The Family of God

All the believers were together and held all things in common. —Acts 2:44

In the very first New Testament church . . . [t]hose who had more gave up some of what they had to help those who had little. They broke bread together in their homes. They were family.

What would things look like if each of our churches took on this mindset, sharing what we have to help others thrive in Christ and life? We could completely transform the next generation. Men and women who didn’t grow up with their fathers could be fathered by godly men in the church. . . . Newly married couples who have never seen marriage up close could have it modeled to them . . . And in turn, they would be able to care for their children in a very different kind of household.

The vicious cycle of family breakdown passing on through the generations would stop, and be replaced by a virtuous one of loving, godly, lasting marriages and families. That’s the ripple effect that the family of God could pray toward and love each other toward. ¹

¹ Finding My Father: How the Gospel Heals the Pain of Fatherlessness, 2021, Blair Linne

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Finding My Father: How the Gospel Heals the Pain of Fatherlessness by Blair Linne, ©2021 by The Good Book Company, used by kind permission. www.thegoodbook.com

Scripture taken from The CSB