"A family is more than a sum of its parts. A 'fully functioning' family thinks like a team. Each member has different abilities, but all share a vision and work toward the same goal. ... The weak and dysfunctional families are the families without a united goal and purpose. Though the members may be diligent in pursuing their own separate ministries, there will always be a limit to how much fruit these can bear, because families are most productive when the members are united in vision and work together to execute a common mission."

*LORD willing, February's quotes will be about the children of the family and their duties to parents and siblings.