1. Family Stories

2. Genesis 2:24 &

3. Living At Breakneck Speed
We are Called TO BE Not TO DO
(Not to spin more plates)

4. Have you stopped enjoying life because you are too busy?

5. Look at Our Lives Are you exhausted most of the time?
2. Do you have too many roles to fill?
3. Do you have regular family time together?

6. 3 Questions 1. . Do I like the human being I am becoming?
2. Is the work of God I’m attempting to do with vocation and family destroying the work of God in me?
3. How often does my family receive only my emotional scraps?

7. Eliminate Stress by Creating Margins in Your Life
Margin Is:
1. The space between our load and our limits
2. Our breathing space, our reserves, our leeway.

8. Creating Margin Give Time To Your Family Do Less and Rest – Sabbath
Fight For Solitude – Learn to say NO
Example of Jesus.

9. God’s story
Culture’s story
Family story
My story

10. Prescription for a Happy Family

11. Devote quality time regularly
Give time
Give dependable time
Give quality and quantity
time
Give chore time
Your job as a parent is a calling from God.

12. Communicate deeply Communicate with your child
Communicate with your spouse
Communicate at a deeper, feeling level!

13. Affirm frequently
Look for something good and beautiful in your spouse and children each day – and tell them.
Write little notes to your children
Be with your spouse in public
Say only kind, appreciative things about your mate in public.
Never hold your children up as examples or illustrate your stories with their failures.

14. Pray daily Give the family altar first priority in your day.
Make family worship a happy experience
Don’t assume you know all the answers
Families need to talk about beliefs and standards
Pray for a family member