The Four Pillars of a Healthy Family

Series: Family Life

June 23, 2020
Brett & Deb Cooper

Let's go on a journey together. It's not your typical kind of trip. This a journey toward having a healthy family. When we arrive, we will find a home with four pillars. These are four virtues that healthy/non-dysfunctional families have.

Episode Notes

Pillar #1 - Humility

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less. - CS Lewis

Philippians 2:5-11 

Let's all open up about the good, the bad, and the ugly in our lives.

What do you need to open up about today? 

Pillar #2 - Honesty 

Matthew 5:37 

I used to say that we should all practice healthy conflict. However, I realized that many people have trouble putting the words "healthy" and "conflict" together.  So, I now use the word "honesty" to speak about how we should address each other on difficult topics in family life. 

Who do you need to be honest with today? 

Pillar #3 - Hunger 

Matthew 5:6 

Families who focus on doing things right, in love, are superglued together. 

What should your family hunger to do? 

Pillar #4 - Helpfulness 

Ephesians 5:15-21 

One day we sang the clean up song to our three year old son Isaac ("Clean up, clean up, everybody clean up...").  He was excited and cleaning up.  It was a lot of fun until he realized that the song said "everybody clean up."  Then, lol, we had to join in the fun.

In a healthy family, people work together. 

Let's all strive to have healthy families. 

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