Family Update Archives

Holidays can be difficult, especially for relatives who cannot be there for the holiday season. By taking this advice and finding ways to bless...

With difficult family members, we may need God's help along the way. Here are six prayers to pray when family causes anxiety during the holidays.

When you continue to make your husband feel special you are keeping the fires burning and keeping your love alive.

There is so much joy to be shared together over the holiday season. Creating a home full of tradition and love is one of the great privileges of...

We can take this tradition and modify it to work in our homes. Our prayers, crafts, discussions, and planned activities can be catered to meet the...

Family is an important concept in the Bible. God instituted family when He created Eve as a helpmeet for Adam. The rest of the Bible speaks of...

Marriage is not a 50/50 deal. It’s a 100/100 deal—each willing to surrender all to the other person.

What if we made prayer the focus instead of all the Christmas items on our lists? As a family, you can keep prayer as a priority. While many...

Spanking is a sin when done out of anger. The Word of God says to not sin in your anger, in other words, reacting out of your sin nature is against...

“Leave and cleave” seems old-fashioned, but what can we learn from it?

As believers, there should be issues that are offensive to our God and should stoke righteous anger. When the enemy is tampering with our marriage,...

While traditions create a beautiful sense of unity and stability, many get altered as family members pass on and new members join the family. To...

Challenges with families are nothing new. They can lead to awkward holiday dinners, spats over juvenile things, and maybe even being completely...

We're gearing up for the holidays, and things are going to get crazy. Events, parties, baking, gift buying, volunteering, and the list goes on....

Having in-laws that are tough to get along with can make an already stressful holiday even more difficult. But learning to love yourself, asking...