Keeping A Standard In A Blened Family

Definition of stepfamily 

: a family in which there is a stepparent

Definition of blended family 

: a family that includes children of a previous marriage of one spouse or both

Keeping A Standard With A Blended Family

Matthew 1:18–25 NLT

18 This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. 19 Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly. 20 As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet: 23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’ ” 24 When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife. 25 But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus.

Matthew 1:

Matthew 1:19 NKJV

19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.

Matthew 19:

This is the type of stuff that makes you really appreciate God’s concern for family..

He Knew that we would have a lot of blended families so he made sure he would give us the perfect example..

Joe is the best step father anyone could ask for..

he was righteous: Right & Normal

A sincere desire to please God by keeping his law is both commanded and approved by him & true righteousness must be the product of the Holy Spirit’s work in the believer.

He was in Right Standing With God

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible Righteousness

Righteousness. Conformity to a certain set of expectations, which vary from role to role. Righteousness is fulfillment of the expectations in any relationship, whether with God or other people. It is applicable at all levels of society, and is relevant in every area of life. Therefore, righteousness denotes the fulfilled expectations in relationships between man and wife, parents and children, fellow citizens, employer and employee, merchant and customers, ruler and citizens, and God and man. Depending on the fulfillment of one’s expectations, an individual could be called righteous and his or her acts and speech could be designated as righteous.

iii. Joeseph didn’t want to disgrace her so he was going to quietly divorce her, after all he wasn’t going for the okie dokie and fall for the a angel got me pregnant story..

iv. But he was a man that could hear from God, and when God Spoke He listened..

He married her & refrained from having sexual relationship with her until she had the baby.

He named him Jesus

Joseph raised him as his own, taught him his family trade and before Jesus ministry blew up his was know as the carpenters son..

 And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations.

 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

16 And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.

5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

35 verse:  And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing will be impossible.

35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing will be impossible.

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations.

Joseph role In Jesus Life was just as Important...

2. What are the Challenges of having a blended family today? Google # 775-476-8572

Are you capable of trusting another person to parent your child?

What if their way of discipline is different than yours..

3. What seems to be the most common Problem in Blended families?

is it external forces

is it internal forces

4. What seems to produce the greatest Success In Blended Families?

Not allowing anyone or anything to come between the family

Communication

Humility

Love

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