The Jolly Family
We meet a holy family in the opening chapter of the Bible, the members of which jollily jog around and work in beautiful cooperation without ever clashing — the celestial family: Sun, Moon and Stars. It has a lot to teach us about the duties of a family. Remember Joseph’s dream?
Most of us are leading family lives not much different from our secular counterparts. The number one secret of a successful family life is probably to understand that all members of the family are equal. Functionally they may be different but before God the body is as important as the neck, and the neck as important as the head. David urges us to give thanks to the Lord who made, “the sun to rule by day, for His mercy endures forever; the moon and the stars to rule by night, for His mercy endures forever” (136:8,9). If you are a husband, it is by the mercy of God; if you are a wife or son or daughter, it is also God’s mercy that has made you so. Therefore we must respect each other and glorify God as a family. “Praise Him sun and moon.
Praise Him, all you stars of light” (Psa148:3).
Unhealthy competitions and jealousies may be avoided if we understand 1 Corinthians 15:41, “There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.” Each member is glorious but in different ways. Each child is gloriously different from the other. No one in the family is less or more than the other.
The reason why God created this celestial family is fivefold.
1. To divide the day from night, light from darkness (Gen 1:14,18)
Of the descendants of Adam, only Noah’s family survived the deluge. Of Noah’s sons Ham or Cainaan was cursed, but Shem and Japheth were blessed. Abraham was born in the line of Shem and became the patriarch of the children of light. How did his progeny remain bright as the milky way in a dark sky for generations? It was by word-of-mouth transmission of God’s Word. God trusted Abraham to “command his children and household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord” (Gen 18:19), and he did exactly that.
Asaph explains it: “He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers that they should make them known to their children; that the generation to come might know them, the children who would be born that they may arise and declare them to their children, that they may ... keep His commandments!” (78:2-6). Asaph speaks about fathers, not mothers !
If nominalism is the norm of the church, it is because believers fail to sit and patiently teach their children the wonderful works of God as they teach the wonders of Science and History today. It is not enough to present our child with a Bible with our blessings and autograph. There is a parallel line running in this world, the children of darkness. To make a difference we must maintain our line as the children of light. In the generations to come when they multiply like the stars (Gen 15:5) they will divide the day from night, light from darkness.
Parents throw the responsibility of teaching of the Scriptures on the Church and Sunday School. But it was Lois teaching Eunice, and Eunice teaching Timothy the Holy Scriptures from childhood that led him to salvation. The world must be able to see the difference between day and night, children of light and children of darkness, and that responsibility lies with the parents.
2. To be signs (Gen 1:14)
Hear Isaiah speak proudly about his family: “Here am I and the children whom the Lord has given me! We are for signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts”(8:18). For the backslidden Israel the family life of Isaiah was a sign and wonder. The greatest sign to this perishing world is family life. “There will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars” (Lk 21:25). In one of the European countries where family concept is breaking down we were told that the divorce rate was very low. We were wonderstruck when our informants quickly added, “because people don’t get married anymore. They just live together!”
If the family life of believers flops like that of unbelievers how can we be signs? They should look at our families and wonder, keeping their finger on their noses. That’s the purpose of a holy family.
The responsibility lies first with the husband. He is the leader of the family, and the leader “shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds” (2 Sam 23: 3,4). He must be “like the sun when it comes out in full strength” (Judg 5: 31). The husband must be the central figure at home dispelling clouds of indecisions, fears, troubles and be a pillar of strength. Instead, many husbands are like “the sun risen with a burning heat, it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes” (Js 1:11). The husband and father should be a loving leader and not an imperious ruler turning the lives of his loved ones into a living hell.“You don’t lead by hitting people over the head. That’s assault, not leadership,” said President Eisenhover. Wife-beating and child abuse are unbelievably common among Christians. How the tender grass and its flowers wither away in the scorching heat! Conflicts do not disappear, but you must learn to deal with them in ways that do not undercut your relationship. Morever women are prone to moodswings like the waxing and waning of the moon. The husband should understand her.
Love is the word! Love can diffuse any situation. If the man practices love at home, most problems will disappear. Many of us do not use our full potential to love our spouses. Therefore our love gets atrophied. Love in look, love in words, love in touch, love in action will lead to a transformed family. That makes the difference between shining and scorching.
