What one word sums up your family?

How would your friends answer this question? Love? Joy? Peace? Patience? Kindness?

Today for Family Bible Week, talk together as a family about what character traits you want to be known for. Find a Family Verse together that reflects those values (ideas below to get you started). Help everyone in your family memorize your Family Verse. Create a Family Verse Image together that you can post online (use the hashtag #OurFamilyVerse), and invite others to share in your family’s faith journey.

Find a Family Verse

Get my commandments inside you and your children. Talk about them wherever you are: at home or in the street; talk about them from the time you get up until you fall into bed.

Deuteronomy 6:6-7

Family Verse Ideas

	Love. Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. Ephesians 5:2
	Character. The Holy Spirit produces this… fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience… Galatians 5:22-23
	Forgiveness. …be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults… Ephesians 4:2
	Generosity. And don’t forget to do good and to share with those in need. These are the sacrifices that please God. Hebrews 13:16
	Purpose. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you…” Jeremiah 29:11
	Hospitality. …let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions. 1 John 3:18
	Service. Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2
	Community. And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their fellow believers. 1 John 4:21