“The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Genesis 2:18
A suitable helper or “a helpmate” in the Hebrew word is Ezer Kenegdo and guess what that translates in to: A LIFESAVER.
No wonder divorced men die quicker than the men who stayed in their marriages. Remarriage doesn’t change the life expectancy of a divorced man. The only thing that is better for a man to do in this life is, first, to find a woman to marry, and second, decide to live with her until he dies.
Adam had never been with any other human being when God said, “It is not good for a man to be alone.” (Genesis 2:18) Adam was the only human being there was, the one and only one!
Adam didn’t feel lonely because he was living in the perfect presence of God. He was moving around and doing life at the presence of God. But God said, “It is not good for a man to be alone.” Continue reading To Get Rid of Loneliness→
It is wonderful to see couples tying the knot to be one, never to be two.
As a married person and a teacher in the area of sexual purity, I can’t tell you how I rejoice whenever I see a wedding.
Yes, the Bible says that marriage protects us from being soaked in sexual immorality (1 Corinthians 7). What a joy then to see someone escaping such a “ruthless tyrant” as sexual immorality!
Are you desperate to get married? Does the thought of getting married consume you? Do you find yourself browsing through social media to see if someone is interested in you? Continue reading I Have to Get Married This Year!→
One of the heroes of faith of the 1900 for me is Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Reading through his writings/books and biographies, you may assume that he is the guy who didn’t struggle with sin especially with sexual sins.
Well, not so. He would actually laugh at that assumption if he were to be alive today. (He died at the age of 39, hanged on gallows, because he was one of those few courageous Christian men who secretly conspired to put Adolf Hitler down.)
We usually tend to separate our sexuality from our core nature because we think and believe that our sexuality is a completely separate entity that we carry with ourselves.
But the truth is, our sexuality is not a separate entity but the integral part of who we really are. We all are sexual beings and our sexuality is the center of our humanity, a pillar on which every part of who we are is woven into and built on. Continue reading Our Sexuality Is Not a Separate Entity→
A4P: It is always good to ask yourself, “What do I get out of this movie?” before you decide to watch one. Will the movie bring you close to Jesus or away from Him?
