Genesis 31:1-21 A certain family was broken because of the life style and the habits of the husband and father. He was into drugs and drinking and was unfaithful to his marriage vows. This man’s father asked me to see what I could do to help the family. When I went to his son’s home that day he was on the porch drunk. His wife and children had left home in fear of their lives. The front windows of…..
Genesis 45:1-18 Have you experienced a time in your life when you asked yourself what is the purpose and meaning of my life? Most of us have had that kind of time in our life’s journey. We can look at our nation’s day of Thanksgiving and see what caused the people to have such a day in their lives that brought them to risk living in this new land. The trip across the ocean in the type of boats they…..
Genesis 32:22-32 In the late 1940s television began to change the way Americans spent our family time. In 1947 in some big eastern cities people watched the World Series on television for the first time. The television sets had large cabinets with only five or seven inch screens. The first big hit for television sports in the late 1940s and early 1950s was Saturday night wrestling. Both my dad and mom liked to watch television wrestling and dad took wrestling…..
Genesis 27:1-46 We have all kinds of scams and deceptions taking place in our culture. Some years ago I knew a man that was a hardworking person and lived a good life. He wanted to do something good for his wife that had been a wonderful wife to him. In his old age he wanted them to have a nice new home and move out of the old farm house that had been home for them for most of their…..
Genesis 24:34-66 Have you ever made a decision you would like to take back? Most of us have made some real bad decisions that hurt us. We also have made some decisions that were very good and changed the course of our lives. The relationship we have with God is life shaping. Look at life and see what kind of experiences you have with the God that created you for Himself. How well do you know God? There is a…..
Genesis 22:1-19 We face all kinds of tests in this life. Toddlers learning to walk face the test of learning by getting up many times after each fall. In watching toddlers fall and the many kinds of expressions that come to their faces tell us a lot about the testing process. Tested by pain, endurance, the shock of being down again, a look that says ‘I am just going to sit here awhile’ and then they make the effort…..
Genesis 21:1-21 When I was a child growing up I wanted the approval of my parents and teachers in the things I did. As an adult when I received God’s grace and love I wanted the things I was doing to meet with God’s approval. Our culture has changed. Children and youth don’t seem to care if what they are doing meet the approval of parents, teachers or God. The result for our country and world is that the very…..
Genesis 18:1-15 In the times we live our doubts seem to overwhelm our lives. The troubles in our time seem to have little or no answers for our fears and uncertainty about life. Doubts keep us from seeking answers to the pressing problems in our family life. Doubts grow when there is an absence of God in our lives. We see so many of our children and youth that don’t have parents that introduce their children to the God that…..
Genesis 12:1-9 The days of life come and go and the days seem to stay the same. Then some event or experience changes our days forever. I just sent out letters to my high school classmates with the date for our 64th reunion. Some times 1954 seem like a long time ago but then at times it is like a blink of an eye. The truth is that many events and things have happened in our lives that shaped…..
Ephesians 5:1-14 We humans have three major institutions: family, government and church. All three of these institutions are broken by the same problem. The family structure is the foundation for all of our culture. Our family life is fragmented by many things because we have forgotten the Biblical concepts and teaching on what produces a strong family. A family begins with the marriage of a man and woman that love, care and respect each other. The evidence is clear that…..