Planting Seeds Of Biblical Truth: The Family Devotional GuideSample

# A Peaceful Home #### #### TALKING TO GOD Ask God for forgiveness if you’ve hurt a relative’s feelings or have been unkind. Then thank God for the relationships with your family and friends. #### DIVING IN What words or pictures come to mind when you think about the words “peace” and “conflict”? Talk about why peace is important to you. #### GOING DEEPER Families are made up of people with different personalities and emotions. Sometimes family members feel happy, and other times they feel angry. How a person feels should not change a family’s peaceful home. Romans 12:18 says, “If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.” This mention of everyone includes the members of your family. Getting along with those in your family may seem like a lot of work some days. But Proverbs 17:1 says that a peaceful home is a true treasure, something worth working for. “Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.” #### TALKING TO EACH OTHER * How should you act toward family members? * What can you do to be a peacemaker in the family when someone is angry or upset? * How can God’s peace fill your home, even when you disagree with each other?