Malachi 3:11 (NKJV) “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the LORD of hosts;
Your family is your vine; God promises to bless your family when you give.
Genesis 12:3 (NKJV) I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Psalm 115:14 (NKJV) May the LORD give you increase more and more, You and your children.
Psalms 115:13-16 (MSG) And let GOD bless all who fear GOD— bless the small, bless the great. Oh, let GOD enlarge your families— giving growth to you, growth to your children. May you be blessed by GOD, by GOD, who made heaven and earth. The heaven of heavens is for GOD, but he put us in charge of the earth.
Psalm 128:3 (NLT) Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine, flourishing within your home. Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees as they sit around your table.
Family is at the centre of God’s plan for the happiness and progress of His children. The Holy Bible teaches that God established families from the very beginning, showing us many examples of strong families. It also teaches us how to have a loving, happy family.
Isaiah 32:18 (NIV) My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.
Proverbs 3:33 (NLT) The LORD curses the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the upright.
Being part of a family is one of the sweetest gifts that the Lord gives His people. He invented family; He designed it. He is a God of legacy and promises for generations to come. Family is deeply rooted in the heart of the Father, and for this reason, it should be deeply rooted in our hearts as well.
Isaiah 49:25b (AMP) . . . for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will give safety to your children and ease them.
Jeremiah 31:16-17 (NLT) But now this is what the Lord says: “Do not weep any longer, for I will reward you,” says the Lord. “Your children will come back to you from the distant land of the enemy. There is hope for your future,” says the Lord. “Your children will come again to their own land.
I conclude with 2 Chronicles 7:15-16 (NKJV) Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place. For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.