This PowerPoint presentation discusses God's purposes for families and how Christians can reflect God's love in their families. It encourages fulfilling God's vision of families providing companionship and community and expressing love through respect, care, and quality time. The presentation offers application questions to help attendees implement these principles, suggesting spending more meaningful time with family and treating each other with love.

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2. A Family of
FAMILIES
Adult Sabbath School Lesson
PowerPoint Presentation
January 7, 2006
Families in the Family of God ADAPT
1st Quarter 2006

3. Christian
FAMILIE
S

4. Memory Verse
“Now therefore, you are no
longer strangers and
foreigners, but fellow
citizens with saints and
members of the household
of God, having built on the
foundation of the apostles
and prophets, Jesus Christ
Himself being the chief
cornerstone.”
Ephesians 2:19, NKJV
Families in the Family of God

5. Reflecting God’s Love
Steps we need to take
• Fulfill God’s
purposes for the
family
• Express God’s Love

6. STEP 1
God’s Purposes
for the Family

7. Purposes of Family
A. When was the
first
family
established?
•Gen. 2:18-25
Creation
• A gift of God
before the
entrance of sin

8. Purposes of the family
B. What were God’s purposes in
establishing the family? Gen. 2:18
• Companionshi
p “Help meet”
• Community
“Procreation”

9. Purposes of Family
C. What does the special
unity “one flesh”
symbolize? Gen. 2:24
• It symbolizes the unity
of the members of the
Godhead—Father, Son,
Holy Spirit

10. FULFILL God’s Purposes
Companionship
Community
Do you have time Social Needs
for your family?
REMEMBER We reflect God’s love by fulfilling
God’s purposes for the family

11. STEP 2
Expressing
God’s Love

12. Expressing God’s Love
A. How can the whole family
express their love to God?
I John 4:12
• Treat family members with
love and respect

13. Expressing God’s Love
B. How did Jesus show His
love to His mother?
John 19:26, 27
• He made sure His mother got
the best care
• Jesus is our model

14. Expressing God’s Love
C. How does the idea of the church
as a household open the doors to
include everybody? Eph. 2:19
• Church is a family of
families
• Provides sense of
belonging to all

15. We express God’s Love
By treating family
members with
respect
By treating family
members with love
By providing sense
of belonging to
everyone

16. Expressing God’s Love
DoDo you treat yourGod’s lovesense
Does youryour family with respect?
you treat reflect family with love?
REMEMBERWe church provides by showing
love, respect and acceptance
of belonging to everyone?

17. Summary
We reflect God’s love by
• Fulfilling God’s
purposes for the
family
• Expressing God’s
Love

18. Christian
FAMILIE
S LOVE
RESPEC
T
ACCEPTANC
E
Families in the family of God

19. APPLY
How can this truth about
Christian families affect my
life today?
Do we have the desire to fulfill God’s purposes
for our families?
Do we have the desire to express God’s love in
dealing with family members?
Do we have the desire to accept everyone
regardless of his/her status in life?

20. PLAN
How can we use this truth
about family this coming
week?
• What are the practical ways we
can do to show our love and
respect to our family members?
Discuss.

21. TRANSFER truth to life
What changes do I
need in my life?
• What biblical principle
from the lesson can we
use today?

22. TRANSFER Truth to Life
What changes do I
need in my life?
Let’s make a decision!
PRINCIPLE APPLICATION PROBLEM DECISION
By treating I am This coming
We need
each one with always week I will
to reflect
respect and busy with appropriate
God's
love my work special time for
love to
By caring for my family
our
them
families
By spending
time with our
families

23. Christian
FAMILIE
S
Families in the family of God

24. ADAPT it! Effective for
SMALL GROUPS
Teaching Approach
ASSOCIATE truth – Why should I study this lesson?
DISCOVER truth – What does the Bible say about this
truth?
APPLY truth – How can this truth affect my life today?
PLAN using the truth – How can I use this truth today?
TRANSFER truth to life – What changes do I need in my
life
?
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