Most husbands want to be winners all the time. They don’t want or let their wives win anytime. “He appointed the moon for seasons; the sun knows its going down” (Psa 104:19).
When the wife shines, lie low, don’t eclipse her. A wise husband will let the wife win and boost her ego. He will be liberal with his compliments like, “Very good! That’s a good idea! Thanks for that wonderful suggestion! You are right! In that respect my wife is better than me!” If the husband is the king of the home, carrying the crown on his head is his glory (Prov 12:4; 1 Cor 11:7). What is a king without his crown?
It is waxing time for women to become incandescent fullmoons. Whereas a man is accepted at face value a woman is repeatedly rejected till she proves her worth by patience and perseverance even to secure her rightful place. If wives continue to live in the same mould cast for them centuries ago by the Old Testament forefathers, they cannot come out of their inferiority complex. It is literally swimming against the current. They must flap their wings and fly into the New Testament to reach the skies.
The NT picture of woman is beautifully portrayed in Rev 12:1-16 where she stands as a queen on the moon covered with the sun, with the children as her crown. In the OT, woman experienced a fall; in the NT, she stands as a queen. In the OT, childbearing was a punishment; in the NT, it is salvation for the woman (1 Tim 2:15). In the OT, she was deceived by Satan; in the NT, she is victorious over Satan. In the OT, she was ruled by man; in the NT, she is headed, loved and supported by man. In the OT, she lost her freedom; in the NT, she is given the wings of a great eagle to fly (v14). In the OT, she desired wisdom and lost it; in the NT, Christ becomes her wisdom and she is given the fruit of the tree of life. In the OT, she brought sin for mankind; in the NT, salvation, reversing Eve (v5). In the OT, she was doomed to a life of suffering; in the NT, she is lifted to the height of an eagle. In the OT, everything seemed to be against her; in the NT, even the earth helps her (v16). So it is time she casts her past behind her back and goes forward afresh. Men should understand what God is doing to women today and be supportive. They should not be over-demanding at home but release them to shine for God.
Scientists tell us that there are stars much much greater than the sun. In many homes children are not respected as persons just because they are physically powerless against parents. If we recognise that one day our children can become greater than us it is easier to develop respect for them. They are as glorious as we are. Especially in dealing with teenage children we should never take major decisions concerning their life without discussing it with them. Cracking the whip at teenagers to toe the line crushes them. Instead they should be given ample latitude to develop their own creative skills. “See the highest stars, how lofty they are !” (Job 22:12).
Children, your first testimony begins at home. Learn politeness and good manners to siblings, parents and guests. Take care not to become wandering stars (Jude 13). There is safety at home. God has set a course for you and it is very important that you seek God’s guidance at every step to follow His precepts. Home is a small garden and a testing ground. Be faithful in the small things of the home that God may entrust you with greater things at a latter date. Getting up early morning, keeping yourself busy, regular daily devotions, maintaining your room clean, helping mom and dad with sundry household tasks, thankfulness, discipline are all part of this “small faithfulness.”
3. For seasons and for days and years (Gen 1:14)
Especially the last days. In the last days the family will stand out in stark contrast to the world. Peter says, “Scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts” (2 Pet 3:3). Paul writes to Timothy that in the last days men would be lovers of themselves, disobedient to parents, without self-control (2 Tim 3:1-5). In the first letter he writes that in the latter times some would depart from the faith giving heed to deceiving spirits, forbidding to marry (4:1-4). On the one side is the group living lustfully and licentiously questioning the very return of Christ. On the other side is the group that emphasises the imminent return of Christ, forbidding people to marry. The first group revels in sex, pornography, polygamy, live-in relationship, trial marriage, wife-swapping, open marriage and all kinds of immorality. The second teaches abstinence, admonishing husband and wife to live like brother and sister, commanding them not to have sexual relationship before coming to the worship service and to come separately, giving a false impression that sex is impure and unholy. What is the stand of the Christian family in the last days?
