Our Families are all different in their struggles, but hopefully we are all striving to be more of what God wants us to be. What should we be striving for?

1. Great Oaks Family Day 2011

2. Learning from Ruth and Naomi

3. Ruth 1:16 (16) But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go,

4. Ruth 1:16 I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.

5. Our families should be places of relationship

6. Learning from Lois and Eunice

7. 2 Timothy 1:5 (5) For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and

8. 2 Timothy 1:5 your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well.

9. Our families should be places of faith-building.

10. Learning from David and Joab

11. 2 Samuel 19:5-6 (5) Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, “Today you have covered with shame the faces of

12. 2 Samuel 19:5-6 all your servants, who today have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, …

13. 2 Samuel 19:5-6 (6) by loving those who hate you, and by hating those who love you. …

14. Our families should be places of truth-telling.

15. Learning from Barnabas and Mark

16. Acts 15:39 (39) And there occurred such a sharp disagreement that they separated from one another,

17. Acts 15:39 and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus.

18. Our families should be places of encouragement.

19. The greatest influence in our lives will come from our families.