Family/Friends

Bible Verses

Exodus 20:12: Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. 
1 Timothy 5:8: But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Ephesians 6:4: Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Colossians 3:18-21: Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh or critical toward them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.
Genesis 2:24: Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Proverbs 17:17: A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
Proverbs 18:24: A man of many friends may prove himself to be a man of many companions, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered. It keeps no record of wrongs. It does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
John 15:12-13: My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.
1 Peter 4:8: Above all, love each other earnestly, because love covers a multitude of sins.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I thank you for the gift of family and friends, the bonds of love and support that enrich my life. I pray for their well-being, their happiness, and their strength in facing whatever challenges they may encounter. Guide their paths, grant them wisdom, and surround them with your peace and protection. May they always find joy and purpose in their lives. I pray for them all, remembering each by name. Thank you that you already know them and love them completely. I pray, too, for people I know who do not have a family or have been hurt by their family. Thank you that as Christians, we can all be a part of your family.
In Jesus' Name Amen