People are confused between the sexobsessed society and the no-sex religious fanatics. The godly family is to teach them the sanctity of sex in these last days, in three aspects.
a) Sex before marriage
Children must be taught that premarital sex is sin and they cannot go as the world goes. Children face a tough world soaked in sex. They must be prepared well ahead to say ‘No’ when temptations assail them.
b) Sex in marriage
Reading 1 Corinthians chapter 7, if you write down the questions the Corinthians might have asked in their letter to Paul, many of the questions concerning your sex life will be answered. If the element of love is missing, sex becomes an act and not an expression. There is no such code of conduct for the non-christian world and hence the aberrations. Through the Bible we can teach the world the ethics of sex.
c) Sex outside marriage
I was working in a hospital where a Christian doctor walked away with somebody’s wife. I was so ashamed because at that time I was trying to win over a non-christian doctor friend to Christ. Are we models? Your wife is the wife by covenant. Don’t cheat her (Mal 2:14). Your husband is the husband by covenant. Never forget it (Prov 2:17). Samson means ‘little sun.’ Oh, how easily a sun was extinguished! Beware!
4. To give light (Gen 1:15,17)
He “gives the sun for a light by day, the ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night” (Jer 31:35). Ours is a country where disease and death celebrate a thousand victories a day. The call of our country is insistent. The sun and the moon and the stars do not open their mouth to proclaim God’s glory. But the Psalmist sings, “The heavens have no speech or language, their voice is not heard, but their words have gone to the end of the world” (Psa 19). People “see” before they “hear.” “The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light” (Mt 4:16). Jesus the Light of the world said that His followers are the light of the world. In this dark crisis, it is the Christian families which hold torches in their hands to show the exit out of danger to the people. Let our light so shine before men that people may “see” our good works and glorify our Father in heaven. God says that He will give us as a light to the non-christians that we may be His salvation to the ends of the earth (Isa 49:6). We are to give light to the world, not to the church where there are a thousand lights. We should be eager to move out to hell’s doorstep from the church compound.
Give light to all who come into the house (Lk 11:33). John the Baptist was the blessed son of godly parents, a burning and a shining light. The children (10y & 8y) of our Lucknow missionaries Lalitha and Mathansingh were so burdened for the neighbourhood non-Christian children that they requested their parents to throw a Christmas party for them. They went from house to house inviting children and gathered about 100 of them to whom the gospel was preached after the party. Our missionary kids Duke, Solbrekken, Devaraj, Samuel, Soulwin and Swarnaraj are all soul winners today. Oh what joy that our children give light to this world plunged in darkness! (Dan 12:3). Remember, it was a star that led the wise men to Jesus.
5. To rule over the day and over the night (Gen 1:18)
In a home too often the night creeps in extinguishing the sunlight. The preacher warns, “Truly the light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun. But if a man lives many years and rejoices in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness for they will be many” (Eccl 11:7-8). As day and night alternate, every family goes through elation and despondency alternately. It is not a feat to be courageous and bubbly in high tide. We should also know how to hold the fort when things are at the lowest low. We must be resilient to weather the ups and downs of life with equanimity. An optimistic approach makes even the night to shine around us (Psa 139:11)
Our darkness will turn to light if we see the opportunity in every difficulty. Then we shall have light in our dwellings, when murky darkness covers the land (Ex 10:23). When darkness descends at stone’s throw we shall have light and gladness (Esth 8:16).
Take courage when you sink in despair. You are not doomed to a night without end, because the day is our Lord’s and the night also is our Lord’s (Psa 74:16). Rule the impenetrable blackness. Never give up. It is sad to see even Christian families putting their hands up in crisis like worldly families. We have a hope. WE may be battered by troubles but we will never be demoralised. We may be thrown down but not broken (2 cor 4: 9).
To conclude, Satan is shooting poisonous arrows at families. He is wounding and slaughtering families. But if the husband, wife and children dedicate themselves to lead a godly family life the Lord will heal their family.
“The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people and heals the stroke of their wound” (Isa 30:26).
Dr. Lilian Stanley
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91 9843511943
lilianstanley@gmail.com
Blessing Youth Mission
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91-416-2242943, +91-416-2248943
hq@bymonline.org
www.bymonline.org
Click here for more options
To buy books written by Dr. Lilian Stanley, kindly reach to us in the follwing address
Blessing Literature Centre
21/11 West Coovam River Road,
Chintadripet,
Chennai 600 002, India.
