(Genesis 28:1-5; 29:15-31) Experiencing the blessing of family does not happen automatically. There is a price that we must pay, and there are certain things that we have to do if we want to experience the blessing of having a family or belonging to a family. In the past two weeks, we have considered the Read More…
Tag: Spiritual Well-being
Experiencing the Blessing of Family- Lessons from Abraham & Sarah
(Genesis 11:26-12:9) The effect of Adam and Eve’s sin of disobedience is that every human being is born with a sinful nature. We also saw how God redeemed the institution of marriage through the sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross. If anyone repents from sin and accepts Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour, Read More…
Experiencing the Blessing of Family
(Genesis 3:1-20) Although the family is meant by God to be a blessing to man, not everyone experiences the blessing that God established the family to confer on them. The evidence for this assertion abounds everywhere. Many people have had their lives messed up by the experiences they had while growing up in their families. Read More…
Who is on the Lord’s Side?
(Exodus 32:1–8, 19–29) One of the commonest questions that is asked in life as we face every decision and as the public decides in every matter of government is this: “On whose side are you?” We have just been through a general election—the first in the series was on February 25 and the second took place Read More…
How to Handle God’s Unusual Blessings
(1 Kings 11:1-13; Phil. 4:10-13; 1 Tim. 6:3-12) Over the last several weeks we have seen that God truly blesses people in unusual ways, and these unusual blessings result from unusual actions on the part of those blessed. But from our last two examples of those who experienced God’s unusual blessings, that is, Solomon and Read More…