Outside the Lines
Every family faces the risk of being torn apart. But family is not the reason for family. God has a purpose for your family, and when you orient your household around this one reason, it makes your family stronger than ever.
Watermarked
There is no step-by-step manual on how to keep your home from being torn apart. Not one of us can predict the future, and many homes that look impervious to attack often suffer the worst. However, there is one practice we can institute in our homes that keep our families focused on unity.
Fathers are Family, Too!
Too often, instead of honoring Dads on Father's Day, they get reminded about how they fall short. At Engage Community Church, we believe that strong households create a culture of honor.
The Shame of It All
Shame binds the members of our homes to their sin. When we address our family members as extensions of their sin, we guarantee repeat performances. The only way to combat shame is to separate sin from our sense of self.
Anger Management
Continual anger is evidence of a heart full of unforgiveness, and unforgiveness is contagious. When one person refuses to forgive, everyone in the home becomes bitter. The only way to break bitterness in the home is to create a culture of forgiveness.
Gimmie Gimmie
Envy keeps our eyes focused on what others have. Greed keeps us focused on what we have. Greed is not having more than you need, it's refusing to let go of anything you have. Greed creates factions in a home, but generosity creates favor. Greed happens by accident, but generosity must be intentional.
Green Eyes and Grieved Hearts
Envy kills relationships. As long as our eyes are focused on what God has given to others, we will never be able to see what God has given to us. In this message, find out why envy is so self-destructive to a home, and what we can do to avoid it.
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Heart Issues
Every attack on your home is the result of an attack on the heart. The things we do and say cause the hurt that destroys a home, but words and behaviors are symptoms of the deeper sickness within our hearts. If we want to have a healthy home, we have to guard against attacks to the heart.