+91-44-28450411, 8806270699
blc@bymonline.org
The Jolly Family
We meet a holy family in the opening chapter of the Bible, the members of which jollily jog around and work in beautiful cooperation without ever clashing — the celestial family: Sun, Moon and Stars. It has a lot to teach us about the duties of a family. Remember Joseph’s dream?
Most of us are leading family lives not much different from our secular counterparts. The number one secret of a successful family life is probably to understand that all members of the family are equal. Functionally they may be different but before God the body is as important as the neck, and the neck as important as the head. David urges us to give thanks to the Lord who made, “the sun to rule by day, for His mercy endures forever; the moon and the stars to rule by night, for His mercy endures forever” (136:8,9). If you are a husband, it is by the mercy of God; if you are a wife or son or daughter, it is also God’s mercy that has made you so. Therefore we must respect each other and glorify God as a family. “Praise Him sun and moon.
Praise Him, all you stars of light” (Psa148:3).
Unhealthy competitions and jealousies may be avoided if we understand 1 Corinthians 15:41, “There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.” Each member is glorious but in different ways. Each child is gloriously different from the other. No one in the family is less or more than the other.
The reason why God created this celestial family is fivefold.
1. To divide the day from night, light from darkness (Gen 1:14,18)
Of the descendants of Adam, only Noah’s family survived the deluge. Of Noah’s sons Ham or Cainaan was cursed, but Shem and Japheth were blessed. Abraham was born in the line of Shem and became the patriarch of the children of light. How did his progeny remain bright as the milky way in a dark sky for generations? It was by word-of-mouth transmission of God’s Word. God trusted Abraham to “command his children and household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord” (Gen 18:19), and he did exactly that.
Asaph explains it: “He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers that they should make them known to their children; that the generation to come might know them, the children who would be born that they may arise and declare them to their children, that they may ... keep His commandments!” (78:2-6). Asaph speaks about fathers, not mothers !
If nominalism is the norm of the church, it is because believers fail to sit and patiently teach their children the wonderful works of God as they teach the wonders of Science and History today. It is not enough to present our child with a Bible with our blessings and autograph. There is a parallel line running in this world, the children of darkness. To make a difference we must maintain our line as the children of light. In the generations to come when they multiply like the stars (Gen 15:5) they will divide the day from night, light from darkness.
Parents throw the responsibility of teaching of the Scriptures on the Church and Sunday School. But it was Lois teaching Eunice, and Eunice teaching Timothy the Holy Scriptures from childhood that led him to salvation. The world must be able to see the difference between day and night, children of light and children of darkness, and that responsibility lies with the parents.
2. To be signs (Gen 1:14)
Hear Isaiah speak proudly about his family: “Here am I and the children whom the Lord has given me! We are for signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts”(8:18). For the backslidden Israel the family life of Isaiah was a sign and wonder. The greatest sign to this perishing world is family life. “There will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars” (Lk 21:25). In one of the European countries where family concept is breaking down we were told that the divorce rate was very low. We were wonderstruck when our informants quickly added, “because people don’t get married anymore. They just live together!”
If the family life of believers flops like that of unbelievers how can we be signs? They should look at our families and wonder, keeping their finger on their noses. That’s the purpose of a holy family.
The responsibility lies first with the husband. He is the leader of the family, and the leader “shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds” (2 Sam 23: 3,4). He must be “like the sun when it comes out in full strength” (Judg 5: 31). The husband must be the central figure at home dispelling clouds of indecisions, fears, troubles and be a pillar of strength. Instead, many husbands are like “the sun risen with a burning heat, it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes” (Js 1:11). The husband and father should be a loving leader and not an imperious ruler turning the lives of his loved ones into a living hell.“You don’t lead by hitting people over the head. That’s assault, not leadership,” said President Eisenhover. Wife-beating and child abuse are unbelievably common among Christians. How the tender grass and its flowers wither away in the scorching heat! Conflicts do not disappear, but you must learn to deal with them in ways that do not undercut your relationship. Morever women are prone to moodswings like the waxing and waning of the moon. The husband should understand her.
Love is the word! Love can diffuse any situation. If the man practices love at home, most problems will disappear. Many of us do not use our full potential to love our spouses. Therefore our love gets atrophied. Love in look, love in words, love in touch, love in action will lead to a transformed family. That makes the difference between shining and scorching.
