I think most of you will agree with me when I say that in many cases, most of us waited until we came into a place of real desperation in our lives before we sought God and acknowledged that we truly needed His help. We were in desperate circumstances and we didn't know how to get out of it by ourselves, so we finally turned to God. I firmly believe that it is God's goal to get us to seek him early. However, most of us continue to seek Him late, as a last resort. Sort of like, well we've tried everything else, now maybe we ought to try God.

The tragic thing in all of this is that so many have been this way concerning the home and family relationships. In our generation, a desperate situation has come into the homes and families of our land. The families are under satanic attack. I don't need to quote for you all the statistics, but in America, it's getting to be a real challenge and risk to go to the altar of marriage anymore with a long range commitment in view. We're told that only 50% will make it through married life with the person they just pledged to live with for the rest of their life. Many marriages end before the warranty on the stove or refrigerator expires.

But the good news is that right in the middle of all the fractured family structures, God has begun to speak to us in a fresh way about our family life and about divine order in the home. So desperate has the situation become in many homes, that people are turning an ear to what God has to say and they are beginning to seek God's advice on their problems. They've tried everything else for a remedy and the statistics prove that those remedies have been ineffective. Now people are saying, "Maybe it's time we tried it God's way."

I , for one, am thankful for all the good scriptural teaching that has been made available to the Body of Christ today in the area of the home life. Almost every major Christian Education Publisher has designed curriculum materials that attempt to implement truth and teaching on the home level. And oh how the Body of Christ needs it, because today the morals and spiritual values of marriage and home, given to us in the Bible, are being openly challenged even in the courts of our land.

Thank God for the many Bible based conferences and seminars on marriage and the family that are being conducted worldwide. Thank God for pulpit preaching that addresses the problems of the home and parenthood and offers biblical solutions to these problems. Bible solutions work!