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Zoe Life Coach, Mumias (2026)

17/10/2022

SIGNS AND WONDERS TODAY

Gloriously Wedded at Fifty
By divine direction, I joined this commission. I settled down and all ensured all my siblings joined with diverse blessings. However, there remained a lingering marital siege in the family. Out of four girls of whom I am the eldest, none was married. This became a big concern and a reproach. Beautiful, educated and blessed with resources, yet not married, but this did not in any way dampen my resolve to serve God with all my heart, soul and strength. He gave me the grace to stay on Him until my change came. Friends mocked me but suddenly, it started happening. God remembered my family. My youngest sister got married and the one following her. I specifically tied this operation to my miracle marriage, going after souls and God gave me souls that I nurtured vigorously. That same month, I met my miracle husband and we got wedded in November after my 50th birthday. This is a real miracle and a wonder because God took His time to prepare us separately and now brought us together ‘brand new’. None of us had been married before or had children out of wed luck. God has given me the desire of my heart. The Lord has decorated me and terminated shame and reproach from me, and my family. Indeed, serving God pays the most. Mrs Comfort Lucius

Healed of Blood Cancer
‘I was diagnosed with blood cancer. However, I joined this Commission in December 2020, thereafter, I keyed into every word and instruction from the altar. Meanwhile, I engaged the altar of prayer and prayed Kingdom advancement prayer fervently. Also, I read several books on healing, authored by Bishop David Oyedepo. While I told God to give me a brand-new bone marrow, I stopped taking my medication on day four of the fast.
During the Feet Washing Service, while the Bishop made declarations, he said that after the service, all terminal diseases would be terminated, and I keyed into it. He also told us to get checked by the doctor, and every disease would be gone. My next scheduled blood test was on 25th January, and God showed up! My blood count levels that were high and out of control came back normal. Now, I am healed and well. I return all the glory to God!’ — Ronke Akinkugbe

Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

16/10/2022

MARRIAGE THERAPY

LOVE REVIVAL

John 21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

The question Jesus asked Peter is a lifelong question at the back of our minds in marriage. Your spouse may not speak it but at the back of their mind they ask: Do you love me more than your family members? Do you love me more that your workmates? Do you love me more than your church mates? Do you love me more than your party members or club members? The love question is endless and for a life time. Let's explore ways of safeguarding our love for our spouse.

Admit You Are Powerless Over Your Mate and Your Marriage

Have you sought and tried to change things about your spouse that annoy or bother you? Or to change those things about your spouse… things that you consider undesirable? Have you been successful?

If your answer is nothing has worked in terms of changing your spouse or things about your marriage that don’t work. You are not making positive progress even though you want to make the relationship healthier, happier and better. The first step to restoring your marriage is admitting you cannot manage your spouse or marital problems on your own. This means you must come to the point where you recognise the ineffectiveness of your attempts to change your and your spouse’s faults and character defects.

Come to grips with the reality that you are fundamentally powerless to control or change your spouse. You cannot control his or her character defects and many of the things that happen in your life. You must come to the place where you are willing to admit that the strategies you have tried have not worked. And that every attempt you make to change or control your spouse fails. It means that you recognize that you are not in control but that GOD is.

You accept He must be the focus of your life.

The focus is not you, your spouse, your career, money or children. The focus is GOD. This means you must learn to leave your spouse in God’s hands. You mush trust Him to work on your mate. Remember that whatever condition your marriage is in, God is in the business of performing miracles, transforming lives, and healing broken hearts. Indeed God can help you restore your marriage/relationship. “We saw how powerless we were to help ourselves; but that was good, for we put everything into the hands of God who alone could save us…
2 Corinthians 1:9

Because we are powerless, we need to call on the power of the Holy Spirit in our marriage. We need power that is beyond us to overcome our sinful tendencies, and to enable us to be the husband and wife that God would have us to be. God provides this power through the person of the Holy Spirit. God and the Holy Spirit wants to help you succeed in your marriage. Jesus Christ is available to help every believing Christian and He can help you to restore your marriage.

At the moment we receive Jesus Christ as our personal Savior, He comes into our lives permanently. Jesus Christ is God with all the attributes only God can have. Not only is He all-powerful, you and I have the possibility to know Him personally. Allow God to be the builder of your marriage.

Psalms 127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

Prayer:
Father, in the name of Jesus I surrender my life and my marriage into your hands as the master marriage builder. Build our marriage by your word and the help of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Love one another
Jesus is Lord!

