The home is the great laboratory of love. There the raw chemicals of selfishness and greed are melded in the crucible of cooperation to yield compassionate concern and love one for another. -Russell M. Nelson, Our Sacred Duty to Honor Women, April 1999
Understanding
the eternal nature of the family is a critical element in understanding
Heavenly Father’s plan for His children. The adversary, on the other
hand, wants to do everything in his power to destroy Heavenly Father’s
plan. In his attempt to defeat God’s plan, he is leading an
unprecedented attack on the institution of the family. Some of the more
powerful weapons he uses in his attack are selfishness, greed, and pornography. Our eternal happiness is not
one of Satan’s objectives. He knows that an essential key to making men
and women miserable like himself is to deprive them of family
relationships which have eternal potential. Because Satan
understands that true happiness in this life and in the eternities is
found in the form of family, he does everything in his power to destroy
it. -Richard J. Maynes, Estabilishing a Christ-Centered Home, April 2011

Scriptures:
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. -John 15:15, Holy Bible
At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. -Jeremiah 31:1, Holy Bible
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. -Ephesians 3:14-15, Holy Bible
Definitions:
family - a husband and wife and their children.
ordain - to consecrate, to decree, to appoint, to establish, to enact with authority.
God - the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe. -Dictionary.com
family- As used in the scriptures, a family consists of a husband and wife, children, and sometimes other relatives living in the same house or under one family head. A family can also be a single parent with children, a husband and wife without children, or even a single person living alone.
ordain - To appoint or confer authority or office. To use authority in the Lord’s Church, a person must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority. Although a person may receive authority by ordination, he uses it under the direction of those who hold the particular keys for that authority. -Bible Dictionary
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