Your Most Difficult Family Member
David Cook
Luke 8:26-39
When a physician remarked on a new patient's extraordinarily ruddy complexion, he said, "High blood pressure, Doc. It comes from my family."
"Your mother's side or your father's," I asked? "Neither," he replied, "it's from my wife's family."
"Oh, come now," I said. "How could your wife's family give you high blood pressure?" He sighed. "You oughta meet 'em sometime, Doc!"
Perhaps some of you have difficult family members you have to deal with from time to time. Perhaps it is an in-law that is tough to be around or an aunt or uncle who is difficult to get along with. If I were to ask you, "Who is the most difficult member in your family?" immediately, someone will likely come to mind.
How do you respond to that person? Do you isolate yourself from them? Refuse to speak to them? Shun them? Are you embarrassed by them? Could the person you see as being the most difficult member in your family actually become an opportunity to minister the loving presence of the Lord Jesus Christ?
Every Christian should make loving their family priority, even those who are a bit rough around the edges. If this seems impossible right now to you, don't panic. Thankfully the Bible gives us three stances to take as we deal with our most difficult family members.
I. Stay On Guard Against The Enemy's Assault On Our Families
Satan is on the attack today and one of his main goals is to destroy the family. Spiritual warfare is real. Look around and you will find that that Christians are divorcing at a higher rate than non Christians. Our teenagers are departing from the Christian faith at an alarming rate as soon as they graduate from high school. Our children are being taught as soon as they enter school that there is no absolute truth they can stand on in life.
We must learn to put on the armor God has provided and wage war against the lies of the enemy. Satan knows that if a family is united on the Word of ...
David Cook
Luke 8:26-39
When a physician remarked on a new patient's extraordinarily ruddy complexion, he said, "High blood pressure, Doc. It comes from my family."
"Your mother's side or your father's," I asked? "Neither," he replied, "it's from my wife's family."
"Oh, come now," I said. "How could your wife's family give you high blood pressure?" He sighed. "You oughta meet 'em sometime, Doc!"
Perhaps some of you have difficult family members you have to deal with from time to time. Perhaps it is an in-law that is tough to be around or an aunt or uncle who is difficult to get along with. If I were to ask you, "Who is the most difficult member in your family?" immediately, someone will likely come to mind.
How do you respond to that person? Do you isolate yourself from them? Refuse to speak to them? Shun them? Are you embarrassed by them? Could the person you see as being the most difficult member in your family actually become an opportunity to minister the loving presence of the Lord Jesus Christ?
Every Christian should make loving their family priority, even those who are a bit rough around the edges. If this seems impossible right now to you, don't panic. Thankfully the Bible gives us three stances to take as we deal with our most difficult family members.
I. Stay On Guard Against The Enemy's Assault On Our Families
Satan is on the attack today and one of his main goals is to destroy the family. Spiritual warfare is real. Look around and you will find that that Christians are divorcing at a higher rate than non Christians. Our teenagers are departing from the Christian faith at an alarming rate as soon as they graduate from high school. Our children are being taught as soon as they enter school that there is no absolute truth they can stand on in life.
We must learn to put on the armor God has provided and wage war against the lies of the enemy. Satan knows that if a family is united on the Word of ...
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