Romans 12: ¹⁰Love each other as brothers and sisters and honor others more than you do yourself. (CEV)

Ephesians 5: ³³So each husband should love his wife as much as he loves himself, and each wife should respect her husband. (CEV)

Ephesians 6: ²"Obey your father and your mother, ³and you will have a long and happy life." (CEV)

Hebrews 13: ⁴Have respect for marriage. Always be faithful to your partner ....  (CEV)

James 1: ¹⁹My dear friends, you should be quick to listen and slow to speak or to get angry. (CEV)

Proverbs 14: ²⁹It's smart to be patient, but it's stupid to lose your temper. (CEV)

Proverbs 15: 1^A kind answer soothes angry feelings, but harsh words stir them up. (CEV)

Proverbs 29: ¹¹Don't be a fool and quickly lose your temper be sensible and patient. (CEV)

Isaiah 54: ¹Sing and shout, even though you have never had children! The LORD has promised that you will have more children than someone married for a long time. (CEV)

John 1: ¹²Yet some people accepted him and put their faith in him. So he gave them the right to be the children of God. ¹³ .... God himself was the one who made them his children. (CEV)

Acts 17: ²⁴This God made the world and everything in it.... ²⁵ .... He gives life, breath, and everything else to all people. ²⁶From one person God made all nations who live on earth .... ²⁷God has done all this, so that we will look for him and reach out and find him. He isn't far from any of us, ²⁸and he gives us the power to live, to move, and to be who we are. "We are his children ...." (CEV)

Romans 8: ¹⁶God's Spirit makes us sure that we are his children. ¹⁷His Spirit lets us know that together with Christ we will be given what God has promised. (CEV)

Hebrews 2: ¹⁰ .... Jesus led many of God's children to be saved and to share in his glory. ¹¹Jesus and the people he makes holy all belong to the same family. That is why he isn't ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters. (CEV)

1. Why does God describe His family as mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and children?
2. When husbands and wives love each other as God explains, how does this influence our children?
3. How can we best overcome our human tendency to be impatient and lose our tempers?
4. What does it show when we talk about our own opinions but don't listen to what others say?
5. Explain how it feels to be in God's family and be promised a long and happy life.
Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
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