Focus on the Family with Jim Daly Best of 2025: Transform Your Family with These 5 Vital Traits (Part 1 of 2)
Dec 4, 2025
Dr. Gary Chapman, renowned counselor and author of the Five Love Languages series, shares impactful insights on creating a vibrant family. He highlights five biblical characteristics essential for a healthy family, emphasizing the importance of an attitude of service. With engaging personal stories, Chapman also discusses the various dimensions of marital intimacy and how single parents can model healthy relationships for their children. This conversation is a treasure trove of practical advice for nurturing strong family connections.
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Focus On What's Real
- Healthy families are defined by five fundamentals drawn from Ephesians 5, not by focusing on dysfunction.
- Rediscovering what a healthy family looks like helps spot and avoid counterfeit family patterns.
Cultivate A Service Culture
- Build an attitude of service where every family member looks for ways to help each other daily.
- Use family routines and recognition to reinforce serving others and export that service to the community.
Practice Daily Appreciation
- Play simple appreciation games like saying one thing you served and the response, “I really appreciate that.”
- Hold daily sharing times where each person reports one act of service they did that day.
