How To Stop The Fighting In Your Family

Colossians 3:18-21 – (18) HUSBANDS: Love your wife… Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. (19)Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh or embittered against them. (20)Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. (21)Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Proverbs 17:28 – Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

The Top 10 Reasons for Fighting in Your Family

1.     Not listening

 2.     Overspending and money

 3.     Laziness

 4.     Driving too fast

 5.     Dirty house

 6.     Disciplining (or spoiling) children

 7.     Who should cook

 8.     Not answering your phone

 9.     Not saying “I love you”

10.    When to have sex

1. Not Listening? – Learn to listen

James 1:19 – Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger;

Proverbs 12:15 – The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.

Proverbs 18:13 – If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

2. Overspending and Money? – Get control of your money

Proverbs 22:1  – A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.

Deuteronomy 8:18 – You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant… 

Hebrews 13:5 – Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

1 Timothy 6:10 – For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

Philippians 4:19 – And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

3. Laziness? – Get busy at home

4. Driving Too Fast? – Slow down a little 

5. Dirty House? – Organize and clean the house 

6. Disciplining (or spoiling) Children? – Learn the secrets of child discipline

Proverbs 11:14 – Where there is no guidance, people fall, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

Colossians 3:21 – Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.. 

7. Who should cook? – Learn your “roles and expectations” 

8. Not Answering Phone? – Answer when your spouse calls

9. Not Saying “I Love You”? – Say “I love you” every day 

Proverbs 21:23  Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.

10. When To Have Sex? – Respect your partner’s sexual pace 

1 Corinthians 7:4-5 – (4)The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. (5)Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 

I love you, I love you – That’s what Calvary said

I love you, I love you – Written in red

Down through the ages God wrote His love

With the same hands that suffered and bled

Giving all the He had to give

A message so easily read

I love you, I love you – That’s what Calvary said

I love you, I love you – Written in red

*Song by Crystal Lewis