10/10/2022

MANNA FROM HEAVEN

Are You Growing in the Lord?

“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:” 1 Peter 2:2 (KJV)

The quality of your growth determines your level of success and prosperity in life. Growth means to become better or improved in some way. It also means to become more developed, mature, etc. By nature, babies grow due to the continual suckling of their mother’s breast. Breast milk contains all the baby needs to grow well. In like manner, the child of God cannot grow when they neglect the Word of God. The Holy Scriptures contain all the spiritual ingredients and nutrients to ensure the steady growth of the soul and spirit (Psalm 119:11).

Dear beloved, are you growing in the Lord? The Christians who are growing in the Lord see challenges, tests, trials, temptations, victories, failures, etc. as part of life. Therefore, such Christians meditate on the Word of God day and night to be able to handle such events or occurrences of life; they do not complain and murmur against God, people, or themselves (1 Corinthians 3:1–3).

As a Christian, if your life is filled with too many failures, sins, complaints, murmurings, and the like, these are signs that you are not growing in the Lord. Use the Holy Scriptures to minimize your failures and sins; turn your complaints and murmuring to praise and thanksgiving. You will see yourself grow in the Lord, and many testimonies will be your portion (Joshua 1:8). Hallelujah! Be An Overcomer!

Prayer Point: My dear heavenly Father, I hallow You for blessing me with Your Word today. You have counseled me to grow in You by using Your Word. I have taken Your counsel to meditate on Your Word day and night and apply it to enjoy growth in every area of my life in Jesus’ name. Amen!

Flourish in God's word.
Jesus is Lord !

30/07/2022

MARRIAGE SUCCESS

BUILDING A GREAT HOME

T H E DISCIPLINE OF BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE

You cannot reasonably expect your child to develop a spiritual quality thatyou contradict by your behavior. Possession of a character quality isessential to communicating it effectively. And inner qualities are mostoften communicated subtly, by example, rather than by pronouncementor edict. Who you are is more important than what you say. Bottom line:

The quality of your own spiritual life is of greatest importance to yourchild’s spiritual development.This was one of the most important insights of the Puritans on thesubject of the family. Here is what two of them wrote:

Precept without patterns will do little good; you must lead [children] to Christ by examples as well as counsel; you must setyourselves first, and speak by lives as well as words; you must livereligion as well as talk religion.

Be sure to set good example before your children. . . . Other
methods of instruction probably will not do much good, if you
don’t teach them by a godly example. Don’t think your children
will mind the good rules you give them if you act contrary to
those rules yourselves. . . . If your counsels are good, and your
examples evil, your children will be more like to be hurt by the
latter, than benefited by the former.

Barbara shares:
On a memorable Saturday morning, our four-year-old son Kent
awakened us, fully dressed and ready to go. He had put on his dress shoesand Sunday sport coat and slacks. His hair was wet and awkwardly slickedback, and he had a pencil over his ear (business fashion) and a pocketNew Testament in his jacket.
“Where are you going?” we asked.
“I’m going to tell the houses about Jesus,” was his reply.
It was such a dear, sweet, childish thing to do, and we treasure thememory of that moment. We were, of course, charmed. We realized thatour son was imitating us, because he had observed that our faith was aserious matter — serious enough that we worked at sharing it with others. Like father, like son. Flattered, we were also sobered, seeing the enormous effect our example had upon our son.

Evangeline Booth, who would one day take her parents’ place as general of the Salvation Army, wrote: “Very early I saw my parents workingfor their people, bearing their burdens. Day and night. They did not haveto say a word to me about Christianity. I saw it in actionMiss Booth could say, “My mother and father practiced what Ipreach.”

It’s frankly pathetic when parents demand a faith or a commitmentfrom their children that they themselves do not possess. How well weremember from our years in youth ministry a parent coming to us distraught over the direction of his teenager’s life. He would complain, “Myson isn’t interested in church. I’ve made him come, but he doesn’t likeit. Something is wrong here!” In his distress he directed his fury at thechurch and its youth program. But the truth is, a pound of parent is
worth a hundred pounds of preacher.

Practice what you preach. If you aren’t disciplined in your behavior,it won’t be long before your children will discover your inconsistency.And they’ll want nothing to do with your hypocrisy. If you want your children to love church, you love church! Or, in matters of integrity, if youwant your children to be truthful, don’t lie. Don’t tell your children to sayyou aren’t home when someone you don’t want to speak to calls. Pay yourtaxes. Return library books. Keep your promises. If you want your children to be kind and generous, be caring and magnanimous yourself.

