Practical Biblical Solutions
Building Your Mate’s Self-Esteem
Silently lurking in the closets and attic of your mate’s past and present life are signs that they may be struggling with insecurity that originates from low self-esteem. The following ten clues will help you determine if your mate has low self-esteem: Your mate’s childhood/adolescence was marked by some type [...]
How to Raise an Emotionally Mature Child
“When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.” I Cor. 13:11 Emotions are God-given. In and of themselves, they are not sinful, but beneficial. The word ‘emotion’ in [...]
Emotional Distance in Marriage
It’s a complaint I hear regularly from people looking for help for their marriages: “I feel distant from my spouse.” “I try to get my husband to open up, but instead he just shuts down.” “My wife just doesn’t seem interested in me anymore. I feel like we’re a million [...]
Forget IQ: 7 Ways to Boost Your Child’s Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
“And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” Luke 2:52 “Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the LORD and also with man.” I Sam.2:26 It is now understood that a person’s EQ is far more important [...]
Get Off the Crazy Train
“To discipline a child produces wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by an undisciplined child.” – Proverbs 29:15 Every parent who’s raised a strong-willed or defiant child knows just how quickly things can spiral out of control. One minute you’re giving a simple direction — “Turn off the video game,” [...]
Prayer: The Secret to a Lasting Marriage
"The family that prays together stays together." The old adage is more accurate than we realized. Multiple US surveys reveal that although the divorce rate for Christians is about the same as those outside the church, Christian couples that pray together have a divorce rate of less than one percent! [...]