Most husbands want to be winners all the time. They don’t want or let their wives win anytime. “He appointed the moon for seasons; the sun knows its going down” (Psa 104:19).
When the wife shines, lie low, don’t eclipse her. A wise husband will let the wife win and boost her ego. He will be liberal with his compliments like, “Very good! That’s a good idea! Thanks for that wonderful suggestion! You are right! In that respect my wife is better than me!” If the husband is the king of the home, carrying the crown on his head is his glory (Prov 12:4; 1 Cor 11:7). What is a king without his crown?
It is waxing time for women to become incandescent fullmoons. Whereas a man is accepted at face value a woman is repeatedly rejected till she proves her worth by patience and perseverance even to secure her rightful place. If wives continue to live in the same mould cast for them centuries ago by the Old Testament forefathers, they cannot come out of their inferiority complex. It is literally swimming against the current. They must flap their wings and fly into the New Testament to reach the skies.
The NT picture of woman is beautifully portrayed in Rev 12:1-16 where she stands as a queen on the moon covered with the sun, with the children as her crown. In the OT, woman experienced a fall; in the NT, she stands as a queen. In the OT, childbearing was a punishment; in the NT, it is salvation for the woman (1 Tim 2:15). In the OT, she was deceived by Satan; in the NT, she is victorious over Satan. In the OT, she was ruled by man; in the NT, she is headed, loved and supported by man. In the OT, she lost her freedom; in the NT, she is given the wings of a great eagle to fly (v14). In the OT, she desired wisdom and lost it; in the NT, Christ becomes her wisdom and she is given the fruit of the tree of life. In the OT, she brought sin for mankind; in the NT, salvation, reversing Eve (v5). In the OT, she was doomed to a life of suffering; in the NT, she is lifted to the height of an eagle. In the OT, everything seemed to be against her; in the NT, even the earth helps her (v16). So it is time she casts her past behind her back and goes forward afresh. Men should understand what God is doing to women today and be supportive. They should not be over-demanding at home but release them to shine for God.
Scientists tell us that there are stars much much greater than the sun. In many homes children are not respected as persons just because they are physically powerless against parents. If we recognise that one day our children can become greater than us it is easier to develop respect for them. They are as glorious as we are. Especially in dealing with teenage children we should never take major decisions concerning their life without discussing it with them. Cracking the whip at teenagers to toe the line crushes them. Instead they should be given ample latitude to develop their own creative skills. “See the highest stars, how lofty they are !” (Job 22:12).
Children, your first testimony begins at home. Learn politeness and good manners to siblings, parents and guests. Take care not to become wandering stars (Jude 13). There is safety at home. God has set a course for you and it is very important that you seek God’s guidance at every step to follow His precepts. Home is a small garden and a testing ground. Be faithful in the small things of the home that God may entrust you with greater things at a latter date. Getting up early morning, keeping yourself busy, regular daily devotions, maintaining your room clean, helping mom and dad with sundry household tasks, thankfulness, discipline are all part of this “small faithfulness.”
3. For seasons and for days and years (Gen 1:14)
Especially the last days. In the last days the family will stand out in stark contrast to the world. Peter says, “Scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts” (2 Pet 3:3). Paul writes to Timothy that in the last days men would be lovers of themselves, disobedient to parents, without self-control (2 Tim 3:1-5). In the first letter he writes that in the latter times some would depart from the faith giving heed to deceiving spirits, forbidding to marry (4:1-4). On the one side is the group living lustfully and licentiously questioning the very return of Christ. On the other side is the group that emphasises the imminent return of Christ, forbidding people to marry. The first group revels in sex, pornography, polygamy, live-in relationship, trial marriage, wife-swapping, open marriage and all kinds of immorality. The second teaches abstinence, admonishing husband and wife to live like brother and sister, commanding them not to have sexual relationship before coming to the worship service and to come separately, giving a false impression that sex is impure and unholy. What is the stand of the Christian family in the last days?
