Lesson

God, Family, and Service

Objectives:
Practice balance regarding God, family, and service.
Sorting our priorities.
Give the necessary and effective time to each of our priorities.

Both God, family, and service are important and essential for the engine of life.
a human being, but nevertheless, the Christian must know how much time he should
dedicate to each of them; if a businessman has family problems, it is because he loves
and it happens more at work, and if you love work more and your family is in bad shape, it is also a sign.
that he does not spend time with God; if the servant is tired of his work in the Church,
It's because perhaps the service took the place that belonged to God; if the young man does everything in
the Church, but nothing in his house, is an indication of a bad order of priorities.

What is a Priority?
Prioritization of something in relation to another thing, in time or in order.
This means that if a player is sought to be signed by Barcelona, but is also wanted by Emelec;
the team that he decides on first is of greater relevance, without disregarding the importance of the
other.
A priority also determines the order of what follows; if someone omits it
breakfast, automatically, your body is unbalanced, whether you have lunch, a
priority, guarantees the well-being of what follows.
Sorting our priorities is not about creating division, but about demonstrating love for the second.
third.

What is the Order of Priorities of a Christian?

God
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with
all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself. Luke 10:27.
God designed us, formed us, gave us purpose, allows us to breathe, etc. There are millions of...
reasons why He should be the first to whom we give love, honor, respect,
aceptación, tempo, dinero, adoración.
Putting God first does not mean serving in the church every day.
week, prioritizing God, involves:

Sentence:
In the prayer you adore him, you dedicate the most beautiful songs to him, you show him your heart.
just as it is, and you receive advice, strength, and guidance; the key to success, well-being
emotional, spiritual, and economic, is found in the action that brings us closer to God, and
that is the sentence; without it you will become exhausted, you will get discouraged, and it will be easy for you to fall into temptation;

Do you want to love God and people more? Pray, did nothing happen? Keep praying, in it.
your character will also be formed.
That at the dawn of the day, Your Father be the one you worship, and ask for His help in the work.
daily; that before making a decision, He should be consulted first, that when
let's achieve a milestone, let's recognize that it is thanks to Him, that if we dedicate half an hour to
a video game, let it be an hour more; God does not ask this for Himself, but for Love.
We, for without prayer, will have failure sooner or later.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. Always be joyful, pray without ceasing, give thanks to God in everything.
in every situation, for this is His will for you in Christ Jesus

Life in the Word:

All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teachers that it is true and for
makes us see what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and
teaches us to do what is right. 2 Timothy 3:16

Prayer is communication with God, but His Word is His communication to us.
whoever wants to know how God thinks, must read His Word, whoever wants to know that
foundations we must have in life, you must read His Word; it is the manual of life
to indicate to you what is right, what is wrong; in the Bible you will find themes of economy,
administration, sexuality. His Word is the manual that does not indicate the why, the how and the
so that from every situation in our life, without it our mind would create arguments
humans who could be wrong and even against their Truth.
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105
Reading and experiencing His Word daily guarantees us comfort, encouragement, inspiration,
confrontation, restoration, and life in itself. When you practice and walk in his
promises, you show that God is your priority.
2. Family
Love your neighbor as yourself

Whoever says they love God but does not love their family, spends time with them, intercedes and acts
Something for them, is not loving God. If a wife serves in the church, but does not leave
Organizing things in her home, taking care of her husband well, is not loving God. If
a young man serves in the church, but he does not finish the tasks requested by his parents, no
is loving God; to love God completely is to set our priorities, these make
that the growth and family and work well-being be healthy and effective. We can
avoid family problems, unnecessary arguments, bad testimonies, if we organize
our priorities. Having family as an important part of our priorities
entails

Intercession for them:

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the
families of the earth will be blessed through me. Genesis 12:3
Intercession is being empathetic with our family members, sensing their needs, knowing what it is.
What they need is the responsibility of a Christian to take care of their family.
meeting with God; if we only spend time with them, but we are not a model of Christ in
our life, and we have not dared to invite them to church at any moment; no
we are fulfilling the task of blessing them. We must understand that it is up to us
the well-being or discomfort of our home depends, we are the ones who cover them, who guide them,
who imparts wisdom to them, and whom will they seek when they need to know God.

Good testimony:
It is also necessary for it to have a good testimony from those outside, so that it does not fall into
discredit and in the devil's noose. 1 Timothy 3:7

When words are not enough to bless our families, then it is the
moment of the actions, the majority of families won for God have been by the
irrefutable testimony from one of his relatives. The example and demonstration of Christ
In our lives, they are even more effective than a thousand things we can say.

Enjoying with them:

Any Christian who intends to win over their family, but does not spend time with them, in
vacation outings or family commitments, will be an isolated person who will lose hundreds of
opportunities to evangelize them; we also find those Christians
that if they go to their family commitments, but with their attitude or way of behaving,
they keep their family members from coming close to God and the Church. As Christians, we must be the
first agents in fostering reconciliation, love, and peace in our homes, case
On the contrary, our family members may leave without God, and we may lose the opportunity to
to win them.

3. Service
Never stop being diligent; rather, serve the Lord with the fervor that the Spirit gives.
Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.

Serving does not guarantee that you are right with God and with people, the believers.
many times we come to believe that service only consists of fulfilling a request, but
Pablo teaches us that service also essentially entails diligence.
Diligence: a person who industriously and actively seeks to help.
Diligence is necessary, as it helps a believer to fulfill and effectively.
finish with tasks on time or even before necessary; do this in the
Ministerial action as a consequence of your time being fully utilized and
This way you cannot have obstacles when spending time with your family; on the contrary, someone
who postpones and does a task halfway will accumulate them, and these will be of
impediment to effectively fulfilling family or work tasks.

Organize your Time:there is a balance that every believer must handle, and it is that of
effectively organize all our tasks, if it reaches a point where only exist
excuses or impediments to fulfilling the Vision of Jesus whether in service within
the Church or in the essential work outside of it, then you must organize yourself; or if the
service is your reason for not studying or working to contribute to your family, then
There is also another problem. We must comply very well with what our boss asks for.
What your ministerial leader requested, what your partner needs must be supported, and you contribute.
Home should be a daily discipline.
To everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1

How to behave, talk, think, and dream for God, your family, and the ministry is an art.
that we only mature under the wisdom of God. It involves Faith, intercession, but above all
love for what is done. Having disordered priorities leads us to a life of
frustrating purpose, but being organized will prevent us from problems, it will prevent us from stress, and
will allow us more time with our loved ones: God, family, and companions
of the service. Planning, order, and organization will always lead us to the good
success, along with effective leadership, because those are characteristics of God and of everything
that He does (1 Corinthians 14:33, 14:40). On the contrary, improvisation, disorder, and the
Disorganization is the way the devil works to steal, kill, and destroy.
Genesis 1:1-3
Administration:
The teacher will guide the students to repent before God for not managing.
our time to live with excellence.
They will guide you to a commitment of diligence in our relationship with God, family, and in
the service, together they will ask for God's wisdom to manage and organize.

Practical Application
The students will write two essays: one on the administration of Nehemiah and one on
Martha and María will present what they learned in the next class.