Part 1 of Strengthening Your Family. The scripture reference is Genesis 2:18 and 24. No matter what your family is like, as with all of creation, families were designed by God for a purpose. Families can provide shelter in the time of life's storms. They can also serve as learning centers, places for fun and where ministry begins. Are families perfect? Absolutely not! God has provided a path for strengthening families and over the month of October, we will be talking about it on Sunday morning!