301 // A Happy Christian Home Rests On A Fruitful Faith Life

And as we start this conversation, I think it makes sense to start with a question of why does this really matter? Why would I say that your fruitful faith, your own personal faith life, is actually a core part foundational piece of your family life.

Well, friends, I say this because I believe that Jesus says this.

We see it over and over again in scripture.

So as we tackle this conversation around why it matters to have a fruitful faith and how to build a fruitful faith, how to go deeper with the Lord, today we're really going to lean into some scriptures and looking at what the Bible says about our own personal faith and how that impacts our relationships, our family, really our life overall.

And then next week, we're going to pick up from there and dive more into, how many do I have here? I think five very specific, detailed tips, tricks, habits, rhythms, whatever you want to call them, five particular things that that I personally do as a busy mom.

I've got four little kids at home.

I'm very intentional about them, about our family life.

I'm very intentional about my faith.

But these are also five specific action steps that are so helpful to every other woman I have ever met who is intentional about her family life, her family relationships.

So today we're zooming in on scripture.

Next week, we're going to zoom in on real life examples, habits, takeaway action steps that are helpful for all of us.

So let's start with this question of why.

We see over and over again in scripture that our top priority in life is It's not our happiness.

It's definitely not our wealth and our security.

It's not our family.

Our top priority in life is our own relationship with the Lord.

He is our creator.

He is our savior.

He is our source of peace and hope.

And yes, our everyday life is fully in his hands, but also our eternity is fully in his hands.

We can't even wrap our brains around that.

And we see this in scripture.

We see it clearly in scripture that when we give our lives to Jesus and we begin to follow him, we are changed.

The Lord Jesus Christ, he becomes our primary source of identity and purpose.

We see it in 1 Corinthians 5, verse 17, which says, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come, the old has gone, and the new is here.