Are we guaranteeing, then, that if you model these qualities, yourchildren will automatically have them? Not at all. Common sensedemands that we understand that our children are sinners just like us.But we are saying that you will not effectively communicate spiritualvirtues that you do not yourself possess. Through your prayers andexample, you can expect to see fruit in your children’s lives — as we didin our daughter Heather in her concern for witness.Heather and her father happened to be home alone one night whena nonbeliever came by the house to talk about his soul. As they conversed, Kent could smell the aroma of cookies baking, and soon youngHeather appeared with a tray of milk and cookies. Kent’s guest commented that the cookies were his favorite, and they went on with their
conversation. As the man departed, Kent helped fetch his coat from thecloset, and as the guest slipped his hand into his pocket, he felt thewarmth of some neatly wrapped cookies and the note “Enjoy!” The manwas overwhelmed. It seemed to Kent that more was communicated byHeather’s hospitality that night than by all his nimble explanations.- Hughes

Never forget in raising children that who you are is far more important than what you say. Next to prayer, the most important thing you can do for your child’s soul is live a godly life. Don’t make the mistake offocusing on methods if you haven’t first focused on life.

Love one another.
Jesus is Lord!

28/07/2022

ZOE SCHOOL OF SUCCESS

TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY

Can Good Come Outof This Situation?
We live in a world of ups and downs. Situations arise that live us devastated, confused and bewildered.In times of great difficulty, people often wonder how they will be able tocontinue. The pain may seem too great for them to handle or the sorrow toodeep. They often ask, “Will anything good come out of this tragedy?” When God is involved, the answer is always yes!However, it may take time—in some cases, years—before you realize God’sprovidential hand is always at work in your life. When you do, you also willcome to know that you were never alone, forgotten, or abandoned. At every turn,Jesus was beside you all along.
David writes, “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,I fear no evil, for You are with me” (Ps. 23:4).

There is only one way to faceadversity, and that is by faith in Jesus Christ. Either you can struggle againstlife’s difficulties, or you can turn them over to the Lord and ask Him to give youthe wisdom and strength you need to handle each one. When you commit yourlife to Him, He will take care of all that concerns you. That is His promise.
David writes, “The LORD will accomplish what concerns me; Your lovingkindness, O LORD, is everlasting; do not forsake the works of Your hands”(Ps. 138:8).

In Philippians, the apostle Paul reminds us that there is no limitation to theaccomplishments we can achieve if our hearts are set on Christ. He writes, “I cando all things through Him who strengthens me” (4:13). With these words, Paulreveals the secret to dealing with life’s hard-to-handle challenges. It is
dependency—dependency on a sovereign, omnipotent God, who loves us withan everlasting love. Over his lifetime, the problems and trials Paul faced wereanything but light. In fact, he tells us in 2 Corinthians,
Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes. [Forty lashes was a sentence of sure death.]Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night anda day I have spent in the deep.I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers frommy countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangerson the sea, dangers among false brethren; I have been in labor and hardship, through manysleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. Apart from suchexternal things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches. Who is weakwithout my being weak? Who is led into sin without my intense concern? If I have to boast, I willboast of what pertains to my weak-x ness. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who isblessed forever, knows that I am not lying. (11:24–31)

From a human perspective, Paul should have been dead, but he was alive to dothe will of God. He writes, “For even when we came into Macedonia our fleshhad no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts without, fears within.But God, who comforts the depressed, comforted us” (2 Cor. 7:5–6).

When youface sorrow, heartbreak, and disappointment of any kind, He will do the same foryou. Hallelujah! He will comfort you so that you will not grow weary (Isa. 40:31). He willteach you how to trust Him to a greater degree, and He also will show you howto comfort others who are hurting and facing tremendous trials (2 Cor. 1:4–7).

The problem that you are struggling with today may be one that has lingered fora long time—so long, in fact, you may wonder if it will ever be resolved and iflife will return to being normal. But adversity, like nothing else, has the ability tobring about solid, constructive change in your life. When you allow God to bear
your burdens, this change will result in a closer fellowship with Him.
As you read these articles, I want to challenge you to alter the way youview life’s problems and trials. Instead of cowering in fear when difficultiescome, step out in faith and trust God to deal with your circumstances. Without adoubt, He will teach you to face life’s problems the way Joseph, Elijah, Moses,Paul, and Peter did—by staying the course, fighting the good fight of faith, anddeveloping a new attitude toward the problems of life. In fact, when it comes toadversity, God always has a greater plan in mind.

