1. When There Is No Foundation

2. Every Family Faces Trials It tests and reveals the hearts that make up each family. It reveals the need for God to be present through seemingly impossible moments. For many families God is just a part of their family, or worst, is not present at all.

3. “Most of the kids we’re seeing today in most courts are kids in which we have broken families, most of them have single parents, most of those are mothers and there are poor or very weak problem solving skills, not just among the young people but also their parents.” Judge Steven Teske, Clayton County (GA) Juvenile Court Chief

4. SYMPTOMS OF ‘FAMILIES ON THE EDGE’

5. Lacking: Healthy Communication Silence Arguing Hateful words What’s Missing?

6. Self-Absorbed With work With recreation With friends What’s Missing?

7. James 3:14–16 “But if you have bitter envy and self- seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.”

8. Addressing symptoms DOES NOT fix the problem, it just masks it, like a Band Aid

9. The Answer Is Not A quick ‘look up’ for Bible references on “healthy communication” or learning how to be less “self absorbed” The answer is not… Family seminars Family workshops Family retreats

10. Jesus Christ What’s Missing?

11. Jesus Christ Is The Foundation The world doesn’t realize it, but He is the answer. Ephesians 2:19-22 He is the first answer to all questions. He is the final answer to all questions. Without Him, all other answers are nothing more than band-aid solutions. Cp. Matt. 7:21ff

12. Jesus is Foundational This seems so obvious that many professing Christians forget Him in favor of other more ‘practical’ solutions. Just as a church of God’s people can be guilty forgetting this foundational truth, so it can a family of Christians: Rev. 2:4-5

13. What (Who) Is Your Family’s Foundation?