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    Becoming the Blessing God Intended for My Family: The Christ-Centered Family
    Becoming the Blessing God Intended for My Family: The Christ-Centered Family
    Becoming the Blessing God Intended for My Family: The Christ-Centered Family
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    Becoming the Blessing God Intended for My Family: The Christ-Centered Family

    By Miracle O.A. Bashorun and Deborah L. Bashorun

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    More than ever before in the history of man, the divine concept of family in today’s world has been so misunderstood and abused. From these misunderstandings and abuse, are the numerous problems we witness in homes today (divorce, separation, violence, unforgiveness, hate, same sex marriage, lust, secret kids, dislike/outright rejection of marriage by younger generation, etc.). With time, these problems are multiplied and directly infused into our society, turning our society into a chaotic arena.
    This book brings to light, years of divine revelation on marriage and family. Furthermore, personal experiences that the authors have learned from, are used to expose more on the plan of God for family. The book will dig deep into the divine role each member of the family has to play, to create and experience ‘the Christ centered family’ that God intended for every marriage and family.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateSep 9, 2019
    ISBN9781796052800
    Becoming the Blessing God Intended for My Family: The Christ-Centered Family
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    Miracle O.A. Bashorun

    Miracle O. A. Bashorun and Deborah Bashorun have been married together for twelve years. Together, they have experienced the grace and mercy of God through the joys and challenges of marriage. By the grace of God, they minister together around the world, sharing the good news of Jesus Christ as savior, healer, deliverer, and eternal hope. They are blessed with four wonderful children – Anointed, Hosanna, Zion and Glorious!

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      Becoming the Blessing God Intended for My Family - Miracle O.A. Bashorun

      BECOMING THE

      BLESSING GOD

      INTENDED FOR

      MY FAMILY

      The Christ-Centered Family

      Miracle O.A. Bashorun

      Deborah L. Bashorun

      Copyright © 2019 by Miracle O.A. Bashorun and Deborah L. Bashorun.

      Library of Congress Control Number:   2019911919

      ISBN:   Hardcover   978-1-7960-5287-9

                   Softcover     978-1-7960-5286-2

                   eBook           978-1-7960-5280-0

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted

      in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system,

      without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

      Rev. date: 09/06/2019

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      CONTENTS

      About Miracle Ministry

      Dedication

      Acknowledgement

      Introduction

      Purpose of the book

      Overview

      CHAPTER 1 (BECOMING THE BLESSING GOD INTENDED FOR MY SPOUSE)

      The True Meaning and Purpose of Marriage

      Pre-Marriage

      The Realities of Marriage

      Becoming the Forgiver God Intended for my Spouse

      Preparing Together on Earth for Eternity

      CHAPTER 2 (BECOMING THE PARENT GOD INTENDED FOR MY CHILDREN)

      Growing as a Family

      The Joy of the First Child – Planting Season

      Dealing with Teenage Children

      The Transition of Kids to Adults

      Non-Traditional Parents

      CHAPTER 3 (BECOMING THE CHILD GOD INTENDED FOR MY PARENTS)

      Becoming a Godly Child

      CHAPTER 4 (BECOMING THE GRANDPARENT GOD INTENDED FOR MY GRANDKIDS)

      The Beauty of Grandkids

      An Inheritance for Children’s Children (Grandchildren)

      CHAPTER 5 (BECOMING THE INLAW GOD INTENDED FOR MY INLAWS)

      Your people Shall be My People…

      Dealing with Pharaohic In-Laws

      In-law Attitudes

      CHAPTER 6 (GOD PUTS THE SOLUTUDE IN FAMILY)

      Single and Eligible?

      Biblical Wisdom for Choosing a Life Partner

      Lessons for Singles from Samson’s Life

      Widows and Widowers

      CHAPTER 7 (DIVORCE)

      Safeguarding your Marriage from Divorce

      The Bible Message on Divorce

      CHAPTER 8 (ETERNAL DESTINY)

      Eternal Destiny

      The Eternal Question

      Prayer of Salvation

      Now that you are Saved

      ABOUT MIRACLE MINISTRY

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      www.miracleministry.net

      Miracle Ministry is founded upon the Lord Jesus Christ’s command to preach the gospel unto the uttermost parts of the earth (Acts 1:8). As ambassadors for Christ, we are in the ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18-21). The vision of the ministry is to spread the water of life to every nation until the trump of God shall sound to rapture His saints.

