Articles on Family (Page 2)
The Strength of Covenant
If marriage is a covenant, what is the significance of covenant relationship? What makes it a covenant relationship, and how does this differ from any other relationship? These are answers that we must pursue if we are to understand the permanence of marriage and if we are to successfully navigate the rocky shores of a troubled marriage. Covenant in our society has become…
The Inquisition of Jacques Dosie
“My lady, I thank you very much for your affection and favor towards me, but I have given myself entirely to God to be His friend, and with that I hope to live and die,” rang the confident, faith-filled words of Jacques “zhahk” (a French form of the male name Jacob or James). Persecution was fiercely raging in Europe in the year 1550. For their profession of faith…
Our Testimony that God’s Ways Work
Nearly 43 years ago, on a warm August afternoon, two 19-year-olds (a young woman and her fiancé) excitedly came out of her parents’ home and walked slowly down a small hill toward a group of 200 waiting people. Her father, a minister, awaited them at the front of the aisle. Flushed with excitement they stood before him and listened to the short message he had prepared…
Morning Meditations from Psalm 40
My Help and My Deliverer Psalm 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth,…
Joey’s Downfall
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord –Col 3:20. Once upon a time, long ago, lived a boy by the name of Joey. Joey lived with his father and mother on the outskirts of a city. One day Joey’s father gave him a brand new red and white bike, which he had been wanting for a long time. There was a big hill close to their house where…
Youth at the Crossroads
Originally published in the Pilgrim Witness -September 2013Adapted/Used with permission of the author The onset of adolescence lies behind you, and you are journeying on a path toward manhood or womanhood. You are filled with a zest for life, a quest for knowledge, ambitious goals, and dazzling dreams. Yours is a thrilling age! Life lies before you. You are developing new…
Trust Be Not Afraid
Mile after mile sped by as Carol drove the old Chevy along the busy interstate highway toward home. Between intervals of silence and conversation, Carol and her two sisters, Elaine and Gloria, lifted their voices in song, giving thanks and praise to their Creator. How thankful they were for the opportunity to spend the evening with their friends at Pine Creek Church and…
Servanthood – God’s High Calling
God designed us to serve, yet we have a difficult time getting the message that this is God’s call for our lives. Jesus took the time to school His disciples on servanthood. Let’s go to school with them and learn some things that we need to be aware of if we are going to fulfill this part of God’s purpose for our lives. First, if we are going to be a…
Psalm 46: When Mothers Pray
Sometimes, Lord, I come before You with a weary mind. The morning has been long… loud with teasing and tension… trampled on and trodden over. Or maybe I am the trampled one. I feel spent already. I don’t have the quiet mind with which one ought to approach the Most High God, but I come anyway. I must. I need You. Today, I heard again the dismal headlines from this…
Of Such is the Kingdom of God
“Jesus said, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. And He took them up in His arms, put His hands upon them, and blessed them.” Mark 10:14, 16 It was late morning in Niger, Africa, as I bent over a tub of soapy water, scrubbing yesterday’s laundry. I was home alone, babysitting the boys of the missionary family…
