Family Archives | Human Effort

Deuteronomy 6:7 | Teach Them Diligently

How much God is too much God? Do you go to church once a month or twice a week? Do you talk about God with family and friends and they wonder if you’re becoming a monk? In wider society, God, church, and […]

Luke

Luke 2:22 | Family Life of Jesus

Jesus was once a child and he lived life in a family with its own ways. Mary and Joseph raised Jesus in a family life that Honored God. Jesus even as a child perfectly honored God and parents. The Bible communicates two […]

Ezra

Ezra 8:21 | Broken Culture

Culture is broken but in order to fight it we need to recognize why it is broken. In my industry there is an influx of college hires, a new generation, and this new generation is changing the culture of the companies I […]

Genesis

Genesis 26:22 | No More Time or Space

Getting married and having children is a very personal and individual choice. There is nothing wrong with having or not having kids or having only a couple vs a bunch. But there is a trend in society that would disagree with me […]

Church Life Family Discipleship

Lesson #3: Submission to God in all Things

God is in control, God is all powerful, God is creator of all things, God is all knowing, and God does not make mistakes. We are so independent and so self-involved that it is hard to see where we stand with God. […]

Church Life Family Discipleship

Lesson #2: Conflict in the Home

Have you ever been angry or upset because of the action of others? Is anger a SIN? We sometimes have the idea that anger is not called for and so we do not talk about it or we hide it away from […]

Church Life Family Discipleship

Lesson #1: Spiritual Transparency in the Home

Lesson #1 is the first step in a discipleship program. This program about the need to minister to the entire family and is part of a longer term conversation that all families should maintain on marriage, family, and child discipleship. What this […]