Family

Articles on Christian parenting, relationships and nurturing family relationships.

Enjoying Life Together

Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honour to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. 1 Peter 3:7 NKJV How can a couple enjoy life together? The Bible gives blueprints on how this can be achieved. In...

Working from Home; Memoirs

"Redeeming the time because the days are evil". Ephesians 5: 16 COVID-19 brought in its wake a total or partial lock down in many countries around the globe. In areas where there was no lock down, there were restrictions on public gathering and social distancing became the new normal. As a result schools were closed, churches...

A Letter to my Fellow Women – Have you Had your Adjustment (II)?

Dear woman, I am writing this letter to you because I walk the same path that you do. As they say, marriage is the only institution where you are awarded a certificate before the exam. Some of you reading this letter, have already received this certificate and are in various stages of answering the examination questions. Thankfully,...

Have you Had your Adjustment (I)?

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think (Romans 12:2 NLT). We come into our marriages with different perspectives and values. Often times these perspectives and values are influenced by what we saw in our homes while growing up or...

THE 2020 LOCK-DOWN: A Turning point Blessing!

by Emmanuel AfutuThere's a school shut down...But learning continues...There's office shutdown... But work continues... Church doors are closed for now... But the channels to the relationship with your maker should now be open wider... There can be a Lock-down...but never a lock - up!Fumigation all around ... But what about your inner cleansing... By all means #Stayhome... But reach out...

Cherish!

Gary Thomas in his book 'Cherish' speaks of how we can move our marriages to the next level by 'cherishing' our spouses. According to him, the phrase,'familiarity breeds contempt' should scare everyone because there's no relationship that gets more familiar than marriage. We can however counter this by choosing to cherish our spouses. He...

Growing together

Ephesians 4: 15, 16 Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of His body, the church. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly, as each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the...