1. “With Friends and Family”

2. Stand strong in _______________. COVENANTS

3. Genesis 9:11-16 I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remem- ber my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”

4. Genesis 17:1-2 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless. 2 I will confirm my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.” 10 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

5. Exodus 3:17 And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.

6. Exodus 6:7 I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.

7. 2 Corinthians 1:20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.

8. 2 Timothy 2:13 If we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.

9. Malachi 2:10 Have we not all one Father ? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our fathers by breaking faith with one another?

10. Malachi 2:3 “Because of you I will rebuke your descendants; I will spread on your faces the offal from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it.”

11. Stand strong in ____________. MARRIAGE

12. Malachi 2:13-14 Another thing you do: You flood the Lord’s altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer pays attention to your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands. 14 You ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD is acting as the witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you have broken faith with her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.

13. Malachi 2:16 “I hate divorce,” says the LORD God...

14. Stand strong in ____________. PARENTING

15. Stand strong with ____________. FRIENDS

16. Malachi 2:16 Guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith.

17. Next Week: “Prayer Helps Us Stand Strong”