The question that may be on the minds of many after reading Learning to Love (I - III) is whether Meg did the right thing by staying in her marriage or whether she should have walked away a long time ago. The Bible has given Christians the grounds for divorce which is adultery. But...
An Interview with Mrs. Margaret Sackey –a marriage counsellor (continued from last week) Her take on love in marriages? In the first few years of marriage, especially for those who marry in their twenties and thirties, the focus is on physical intimacy, attraction etc. However as you grow older, the focus shifts from just the...
An interview with Mrs. Margaret Mensah - a marriage counsellor Continued from last week Jesus in the Boat Meg's newfound relationship with Christ marked a new chapter in her life. She became committed to church activities. Some years after accepting Christ, she went into full-time Christian ministry. Her work involved encouraging people going through difficult moments, speaking...
We all marry with the best of expectations for our marriages. However some marriages go sour along the way; this may be because one partner becomes uncommitted to the union. What do you do when that happens? Let's read on to glean some insights from Margaret's story. An interview with Mrs. Margaret Mensah (a...
Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honour to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. 1 Peter 3:7 NKJV How can a couple enjoy life together? The Bible gives blueprints on how this can be achieved....
“Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne? But even if that were possible, I would not forget you! See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands. Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem’s walls in ruins....
Dear woman, I am writing this letter to you because I walk the same path that you do. As they say, marriage is the only institution where you are awarded a certificate before the exam. Some of you reading this letter, have already received this certificate and are in various stages of answering the examination questions....
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think (Romans 12:2 NLT). We come into our marriages with different perspectives and values. Often times these perspectives and values are influenced by what we saw in our homes while growing up...
Gary Thomas in his book 'Cherish' speaks of how we can move our marriages to the next level by 'cherishing' our spouses. According to him, the phrase,'familiarity breeds contempt' should scare everyone because there's no relationship that gets more familiar than marriage. We can however counter this by choosing to cherish our spouses. ...
Ephesians 4: 15, 16 Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of His body, the church. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly, as each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so...
