By: Jenni Walker “For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For the love of Christ compels us…and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him … Continue reading No Place Like Home
Category: Marriage and Family
True Thanksgiving
By: Jenni Walker "O Lord, that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!" (William Shakespeare) “And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” (Colossians 3:17) * * * * * Halloween clearance items lined the … Continue reading True Thanksgiving
Feeding Your Fears
By: Jenni Walker “When I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God (I will praise His word), in God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?” (Psalm 56:3-4) “If you would live in victory . . . you must refuse to be dominated by the … Continue reading Feeding Your Fears
Do I Belong?, Part 2: His Own Family
By: Jenni Walker “God decided in advance to adopt us into His own family by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ. This is what He wanted to do, and it gave Him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious grace He has poured out on us who belong to His dear Son.” … Continue reading Do I Belong?, Part 2: His Own Family
An Encouraged Heart
By: Jenni Walker “That they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” (Colossians 2:2-3) “If you extend your soul to the hungry … Continue reading An Encouraged Heart
Dynamic Marriage, Part 3: DYNAMIC GROWTH
By: Jenni Walker “Train our love, discipline it, too…Deepen it throughout the years. Age and mellow it until, time that finds us old without…within, will find us lovers still.” (Ruth Bell Graham) “Let us celebrate, let us rejoice, let us give Him the glory! The Marriage of the Lamb has come; His Wife has made herself … Continue reading Dynamic Marriage, Part 3: DYNAMIC GROWTH
Dynamic Marriage, Part 2: DYNAMIC DIFFICULTIES
By: Jenni Walker “Behold, I will do a new thing. Now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” (Isaiah 43:19) “There are moments that the words don’t reach, there is grace too powerful to name…” (It’s Quiet Uptown lyrics, … Continue reading Dynamic Marriage, Part 2: DYNAMIC DIFFICULTIES
Dynamic Marriage, Part 1: DYNAMIC ROLES
By: Jenni Walker “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord…Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her.” (Ephesians 5:22, 25) “The dynamics [of marriage] must be maintained as the Architect intended.” (Elisabeth Elliot) * * * * * Summer is full of wedding anniversaries … Continue reading Dynamic Marriage, Part 1: DYNAMIC ROLES
Faithful in the Waiting
By: Beth Doohan “I tell you the truth, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he is!” Matthew 11:11 “If the Lord Jehovah makes us wait, let us do so with our whole hearts; for blessed … Continue reading Faithful in the Waiting
Joy By Design, Part 2 – “The Rhythm of Family Life”
By: Jenni Walker “But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of…” (2 Timothy 3:14a) “Earthly families…are but copies of the heavenly one. They are signposts that point to a reality infinitely more amazing, more wonderful, and more eternal. God is all about family.” (Mary A. Kassian and Nancy … Continue reading Joy By Design, Part 2 – “The Rhythm of Family Life”