The #1 Value for Strong Families
Family Values 10.0 – Value 10.1
Written in Stone
Steve Gallimore | pastorsteve@tvcc.us
April 11, 2021
“Never forget these commands that I am giving you.
Teach these to your children…”
Deuteronomy 6:6-7a (GNB)
Matthew 22:37–39 (NLT)
37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Matthew 22:40 (NLT)
40 “The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”
Matthew 5:17 (NLT)
17 “Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose.”
Matthew 22:37–40 (ESV)
37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
Matthew 7:12 (NLT)
12 “Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.
I. THE FOUNDATION FOR A STRONG FAMILY
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.”
Exodus 20:2 (ESV)
“You shall have no other gods before me.”
Exodus 20:3 (ESV)
The Principle:
The Promise:
“Remember the LORD in everything you do, and he will show you the right way.”
Proverbs 3:6 (GNB)
II. HOW DO I PUT GOD FIRST?
Give God priority in 5 areas:
F
“Honor the Lord by giving him the first part of all your income, and he will fill your barns… to overflow…”
Proverbs 3:9-10 (LB)
“The purpose of tithing is to teach you to always put God first in your lives.”
Deuteronomy 14:23 (LB)
When?
“On every Lord’s Day each of you should put aside something from what you have earned during the week, and use it for this offering.” 1 Corinthians 16:2 (LB)
I
“Whatever you do… do it all for the glory of God.”
1 Corinthians 10:31 (GNB)
“Talk with each other much about the Lord…”
Ephesians 5:19 (LB)
R
“…what a man is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.”
Proverbs 27:19 (LB)
S
24 “Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” Matthew 16:24–25 (ESV)
T
“Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray.”
Mark 1:35 (NLT)
Joshua’s Commitment:
“As for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”
Joshua 24:15 (NLT)