People are confused between the sexobsessed society and the no-sex religious fanatics. The godly family is to teach them the sanctity of sex in these last days, in three aspects.
a) Sex before marriage
Children must be taught that premarital sex is sin and they cannot go as the world goes. Children face a tough world soaked in sex. They must be prepared well ahead to say ‘No’ when temptations assail them.
b) Sex in marriage
Reading 1 Corinthians chapter 7, if you write down the questions the Corinthians might have asked in their letter to Paul, many of the questions concerning your sex life will be answered. If the element of love is missing, sex becomes an act and not an expression. There is no such code of conduct for the non-christian world and hence the aberrations. Through the Bible we can teach the world the ethics of sex.
c) Sex outside marriage
I was working in a hospital where a Christian doctor walked away with somebody’s wife. I was so ashamed because at that time I was trying to win over a non-christian doctor friend to Christ. Are we models? Your wife is the wife by covenant. Don’t cheat her (Mal 2:14). Your husband is the husband by covenant. Never forget it (Prov 2:17). Samson means ‘little sun.’ Oh, how easily a sun was extinguished! Beware!
4. To give light (Gen 1:15,17)
He “gives the sun for a light by day, the ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night” (Jer 31:35). Ours is a country where disease and death celebrate a thousand victories a day. The call of our country is insistent. The sun and the moon and the stars do not open their mouth to proclaim God’s glory. But the Psalmist sings, “The heavens have no speech or language, their voice is not heard, but their words have gone to the end of the world” (Psa 19). People “see” before they “hear.” “The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light” (Mt 4:16). Jesus the Light of the world said that His followers are the light of the world. In this dark crisis, it is the Christian families which hold torches in their hands to show the exit out of danger to the people. Let our light so shine before men that people may “see” our good works and glorify our Father in heaven. God says that He will give us as a light to the non-christians that we may be His salvation to the ends of the earth (Isa 49:6). We are to give light to the world, not to the church where there are a thousand lights. We should be eager to move out to hell’s doorstep from the church compound.
Give light to all who come into the house (Lk 11:33). John the Baptist was the blessed son of godly parents, a burning and a shining light. The children (10y & 8y) of our Lucknow missionaries Lalitha and Mathansingh were so burdened for the neighbourhood non-Christian children that they requested their parents to throw a Christmas party for them. They went from house to house inviting children and gathered about 100 of them to whom the gospel was preached after the party. Our missionary kids Duke, Solbrekken, Devaraj, Samuel, Soulwin and Swarnaraj are all soul winners today. Oh what joy that our children give light to this world plunged in darkness! (Dan 12:3). Remember, it was a star that led the wise men to Jesus.
5. To rule over the day and over the night (Gen 1:18)
In a home too often the night creeps in extinguishing the sunlight. The preacher warns, “Truly the light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun. But if a man lives many years and rejoices in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness for they will be many” (Eccl 11:7-8). As day and night alternate, every family goes through elation and despondency alternately. It is not a feat to be courageous and bubbly in high tide. We should also know how to hold the fort when things are at the lowest low. We must be resilient to weather the ups and downs of life with equanimity. An optimistic approach makes even the night to shine around us (Psa 139:11)
Our darkness will turn to light if we see the opportunity in every difficulty. Then we shall have light in our dwellings, when murky darkness covers the land (Ex 10:23). When darkness descends at stone’s throw we shall have light and gladness (Esth 8:16).
Take courage when you sink in despair. You are not doomed to a night without end, because the day is our Lord’s and the night also is our Lord’s (Psa 74:16). Rule the impenetrable blackness. Never give up. It is sad to see even Christian families putting their hands up in crisis like worldly families. We have a hope. WE may be battered by troubles but we will never be demoralised. We may be thrown down but not broken (2 cor 4: 9).
To conclude, Satan is shooting poisonous arrows at families. He is wounding and slaughtering families. But if the husband, wife and children dedicate themselves to lead a godly family life the Lord will heal their family.
“The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people and heals the stroke of their wound” (Isa 30:26).
Dr. Lilian Stanley
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91 9843511943
lilianstanley@gmail.com
Blessing Youth Mission
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91-416-2242943, +91-416-2248943
hq@bymonline.org
www.bymonline.org
Click here for more options
To buy books written by Dr. Lilian Stanley, kindly reach to us in the follwing address
Blessing Literature Centre
21/11 West Coovam River Road,
Chintadripet,
Chennai 600 002, India.
+91-44-28450411, Mob:8806270699
blc@bymonline.org
