing

•Too busy

•Satanic music

•Friends/neighbors/relatives

•Work

•Selfishness

VespersBeginning and ending of the Sabbath

The family that eats together grows and stays together.

Eats

Eating together is one of the most intimate activities families and couples can do together.

Meal Time Guidelines

•Eat in the same area (together).

•Eat at least two meals a week together. Ideally, it should be at least once a day.

•Meal times is a time for intense sharing. Always include the children.

Playing Together Means:

•Taking the time to laugh together

•Taking the time to have fun together

•Chilling out together

•Going places together

The family that plays together heals, grows, and stays together.

Plays

Sleeping Together

•It means everyone sleeping in the same house. Not in grandma’s house.

•It means husband and wife sleeping in the same bed.

•It means parents not going to sleep while their children watch TV.

•It means having a healthy time to go to bed.

The family that intends together matures, understands, heals, grows, and stays together.

Intends

There must be a deliberate, intentional effort to keep Christ at the center of the home.

Joshua 24:15

". . . . but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord."

1.Happy/stable couples realize a good relationship/family is not a gift but it is an achievement. Every relationship, left up to natural instincts will self-destruct. Because a relationship is a living organism it can’t self-regulate and self-maintain.

Characteristics of Happy/Stable

Relationships/Families

Characteristics of Happy/Stable Relationships

2.Happy/stable couples realize a good relationship is the result of intentional, deliberate, counterinstinctive, behavior on the part of each partner.

Is your family a haven of rest?

Does each family member look forward to coming home at the end of the work day?Do you have a set time to commune with God as a family.