Step – Families and Nuclear Families

How many students are enrolled at your school? How many of those children come from nuclear families? How many of those children come from step – families?

Those three questions for a headmaster of a school have been on my mind for a long time, but so far I have not asked them.

“Demographers here say that step – families will outnumber nuclear families by 2020. And I’m not surprised. Our attitudes to marriage have changed so much – we see marriage now as a disposable thing. And separation and divorce are more acceptable these days.”

I am reading that in the magazine called GRAPEVINE, Issue 4, 2011. (page 41)

That is actually a good enough answer to my three questions at the beginning.

The book THE GREATEST WORDS EVER SPOKEN by Steven K. Scott is one of the books on my bookshelf.  Under the heading MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, AND REMARRIAGE I find everything what the Lord Jesus Christ said on that subject. As you can see it is a very useful book. I received it as a GIVEAWAY.

Please read what the Lord Jesus Christ said on the subject Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage: Matthew 5:31-32; Matthew 10:34-37; Matthew 19:3-6; Matthew 19:8-12; Mark 10:2-12; Mark 12:24-27; Luke 14:25-27; Luke 16:18; Luke 18:29-30; Luke 20:34-38.

We have drifted and we are drifting more and more away from the standard of the BIBLE to our own peril.

“Taking Action”

I must honour my father! I must honour my mother! It is a command!

If I dishonor my father I am cursed! If I dishonour my mother I am cursed! The BIBLE says that!

“A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despised his mother.” – Proverbs 15:20

“Thus saith the Lord;….”

“Thus saith the Lord;…..”

In THE greypower MAGAZINE (March 2010) I am reading:

“The Prime Minister says…”

“The Opposition Leader says…”

It is all about Superannuation.

In the BBLE, the word of God I am reading:

“Thus says the Lord;…” again and again.

Isaiah 30:15: “This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel,  says: ‘In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength,…'” (NIV)

Here we are told about our salvation and our strength. In order to get salvation we must repent and rest.

And how do we become strong? We must be quiet and we must trust.

John 11:40: “Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?” (Authorized Version)

Here we are told what we must do to see the glory of God. Do you want to see the glory of God? Just believe!

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.” – John 14:6  (Authorized Version)

Do you want to come to the Father? It is only possible by the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the life. He is the truth. And he is the only way!

 

Footsteps Again

Footsteps Again

“Father and son proud owners of Sovereign Panel and Paint,” says the article. (Parts Press – Mitsubishi Motors – Issue 24)

The son followed in his father’s footsteps as an apprentice in the auto repair industry straight out of school.

“Follow in the footsteps of the rich and famous at one of these islands in Queensland.” That is the beginning of the article called “TOP 5 ISLANDS FOR HOLLYWOOD ROMANCE.” (Let’s Travel, Issue 14, October-November 2011)

What an encouragement!

I follow in the footsteps of the Lord Jesus Christ. Can I encourage you to do the same. The Lord Jesus Christ left us an example.

If we want to find rest for our souls we must take the yoke of the Lord upon us and learn from him. The Lord is gentle, the Lord is humble.

To follow the Lord means to deny ourselves, to take up our cross and follow him.

We should also do what the Lord  has done for us. He has set us an example.

The Lord Jesus is the apostle and the high priest and we must fix our thoughts on him.

The Lord endured the cross and scorned its shame. We are encouraged to fix our eyes on him. Why? Because he is the  author of our faith. He is also the perfecter of our faith.

I am a child of God and I want to follow in the footsteps of  the Lord Jesus Christ!