It is my prayer that you will come to know the love of the Savior in a muchdeeper way. Then when life does become dark and stormy, you will immediatelyknow to turn to God in prayer, trusting Him to care for you. You will watch inamazement as He works on your behalf. Therefore, believe, pray, and know that
if adversity touches your life, God is at work, and He will bring you through thisseason of difficulty victoriously!

Love the Lord.
Jesus is Lord!

27/07/2022

SIGNS AND WONDERS TODAY

Surgery Cancelled via Soul Winning!
“I joined this Commission in 2016 and ever since, I have been engaging in soul winning. From January 2018 till now I have won 700 souls. Recently, I felt sick and was scheduled for a surgical operation. But I stood on God’s Word in Exodus 23:25. I called on the God of Bishop David Oyedepo for my rescue and He showed up according to His Word, since I am engaging in soul winning, I am entitled to sound health. To the glory of God, right at the theatre, the surgery was cancelled, because I was supernaturally made whole and discharged. I am here to return all glory to God!”--Johnny Uzowum

Acts of God via Matthew 6:33!
“I joined this church in 2005. Thereafter I was stuck with only the Sunday services. However, this year, I became committed to the Covenant Hour of Prayer and began to hear more about the Wonder Double Agenda and praying for Kingdom matters. Then, I jumped at the idea of Kingdom advancement prayers. Every time my issues came up in my mind, I would tell myself that Matthew 6:33 would fix them. I printed prayer points from the church’s website and used them in my engagement sometimes in the early hours before Covenant Hour of Prayer. Then, wonderful things started happening in my life. Firstly, the Certificate of Competency for my Transport business that I believed God for since 2013, was delivered. Secondly, Police cases and charges against me in Sweden were dismissed supernaturally. Thirdly, there has been daily steady flow of clients into the company. Also, our home has been crisis and sickness free since the beginning of this year until now. Furthermore. Finally, we have enjoyed unlimited travelling access to all countries in the Europe. This can only be connected to Matthew 6:33. I give God all the glory!” Fredrick John

26/07/2022

HEALTH CORNER

IMPORTANCE OF REST

Do you know that the more you sleep, the healthier your heart becomes, the lower your blood pressure and the better your overall health becomes. Some people either out of ignorance or the type of work they do, end up neglecting the importance of getting enough sleep, but research has linked quality sleep time to lower blood pressure.

So in this article in line with a publication on Mayo Clinic, we are going to have a look at the number of hours older adults should sleep to lower risk of high blood pressure. Just sit tight and enjoy this article while learning something new.

What Number Of Hours Older Adults Should Sleep Regularly to Lower High Blood Pressure Risk?

According to research like I stated earlier, the more one sleeps the lower the blood pressure especially in older adults. If you sleep less than 6 hours every night, you will notice a higher blood pressure than normal, this is because 6 hours is not the appropriate number of hours older people should sleep for optimal health and heart function.

As one grows older, the need to sleep more often especially at night increases. You can't possibly overemphasize the need to get enough sleep especially for an older adult, the reason is that, the heart gets weaker as one gets older and since sleep gets the body refreshed, any old person should always get atleast 7 to 8 hours of sleep per night. It doesn't just end at sleeping early, there is need to maintain a sleep schedule that remains same way for long notwithstanding the activity you are engaged in. Sleeping well or a good number of hours can reduce risk of blood pressure spikes and keep your heart healthy.

22/07/2022

MARRIAGE SUCCESS

BUILDING A GREAT HOME

HOW TO BUILD FAMILY AFFECTION
Over the years we have worked at creating an atmosphere that producesthe attitude “I have the best times when I’m with my family. When I’mwith them I feel safe, loved, secure, unique, appreciated, accepted, andrespected. They like me, and I like them.” Families who experience thisautomatically build the bond of affection.

The Discipline of a Dinner time Routine
An obvious place to enhance family affection is at the table. That is thesingle best daily opportunity families have for all gathering together. Inbygone days, meals together were the norm, but not today. In fact, manyfamilies never eat a meal together unless it’s in front of the television orat a local fast-food emporium. The frantic pace that most modern families keep rarely allows for a relaxed time devoted to the sole purpose ofeating and conversation. We encourage you never to surrender thatchoice time, for it is an unsurpassed opportunity to build family life.

