By Marjorie Chisonga My son was born a year after I got married. Then nothing. No more children. People started to notice. “Why aren’t you conceiving?” one person asked. “Maybe you should go to the medical doctor for help”, another said. Some people suggested that I visit the witchdoctor. My husband and I wanted more … Continue reading –>
Further Thought: If we read through the story of ancient Israel in the wilderness, we can see a litany of mistake after mistake in the face of great changes, even despite the amazing revelation of God’s love and power. In fact, before Israel was to, finally, enter the Promised Land—and thus face another great change—Moses … Continue reading –>
Unless we are alive at the Second Coming, one change that we can all expect is the biggest change of all: from life to death. Along with marriage and birth, what change has a greater impact on family than the death of an immediate family member? Read 1 Corinthians 15:24-26. What do these verses teach us … Continue reading –>
“The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away” (Ps. 90:10, NKJV). These words from Moses remind us of the inexorable march of time. As the years come and … Continue reading –>
Few things can change our lives more than the birth of a child. Nothing in the family can or will ever be the same again. “Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them” (Ps. 127:4-5, NKJV). At the same time, children do … Continue reading –>
One of the greatest changes a person faces is when he or she gets married. Of course, not everyone gets married. After all, Jesus, our greatest example, never did, nor did many other Bible characters. Nevertheless, many people do marry, and thus, the Bible is not silent about marriage, which is surely one of the … Continue reading –>
There is one thing about the Word of God: it does not gloss over the realities of human life. On the contrary, it exposes them in all their harshness and, at times, sheer pain and despair. In fact, with the exception of the first few pages of the Bible and the last few at the … Continue reading –>
Read for This Week’s Study: 1 Cor. 10:1-13, Gen. 2:24, 1 Cor. 13:4-8, 1 Sam. 1:27, Psalms 71:1-24, 1 Cor. 15:24-26. Memory Text: “Righteousness will go before Him, and shall make His footsteps our pathway” (Psalm 85:13, NKJV). Life is full of changes. Things change all the time. The only thing that does not change is the reality of change itself. Change, … Continue reading –>
By Carolyn Azo Dismayed by news reports of starving people in Africa, Marcelo Dornelles left a comfortable life in Brazil to provide ADRA relief in the war-torn countries of Mozambique, Angola, and Iraq. Although only 48, Marcelo has white hair and a well-lined face that testify to years of arduous humanitarian work amid bomb explosions, … Continue reading –>
Further Thought: All through Scripture, we are confronted with the reality of human free will. Even the unfallen Adam and Eve (Genesis chapter 3) had free will, and they unfortunately made the wrong choice with it. If unfallen beings, in perfection, could misuse free will, how much more so beings like ourselves, steeped in sin? And we need … Continue reading –>
