CORRECTIONAL MINISTRY

In our society today, 'EMOTIONAL AFFAIR' with the opposite sex outside marriage, especially in the office, is not seen by many as an act of cheating or infidelity in marriage. It will be important to define the two terms (i.e. emotion and affair) to enable us have a clear understanding of this phrase 'Emotional Affair'.  MEANING OF EMOTION ' Emotion means a person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state'. To explain further based on this definition, emotion has to do with an involuntary inside feelings of a person. The word 'Feeling', is synonymous to emotion. Emotions or feelings are expressed mostly in response to persons, situations or object and also tied to it. But in this context, we are focusing on emotions or feelings expressed towards persons. MEANING OF AFFAIR The word 'Affair' means an event or sequence of events of a specified kind...

Today many families have suffered conflicts in the past and in recent times. Will many still experience conflicts in the future?  Only time will tell. It is important to understand the key words of the heading of this message, to enable us have a deep understanding. The key words here are 'Family' and 'Conflict'. Family:  The Family is a group of people who live together or one that is similar to one that is related by blood, marriage, law or customs, which is made up of father, mother with a son or daughter or both. Conflict:  It means a clash, disagreement or violence between two opposing groups. It also means incompatibility.  Looking at the definition of the two key words, we can say that family conflict means a clash, disagreement or violence that occurs in a  family setting. Family conflict can occur between husband (father) and wife (mother) or between any of the parent and the child(ren). However, it is important for us to know that we need Jesu...