David Jeremiah (February 15, 2025) Daily Devotional: Storge—Our Love for Family.
Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another. Romans 12:10
Recommended Reading: Romans 12:9-16
The Barna Group found that 73% of all U.S. parents are concerned about their children’s spiritual well-being. This wasn’t just a survey of Christian parents. Nearly three-fourths of all American parents harbor concern about the spiritual health of their youngsters.1 The Lord invented the family unit in the Garden of Eden, and even nonbelievers long for their children to have healthy souls.
That’s why we need the kind of family love conveyed by the Greek word storge, which describes the love family members have for each other. The Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon defines it as “cherishing one’s kindred, especially parents or children; the mutual love of parents and children and wives and husbands; love, affection.”
This word is found as part of a compound term in Romans 12:10, translated “kindly affectionate.” What can you do to enhance the well-being of members of your family? Sometimes we treat total strangers more politely than we deal with those in our own home. Love begins under our roof. Let’s find a fresh way of practicing it today.
In a grace-filled Christian home, there is salvation. There is forgiveness. There is hope. There is genuine happiness. There is purpose there. Robert Wolgemuth
