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Fo rmed for God’s Family

God is the One who made all things,

and all things are for his glory. He wanted to

have many children share his glory.

Hebrews 2:10a (NCV)

See how very much our heavenly Father

loves us, for he allows us to be called

his children, and we really are!

1 John 3:1 (NLT)

Day 15 Formed for God’s Family PURPOSE #2: You Were Formed for God’s Family

God wants a family, and he created you to be a part of it. This
is God’s second purpose for your life, which he planned before
you were born. The entire Bible is the story of God building a
family who will love him, honor him, and reign with him forever.
It says, “His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his
own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. And this
gave him great pleasure.”^1
Because God is love, he treasures relationships. His very nature
is relational, and he identifies himself in family terms: Father, Son,
and Spirit. The Trinity is God’s relationship to himself. It’s the
perfect pattern for relational harmony, and we should study its
implications.

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