Making mealtime what it ought to be takes disciplined energy andthought. To begin, someone must take responsibility for preparing themeal. This means thinking ahead, planning menus, shopping for the necessary ingredients, learning to understand and follow recipes, and ofcourse the very obvious: Someone must know how to cook, which is notalways the case in our microwave world. It also requires time management — organizing everyone’s schedule so that all are present when dinner is ready. It means setting the table and cleaning up afterwards.

Mealtimes don’t just happen — they must be planned. In a word, theyare hard work. Yet without such discipline, no family will ever experiencethis positive, daily, affection-building time.
But effective mealtimes must involve more than consistent goodmeals if they are to build family affection. They must have a cheerful,positive atmosphere. And here the responsibility rests entirely on the parents. Parents must work at leaving their pressures and professional concerns outside the dining room and giving individual attention to theirfamily. When the family meal is approached with gratefulness and appreciation for its provision and preparation, it will come to be anticipated as
the best time of the day — “We’re together! It’s so good to be with myfamily.”

Television can be the single most destructive factor in developing apositive mealtime atmosphere. Having the TV on means that the familywill have to talk above another conversation, if indeed they do talk.Television will raise the noise level of the meal several decibels. TV alsocreates distracted half-conversations and minimizes eye contact.
Similarly, if you find that the phone is constantly ringing at dinnertime,turn it off for half an hour.

Of course, families with tiny children should not have unrealistic
expectations about mealtime, for it will rarely be idyllic. Neither shouldthey be discouraged by the ordinary behavior of their young children.Mealtimes with young children are necessarily times of training.Children are establishing good eating habits, mastering the ability to holda cup, and learning the proper use of a knife and fork. They are also learning how to participate in conversation, to be polite, to not interrupt, andto not talk with their mouth full. A major challenge during these earlyyears is to not allow mealtime mishaps to ruin the atmosphere butinstead to end the meal on a positive note.

Cultivating conversation. As children grow older, conversation becomesan increasingly important part of the mealtime. This is where issues willbe discussed and opinions formed. But children have to be taught howto engage in intelligent, congenial exchange.We discovered that teaching children to properly communicatebegins early.

Talk to your babies and preschoolers. Carry on conversations with them even when they cannot answer. Don’t suppose thatbecause they cannot talk back they don’t comprehend what’s going on.Include them in conversations by directing comments to them, speakingtheir name. Teach them to look you in the eye when you’re speaking tothem or they to you.As they get a little older, let them know that you value their opinions:
“What color place mats do you think we should use tonight?” or “Whichflower do you like best?” Then begin to help them to value each other’sideas, first by teaching them not to interrupt each other. If a child wantsto break into a conversation, instruct him to put his hand on your arm.The gentle touch will silently alert you to the fact that the little personnext to you has something to say. We found this helped us not to overlook children who were patiently waiting their turn to speak. It also
helped them establish the habit of self-control.

Once children have developed some basic conversational skills,
mealtime is a perfect place to cultivate the open exchange that is so essential to family affection. Here are some disciplines that foster family conversation:
1. Ask questions. When our children began school, one of our common questions was “How was school?” Invariably it got a one-wordanswer: “Fine.” So we replaced the question with a two-part question,“What was the best thing that happened to you today?” And then later, ifnecessary, “What was the worst thing that happened?” Usually thatwould get conversation going.
2. Listen. Children, even little ones who are barely articulate, can tellif you’re listening to them. Our grandson Jamie let his mother knowwhen he discerned she wasn’t “with him” by climbing into her lap, taking her face in his hands, and saying, “Mommy, look in my eyes.” So wemust maintain eye contact and concentrate on following their reasoning.
3. Show interest. It is also important to show an interest in everyone’sopinions and to encourage an exchange of ideas. Most children, with justa little encouragement, will attempt to participate in a family exchange.Once our two-year-old, in an attempt to compliment the cook, said,
“Mom, that was malicious!” His comment has become one ofnthe family codes — an affectionate way to say thanks for dinner.
4. Be positive. Conversations around the table with teenagers beginning to grapple with issues need not be unpleasant. Hear them out, anddon’t be threatened if they voice opinions contrary to what you wantthem to hold. Exercise self-control, and practice the proverb, “A softanswer turns away wrath” (Prov. 15:1). Dinnertime isn’t the time to settle the world’s problems or theological mysteries. But such topics mustnot be avoided either.

