6 Secrets To Building Strong Families

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5 marriages
I would give my entire fortune in exchange for a
successful marriage.
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You dont get hugged by the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame, he says, and you dont have children
with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I want what
everybody else wants to love and to be loved,
and to have a family.
Christie Brinkley
Billy Joel
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Nick Stinnet
Is a professor of Human Development and Family
Studies in the College of Human Environmental
Sciences at the University of Alabama
If you live in a strong family, please contact
us. We know a lot about what makes families
fail. We need to know more about what makes them
succeed.
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Secrets of Strong Families
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6 Secrets of Strong Families

• Commitment!

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Jesus Said (Mark 109 KJV) What therefore God
hath joined together, let not man put
asunder. Mark
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(1 Cor 727 KJV) Art thou bound unto a wife?
seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a
wife? seek not a wife.
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(1 Cor 727 KJV) Art thou bound unto a wife?
seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a
wife? seek not a wife.
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Strong families are determined to make it work
Weak families sit back wondering if its going
to work!
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6 Secrets of Strong Families

• Commitment!
• Time together!

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(Gen 224 KJV) Therefore shall a man leave his
father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his
wife and they shall be one flesh.
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(Eph 515 KJV) See then that ye walk
circumspectly, (BE CAREFUL ) not as fools, but
as wise, (Eph 516 KJV) Redeeming the time,
because the days are evil.
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Strong families make time to be together Weak
families spend time on other things!
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6 Secrets of Strong Families

• Commitment!
• Time together!

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When 1500 children were asked, What do you
think makes a happy family?,they didnt list
money, cars, or nice homes. They simply
answered Doing things together!
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6 Secrets of Strong Families

• Commitment!
• Time together!
• Appreciation!

(Eph 429 KJV) Let no corrupt communication
proceed out of your mouth, but that which is
good to the use of edifying, that it may
minister grace unto the hearers.
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Strong families build one another upWeak
families tear one another down.
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Number-One Predictor of Divorce?

• Disrespect!!!

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• If I had to do it over again, Id still marry
  you.
• I couldnt get you out of my mind today.
• I will always love you.
• I can always count on you.
• Im so proud to be married to you.
• Im sorry.
• I was wrong.
• You make every day brighter.

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Like a diamond You Sparkle Youre
Strong and Enduring Youre Priceless! Like
a diamond I like to take you with me when I
leave the house And show you off in public.
You make me proud! Like a diamond I like
you next to my body! They say, Diamonds are
forever. Honey, you are the diamond in my life!
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One mother wrote saying, Each night we go into
the childrens bedrooms and give each a big hug
and kiss. Then we say, You are really good kids
and we love you very much.We think its important
to leave that message with them at the end of the
day.
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Secrets of Strong Families

• Commitment!
• Time together!
• Appreciation!
• Communication!

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6 Secrets of Strong Families
(Prov 2511 KJV) A word fitly spoken is like
apples of gold in pictures of silver.
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Secrets of Strong Families

• Commitment!
• Time together!
• Appreciation!
• Communication!
• Spiritual faith!

(Psa 1271 KJV) A Song of degrees for Solomon.
Except the LORD build the house, they labour in
vain that build it except the LORD keep the
city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
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People who attendchurch even once amonth
increase theirchances of stayingmarried.
Religionprovides coupleswith a shared senseof
values, ideologyand purpose in life.
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Secrets of Strong Families

• Commitment!
• Time together!
• Appreciation!
• Communication!
• Spiritual faith!
• Coping with crisis!

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6 Secrets of Strong Families

• Commitment!
• Time together!
• Appreciation!
• Communication!
• Spiritual faith!
• Coping with crisis!

Naked I came from my mothers womb, and naked I
shall return there.
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6 Secrets of Strong Families

• Commitment!
• Time together!
• Appreciation!
• Communication!
• Spiritual faith!
• Coping with crisis!

The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord. Job 121
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Best time to get started is NOW Best time to ask
God for His help is NOW Best way to start, is on
your knees with an open heart, NOW
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