When reading James 5, I was surprised. I was intrigued by something I had read before but had not seen. I have never taken the time to really think about this verse and while I was here this time I thought it would be good to study it. James 5:16-18 “Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for […]
Marriage | Operating in God’s Plans for Your Life
October 27, 2011
If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans by Nancy Nair I think it is always interesting how God works. When we go through things in our lives He wants us to keep a record of it. Then, one day we can help someone else who might be going through the same thing. I don’t like the […]
Marriage | Letter of Encouragement to Women
October 11, 2011
Dear Mr. Ken Nair, I wanted to write you and thank-you for writing your book Discovering the Mind of a Woman. It was recommended to me by Bela a young man from Hungary at a Seventh Day Adventist Retreat area. I frankly told him I had given up on all Christian books about how to be married. He said, “Then […]
Relationship Help | How to Deal with Misery
October 5, 2011
It is really hard to be encouraged when all around you is misery. There are many ways you can be miserable. 1. Health. 2. Turmoil in your marriage. 3. Children out of control. 4. No money because you have no job to bring in income. 5. You may have lost a son or daughter.
Relationship Help | How to Raise Children Without Parents Facing Grief and Guilt Part 5
September 30, 2011
Mom and Dad ask, “Where did we go wrong!?!” Continued… by Ken Nair When our youngsters quit listening, it’s usually because they feel we’ve quit listening. Or they’ve decided they can’t convince us that they’re right and we’re wrong. If the last is true, a child is at the place where he or she has to decide whether or not […]
Relationship Help | How to Raise Children Without Parents Facing Grief and Guilt Part 4
September 27, 2011
Mom and Dad ask, “Where did we go wrong!?!”… part 4 by Ken Nair I asked him this question, “If they were to re-hire that former boss would that past experience with him make you feel threatened? Would you worry because that former boss used to be so controlling? Would re-hiring him be intimidating to you? He answered, “Very!” I […]
Relationship Help | How to Raise Children Without Parents Facing Grief and Guilt Part 3
September 19, 2011
Mom and Dad ask, “Where did we go wrong!?!”… continued by Ken Nair It’s surprising to see how many Christian’s don’t seem to recognize or understand the difference between Christ as Savior and Christ as Lord. Being unable to recognize Ben’s struggle resulted in alienation between him and his parents. Too many parents themselves have been functioning as members-in-good-standing of […]
Relationship Help | How to Raise Children Without Parents Facing Grief and Guilt Part 2
September 15, 2011
Mom and Dad ask, “Where did we go wrong!?!” Continued… by Ken Nair In order to help Ben capture what I wanted to tell him, I used the following illustration. Some time back I was leading one of our Christ Quest Institutes classes in California. (We conduct discipleship classes where the students are married couples. Our goal is for Christian husbands to literally […]
Relationship Help | Difficulties of Not Being Prepared to Raise Children
September 6, 2011
Parenting 101 by Nancy Nair About 4 years after we got married, my daughter was born. How sad is it to have a baby and later realize that I was not prepared to train her properly. I never realized that I could completely destroy her spirit because of not being prepared. I guess I thought it was easy to have a […]
Daily Devotional | Are the Fruits of the Spirit Manifested in me
September 1, 2011
Who wouldn’t want to have each of the characteristics of the Fruit of the Spirit? Even writing them down makes us feel like we would love to have each of them in our lives always. In order to help discover whether or not the Fruit of the Spirit has become a part of our spiritual growth, we have built a […]