      Some segments or activities of the Miracle Ministry include: Miracle Radio Station (where people will tune in to and receive encouragement in their situations, salvation, Holy Ghost baptism, deliverance and healing in Jesus’ name); The More Excellent Way (anointed television programs) and Hephzibah Crusades (regular gathering of blood washed believers and unsaved precious souls to experience the power of God, possess all that was made available on the cross of Calvary by the shed blood of the lamb, and receive the touch of the Holy Spirit which would result in salvation, healing, deliverance, resurrection from the dead, etc.). Also, water baptism will be conducted regularly for those who have received Christ as Lord and Savior in any of our programs around the world and it will be broadcasted on television for the world to see that their identity has been changed. Halleluyah!

      Surely, the dead will be raised back to life (Hebrews 11:35), the lame will walk, the blind will see, the oppressed shall be delivered, sinners shall be converted, the kingdom of darkness will tremble and the name of the Lord will be praised (Psalm 113:3)!

      Even so Lord, let it be. (Amen).

      DEDICATION

      This book is dedicated to our heavenly Father, the giver of godly wisdom and insight on training godly kids and future leaders to impact the world for God.

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

      We acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ and the blessed Holy Spirit for giving us the inspiration and instruction to write this book. He alone is worthy to be praised forevermore!

      Also, we will like to specially acknowledge our dear brother, Dave Morgan for his dear support and impact in our life and destiny. Truly, he has been an instrument of God.

      Special acknowledgement goes to our Future Leaders – Anointed, Hosanna, Zion and Glorious. These are the leaders of tomorrow and play an important role in our lives as our children.

      We also want to acknowledge everyone who has in one way or the other contributed to the materialization of this publication. I thank all involved in the publishing; and every other contributor to this success. My God shall surely reward you.

      Last but surely not the least; we specially say a big thank you to all blood washed believers who have imparted into our lives via their prayers, contributions, words of encouragement, exhortations and many other ways. Some of these saints include: Phil and LuVenia Howse; *Kemi Toki; Greg and Esther Volmar; Sharon and Jennifer Salu; Ike and *Seun Alakija; *Gbenga and Kemi Fadahunsi; April and June Walker; Hilton Harrell; Patrick and Karine Backer; Pastor Remegio Blanco; Pastor Toks Idowu; Stuart and Vickie Carver; Lisa Braxton; Mike and Tina Lockhart; Jennifer Repko-Nowlin; and much, much more! Your reward is great in heaven.

      *Deceased

      INTRODUCTION

      Purpose of the book

      This book is written to pour out a lot of what God in His Divine Excellency has deposited within us that all might be richly blessed. A lot from our personal meditations, life experiences, lessons from saints of God, and much more are included so that every reader will be able to draw from the well of life.

      Upon completion of the book, the reader should have a fresh insight on the Christ-centered family which will inspire them to build (or rebuild) their family on Christ the rock, and our firm foundation.

      We pray that the wisdom of God will guide you as you read through the pages of this book.

      Overview

      This book brings to light, years of divine revelation on marriage and family. Furthermore, personal experiences that the authors have learned from, are used to expose more on the plan of God for family. The book will dig deep into the divine role that each member of the family has to play, to create and experience ‘the Christ centered family’ that God intended for every marriage and family.

      When God told Abraham: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, … and thou shalt be a blessing (Genesis 12:2), the blessing and greatness started in the family. Acts 1:8 declares: But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth – Jerusalem, before Judea, then Samaria, then the uttermost part of the earth. The blessing of God can start small (within the family), before it expands to the whole earth! That is why it is important to pay critical attention to how to groom a godly family for the glory of God.

      We have often heard that the family that prays together, stays together. Praying together and building a family based on divine principles from God’s word, is a sure path to grooming a family for exploits in God (Daniel 11:32). God said of Abraham: For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him (Genesis 18:19).

      We pray that you be richly blessed as you read this book.

      CHAPTER 1

      (BECOMING THE BLESSING GOD INTENDED FOR MY SPOUSE)

      For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife… Mark 10:7

      The True Meaning and Purpose of Marriage

      When I was growing up, little girls and boys would play house and pretend to be married. If you were to ask little girls in my generation about their future, most would tell you the name of their future husbands and how many children they wanted. In this generation, the perspective of marriage has drastically changed. I recently surveyed several classes of middle school students about their future aspirations. Sadly, most of them said they wanted nothing to do with marriage, but all of them wanted children. When I asked

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