The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. ...Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of 
the Lord Jesus Christ.
"The Family: A Proclamation to the World"
A family built on the marriage of a man and woman supplies the best setting for God's plan to thrive? -the setting for the birth of children, who come in purity and innocence from God, and the environment for the learning and preparation they will need for a successful mortal life and eternal life in the world to come. A critical mass of families built on such marriages is vital for societies to survive and flourish. That is why communities and nations generally have encouraged and protected marriage and the family as privileged institutions. It has never been just about the love and happiness of adults.
-Elder D. Todd Christofferson
Marriage is more than your love for each other. ... In your love you see only your two selves in the world, but in marriage you are a link in the chain of the generations, which God causes to 
come and to pass away to his glory, and calls into his kingdom. In your love you see only the heaven of your own happiness, but in marriage you are placed at a post of responsibility towards the world and mankind. Your love is your own private possession, but marriage is more than something personal?-it is a status, an office. Just as it is the crown, and not merely the will to rule, that makes the king, so it is marriage, and not merely your love for each other, that joins you together in the sight of God and man. ... So love comes from you, but marriage from above, from God."
The Family Is of God
Our Father has a family. It's me! It's you, all others too: we are His children.
He sent each one of us to earth, through birth, To live and learn here in families.
A father's place is to preside, provide, To love and teach the gospel to his children.
A father leads in family prayer to share Their love for Father in Heaven.
A mother's purpose is to care, prepare, To nurture and to strengthen all her children.
She teaches children to obey, to pray, To love and serve in the family.
I'll love and serve my family and be A good example to each family member.
And when I am a mom or dad, so glad, I'll help my family remember:
Chorus
God gave us families to help us become what He wants us to be—
This is how He shares His love, for the family is of God.
Words and Music: Matthew Neeley
