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“We can choose our friends but we cannot choose our family.”

“We can choose our friends but we cannot choose our family.”. We need to learn to live together. We need to learn to love one another. We need to learn to serve and care for all without being picky.

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“We can choose our friends but we cannot choose our family.”

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  1. “We can choose our friends but we cannot choose our family.” • We need to learn to live together. • We need to learn to love one another. • We need to learn to serve and care for all without being picky.

  2. Ministering to men and women, young and old, single, married or widowed follows the dictum “different strokes for different folks”. Ministry to various groups requires teaching godliness by modeling.

  3. Ministering to the Older Men

  4. Ministering to the Older Men How to treat them: Treat them like you would your own father – with respect (I Tim. 5:1a). 1Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. (Leviticus 19:32)

  5. Ministering to the Older Men What to teach them: Teach them “to exercise self-control, to be worthy of respect, and to live wisely. They must have sound faith and be filled with love and patience.” (Titus 2:2, NLT).

  6. Ministering to the Older Women

  7. Ministering to the Older Women How to treat them: Treat them like you would your own mother – with love (I Tim. 5:2a). 2Treat...older women as mothers

  8. Ministering to the Older Women What to teach them: Teach them “to live in a way that honors God. They must not slander others or be heavy drinkers. Instead, they should teach others what is good. (Titus 2:3, NLT).

  9. Ministering to the Younger Men

  10. Ministering to the Younger Men How to treat them: Treat them like you would your own brothers – with authenticity (I Tim. 5:1b). 1Treat younger men as brothers,

  11. Ministering to the Younger Men What to teach them: Teach them to live wisely through your own example. “Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching. Teach the truth so that your teaching can’t be criticized. Then those who oppose us will be ashamed and have nothing bad to say about us.” (Titus 2:7-8, NLT).

  12. Ministering to the Younger Women

  13. Ministering to the Younger Women How to treat them: Treat them like you would your own sisters – with purity (I Tim. 5:2b). 2Treat...younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

  14. Ministering to the Younger Women How to treat them: Treat them like you would your own sisters – with purity (I Tim. 5:2b). They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, (II Timothy 3:6)

  15. Ministering to the Younger Women What to teach them: Teach them (especially through the older women) that they are “to love their husbands and their children, to live wisely and be pure, to work in their homes, to do good, and to be submissive to their husbands. Then they will not bring shame on the word of God.” (Titus 2:4-5, NLT)

  16. Conclusion Paul’s emphasis was for us to treat the members of the church as our closest family members. After all, Jesus himself said in Mark 3:35, “Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”

  17. Conclusion “I LOVE the church!” (Luis Pantoja)

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