Articles on Christian parenting, relationships and nurturing family relationships.
God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a dry land. Psalms 68:6 NKJV Link to audio. Tasha Cobbs Leonard, gospel artiste and composer of hit songs like Break Every Chain recently added a new member to her family. Tasha who had had struggles with...
“Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! Deuteronomy 30:19 NLT Link to audio. Some forty odd years ago, somewhere in the heart...
Many waters cannot quench love, Nor can the floods drown it. If a man would give for love All the wealth of his house, It would be utterly despised. Song of Solomon 8:7 NKJV Link to audio. What is the craziest thing you have done in the name of love? When I was growing up, there was...
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. Link to audio. Luke 2:52 NKJV As we celebrate International day for Men and Children, we turn our thoughts to this question. What benchmarks exist for raising children into men? We examine the life of Jesus to glean some insights. Jesus the child In Luke 2...
Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Saviour and my God. Psalm 42:11 Link to audio. Sadness can simply be explained as the state of not being happy while depression is a state of unhappiness or hopelessness. We often experience these...
The question that may be on the minds of many after reading Learning to Love (I - III) is whether Meg did the right thing by staying in her marriage or whether she should have walked away a long time ago. The Bible has given Christians the grounds for divorce which is adultery. But it...
An Interview with Mrs. Margaret Sackey –a marriage counsellor (continued from last week) Her take on love in marriages? In the first few years of marriage, especially for those who marry in their twenties and thirties, the focus is on physical intimacy, attraction etc. However as you grow older, the focus shifts from just the two...
An interview with Mrs. Margaret Mensah - a marriage counsellor Continued from last week Jesus in the Boat Meg's newfound relationship with Christ marked a new chapter in her life. She became committed to church activities. Some years after accepting Christ, she went into full-time Christian ministry. Her work involved encouraging people going through difficult moments, speaking to...
We all marry with the best of expectations for our marriages. However some marriages go sour along the way; this may be because one partner becomes uncommitted to the union. What do you do when that happens? Let's read on to glean some insights from Margaret's story. An interview with Mrs. Margaret Mensah (a marriage...
of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command; I Chronicles 12:32 NKJV The COVID pandemic that struck the globe this year has tested the pulses of leaders across the world - from presidents,...