We never attempted to create a Pollyanna atmosphere, but negativism and criticism must be minimized. The table is a place for stories,humor, recalling happy memories, and celebrating when one of the children pass a test or win an athletic event. The table is the place to singand to laugh — even to fall off your chair in laughter. At the table we all
shared the defeats of the day as well as the successes. If someone failed atest, lost a soccer game with his clumsy kick, or was overlooked for a partin the school play, the ache belonged to all of us. But shared mealtimesalso provided the opportunity to restore perspective. A kind word ofsympathy, a witty comment regarding the ineptitude of those unable to
recognize the “genius” in a family member, and an encouraging word allengendered affection.

Love one another.
Jesus is Lord!

19/07/2022

FAMILY SUCCESS

BUILDING A GREAT HOME

Discipline ofPromoting Family Affection

We invited our relatives and friends to witness the joyous occasion,and we armed them with streamers and confetti. As our sonwalked across the platform to receive his high school diploma, we thundered in unison, “Way to go, Son!” and showered the sedate audiencewith the confetti and streamers. They loved it! Our graduant flashed abig smile because he knew it was his day of victory — and our excuse toproclaim our affection.

DISCIPLINES FOR NURTURING FAMILY AFFECTION
Family affection is not the same as family love. Most people have thecommon-sense knowledge that says we are supposed to love our familymembers. In fact, it is generally understood that no matter what difficulties they may present, we stand by them — simply because they’re“family.” This kind of love springs from a sense of loyalty and duty.

Family affection, on the other hand, involves genuinely liking eachother. Here you actually enjoy being together. Phyllis McGinley says itwell:
Happy families . . . own a surface similarity of good cheer. For
one thing, they like each other, which is quite a different thing
from loving. For another, they have, almost always, one entirely
personal treasure — a sort of purseful of domestic humor which
they have accumulated against rainy days. This humor is not necessarily witty. The jokes may be incomprehensible to outsiders,and the laughter spring from the most trivial of sources. But thejokes and the laughter belong entirely to the family.

That is why everyone in our family chuckles when we see a bulldozer. We are reminded how, as a preschooler, Carey inadvertently calledthem “dullbozers,” and the name stuck. We all still prefer it.We have found that affection flourishes through three disciplines:
loving God, loving each other, and communicating.Loving God
Looking back to the early days and years of our marriage, we realize thatwe began with the best possible foundation for building affection: lovefor God. Though we brought little to our marriage in the way of financial resources or relational experience, we were rich in our commitmentto love and obey God.

Love for God is foundational because it puts us in touch with thesource of love (1 John 4:8) and gives us an example of ideal love (1 John4:10-11). But most importantly, it empowers us to love in the manner thatduty demands. “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19). We areable to love God and others through the reception of God’s love. LovingGod is what makes other loves endure. This discipline, the day-by-day
empowerment to live out this love for people who aren’t always “lovable,” is what fosters the ongoing growth of affection.

Loving Each Other
Husbands and wives are supposed to love each other. The Scripturesleave no doubt, and children instinctively know that this is true (Eph. 5— 6). It is essential, then, if a family is to develop the bonds of affection,that the children have the assurance of their parents’ love for one another.Elton Trueblood puts it like this:
It is the father’s responsibility to make the child know that he is
deeply in love with the child’s mother. There is no good reason
why all evidence of affection should be hidden or carried on in
secret. A child who grows up with the realization that his parentsare lovers has a wonderful basis of stability.True love between parents cannot help but show. Children will hearlove in the tender words exchanged when parting or even in the
restrained tone of voice that is used when someone is angry. They willsee love in a gentle pat, the affectionate holding of hands while walkingin the park, or a surreptitious exchange of smiles.

Children need to see their parents be affectionate with each other.Often we would cuddle and mug for the kids, and Kent would say to thechildren, “You know I love you a lot. But I love your mother more!” Ofcourse, they knew that we loved them with all our hearts. But the message was, “We really do love each other. Love is at the center of our family. You are a result of love.” Seeing tender physical affection betweenparents enhances children’s security and subtly encourages them to practice loving, In fact, when we were humorously affectionate with eachother, our children would crowd around for their share.

Affection isn’t inspired by lectures, but rather by the daily modelingof simple acts of kindness between parents — voluntarily helping withthe dishes, keeping promises, and the quick response “I’m sorry; will youforgive me?” when one has been wrong.The discipline of family affection demands that if we want to buildlove in the family, we must begin with the obvious: love for God and lovefor each other. If this does not exist, or is waning, family love will be verydifficult to build.

Love one another.
Jesus is Lord!

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