Dear Heavenly Father: What a wonder you are. You are so good, pure and kind. You are so merciful and generous in opportunities to enjoy the life you give. One fascinating element of that is what you have given in terms of family. I wake up next to my wife. I walk around the home […]
Read More A Prayer of Thanks: For FamilyFamily, friends, the unfamiliar and enemies. It’s a typical scene. A large room with a number of people in it. Music is being played as the set up for the people to sing. The people duly sing and some are standing. They’re standing and their faces are etched with emotion – the pained look as […]
Read More Kingdom Commitment – Day Three: Love Your NeighbourIt had been so long since he had seen his brother. Now, due to his efforts at putting off the call of God on his life, Moses had been offered a great support in his efforts. The dynamic of the relationship would take on great value for Moses in accomplishing the task laid out for […]
Read More A Moses Profile: 5 – Resolving Family Affairs(What is it to be a godly woman in an ungodly world? This question inspired me to invite some talented writers to contribute their responses. Shirley R. Evans, based in Manchester, is first and foremost passionate about seeing Kingdom impact in her local community. Inspired by the question,Inspired by the question, in the first part Shirley […]
Read More Freedom and the Godly Woman: 4 – He Takes The Broken …That would be ideal. And that ideal seemed so far away. He could understand why his children argued, because much as he tried, he couldn’t help getting into arguments with his wife as well. He tried his best to remain civil. He tried his best to count to ten and bite his lip. But she […]
Read More Family Formation: 05 – Vision of the Flourishing FamilyFrom the father to the son. From the mother to the daughter. From the aunts and uncles to the nieces and nephews. The children have never been on the earth before. The grown ups have traversed across the earth for a while longer. The young have much to learn from the elders. Yet the elders […]
Read More Family Formation: 04 – Age to AgeHe spoke, He created, He cultivated. Oftentimes in speaking it was a clear instruction as to what should happen. Yet when it came to humanity, it wasn’t just a command, it was a conversation, a consultation an internal dialogue that struck upon a great idea for who should look after everything that was created on […]
Read More Family Formation: 03 – Connecting, Constructive CommunicationWhat makes a family? Where are we to get the definition of the family from? Who is to say when a family is properly functioning and when it is breaking down? For those who have faith, it is crucial to see the source of family as the Creator Himself. It is reassuring to know that […]
Read More Family Formation: 02 – FoundationDysfunctional families. It’s a description that’s applied to quite the range of family stories. Sometimes about how the family is formed and sometimes about how the family operates. Although some people think that as long as there is a flaw in the family it can be described as dysfunctional, there is a relative and comparative […]
Read More Family Formation: 01 – First ThoughtsEvery morning their Mum would call them together. They knew the drill. Have you washed? Brushed your teeth? Let me check? Brush them again. You know you can’t go out and let people smell rotting breath. OK, open your Bibles. What does it say? What does it mean? Remember your prayers. Then they were allowed […]
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