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FINDING CONTENTMENTGood day again, My name is Gerda Snyman and I am talking about life after divorce.The previous time I talked about forgiveness and today I want to talk about finding contentment – how to live a full and fulfilling life agai
FORGIVING MYSELF AND OTHERSGood day, My name is Gerda Snyman and I am talking about life after divorce. Last time I talked about putting my focus on God and trusting Him to work everything out for the good.Today I will talk about forgiveness.
FOCUSING ON GOD’S PROMISESHello Again! My name is Gerda Snyman and I am talking about life after divorce. Today I will talk about how I dealt with the pain and rejection by focusing on God and his promises.I was listening to a sermon about th
A LIFESTYLE OF UNFULFILLING LOVE RELATIONSHIPSGood Day, My name is Gerda Snyman. Some time ago I shared my story with you on how I received Christ as my Saviour.I talked about how I took control of my life and for many years was caught up in
FINAL THROUGHTSThis is our sixth and final podcast on stepfamilies. We have barely touched the surface, but hopefully we have raised awareness of the need to prepare. I will bullet point a few final thoughts and maybe we will revisit some o
WHAT ABOUT DISCIPLINE?In the early days we recommend that the biological parent is the primary one to correct and discipline children. The stepparent hasn’t really earned the right to that position yet. It’s important for the parents to priv
LET THE CHILDREN SET THE PACEI want to begin today’s podcast with a word of caution – don’t expect to have an ‘instant family’. All the couples with whom we have met expect their children to be just as excited about the new relationship as th
WHAT ABOUT ADULT CHILDREN IN STEPFAMILIES?In my husband Ken’ experience, his dad died when he and his sister were already living independently. Ken’s mom remarried a widower 1 ½ years later and her new husband, Tom, had 3 independent children
Today I will address some of the complexities that exist in stepfamilies and future podcasts will address solutions.COMPLEXITIESOne of the complexities of stepfamily living is the number of parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and ev
APPROACHING STEPFAMILY LIVING WITH EYES WIDE OPENWelcome to our podcast on stepfamily living. If you are listening to this podcast you are either in a stepfamily, planning to enter a stepfamily or you know of a stepfamily. So, it’s important
GOD BLESSES US TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHERSBuilding a legacy of destiny requires reaching out to the world and results in bringing about changes in the world.The family was meant to be a redemptive vehicle. God blesses us to be a blessing to ot
BUILDING A GOD HONORING AND FUTURE IMPACTING LEGACYBuilding a God honoring and future impacting legacy of destiny also requires developing a godly family.After church little Johnny sobbed all the way home. His father and mother asked him what
PURSUING PERSONAL GROWTH IN CHRIST.Building a legacy of destiny, in the first place, requires pursuing personal growth in Christ.To raise a godly family, starts with my being a godly husband and father or a godly wife and mother.Spiritual ma
BUILDING A LEGACY OF DESTINYAt the end of this very short introduction to the Weekend to Remember, we would like you to think about the kind of legacy that you will leave behind when one day you step out of this world to be with God.We would
IN CLOSINGIn closing the sessions on Returning a Blessing for an Insult let us return to the Bible verses with which we started this series.“Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
THERE NEEDS TO BE FORGIVENESSTo be able to return a blessing for an insult there needs to be forgiveness. An unforgiving and hardened heart cannot give a blessing for an insult.We cannot talk about forgiveness without going to Jesus on the Cr
Good day. Last week’s session was rather negative, but today we are all about building up one another by giving a blessing for an insult.WHAT DOES A BLESSING-FOR-INSULT RELATIONSHIP LOOK LIKE?A good example I can think of concerns a friend of
Greetings to you. This is the 4th chapter on Resolving Conflict. In the next three weeks, we will discuss what we mean by ‘returning a blessing for an insult’ and how we can apply it. We will concentrate on cultivating a new attitude with our h
SATISFYING SEX, THE SECRET?Today we end our talks on sexual intimacy by sharing the secret to satisfying sex. And no, there is no 10 steps or 5 to do’s that will change your sex life but, there is a liberating truth; ‘if we pursue a satisfying
SEX, ARE MEN FROM MARS AND WOMEN FROM VENUS?We are still talking about sexual intimacy.Today’s focus is brilliantly described in the title of John Grey’s well-known book – ‘Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus’. In today’s world, a trend i
SEX, THE MARRIAGE THERMOSTAT OR THERMOMETER?Today we continue sharing about sexual intimacy in marriage. And let’s start with a question; is sex in marriage like a thermostat or a thermometer?Well, we find thermostats in almost every cooling
WHOSE IDEA IS SEX ANYWAY?Today we start by sharing about communication in marriage and specifically about sexual intimacy.So, let’s kick off with a question; “Whose idea is sex anyway?” Well, that may be a difficult one – we live in times whe
RESOLVING CONFLICT REQUIRES FORGIVENESSAsking for and granting forgiveness is difficult because usually our pride is involved. This process becomes easier when we have established the ‘goodwill’ bank account we discussed in session two.The o
RESOLVING CONFLICT REQUIRES SKILLIn our last session we talked about avoiding, or minimising, conflict by building goodwill in the relationship. But let’s say you have an explosive conflict. What do you do then?Learning the skills to succes
CREATING A LOVING AND SAFE ENVIRONMENTA key principle to successful conflict resolution is to proactively create an environment of love, trust and refuge. I like to think of it as a ‘goodwill’ bank account that is available to draw on in time
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