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FOR A HAPPY
FAMILY
RHEA JAVIER – OCFEMIA
SPC SDA CHURCH
 KEY TEXT:
“BEHOLD, HOW GOOD AND
HOW PLEASANT IT IS FOR
BRETHREN (FAMILY) TO
DWELL TOGETHER IN
UNITY”
PSALMS 133:1
 IN OUR WORLD TODAY
WE NEED TOOLS:

1. tools for building a

happy marriage

2. tools for making a

genuine relationship with
our children
 OUR GUIDE IS
THE BIBLE
It offers a wealth
instruction on how to
govern our families.
- How parents should conduct
themselves
- How children should respond
GOD CREATED
FAMILY LIFE
TO TEACH US
ABOUT LIFE IN
HIS ETERNAL
FAMILY
 HERE ARE SOME BIBLE-BASED
QUALITIES WE CAN BUILD IN OUR
FAMILIES TO MAKE THEM TRULY HAPPY
 COMMUNICATION
It is a vital ingredients in
developing a happy home.
2 way process:
• We talk
• We listen

God specifically instructs

us to help our children, to
answer their questions and
to take time to teach them
about the benefits of God’s
way of life.
 COMMITMENT
Proverbs 31 teaches us that
a happy home starts with a
happy marriage

Paul wrote:
Let love be genuine
Hate what is evil
Hold fast to what is good
Love one another
 TIME TOGETHER
Take time out to do things
together as a family

• Weekly routine
• Worship & Devotional
• Family walk & talk
• Family game night
 INDIVIDUALITY
Ano po ba yong ayaw natin sa ating
mga vege-garden? Plantita?

• In our families we don’t want any weeds

• Make sure each member is wanted
• Provide your family space to move
• Accept and develop each individual
Philippians 2:4
“Let each of you look not only to his own
interests, but also to the interests of others.”
 APPRECIATION
All of us need appreciation
Express and receive appreciation
• Be aware of the danger of constant, hard critisms, arguing and belittling
• Talk positively about each other both inside and outside of family
setting
• Be equal in your attention – avoid comparison & favoritism

“Bear with one another and, if one has a

complaint against another, forgive each other;
as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also
must forgive.” – Colossians 3:13
 SPIRITUAL It is the most
WELL - BEING important
• Spiritual disease
make the whole
family suffer

A family will only

be happy if there is
spiritual well-being
Galatians 5:22-23
The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance
 LOVE IS AN
ESSENTIAL PART
OF ANY HUMAN
BEING’S LIFE
An unloved baby –
unlikely to develop
into a healthy adult
Spiritual is the same with “we love Him (God)
because He First loved us” John 4:19
We must love each
other… that love
must flow into our
lives from God
and out of our
lives through our
actions toward
God and other
people, including
our beloved
family members
HAPPY PRAYER MEETING PO SA ATING
LAHAT!