“Discipline your children while there is hope, otherwise you will ruin their lives.” Prov. 19:18 Put your child’s happiness first as the guiding value in your home Parenting Insights: Happiness is a transitory, conditional, feeling based on circumstances, it is not a value, therefore, we should not strive to build a parental relationship based on [...]
The divorce rate has actually been on a steady decline since the 90s, and it’s projected that 63% of couples that marry in the 2000s will never divorce. Still nervous? While there is no magic formula that can guarantee your marital relationship will last a lifetime, there are a number of sound principles you can [...]
“For I hate divorce!” says the Lord, the God of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife.” Malachi 2:16 If your marriage is going to last, you are going to have to fight for [...]
Godly character is consistently doing the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason Introduction: Respect, kindness, honesty, courage, perseverance, self-discipline, compassion, generosity, dependability. Most parents want to instill these kinds of character traits in their children. Of course, this is often easier said than done. Shaping character takes [...]
"But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" I Cor. 2: 14 "And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I [...]
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 of abuse (i.e. verbal, emotional, [...]
“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 Latin is motere, which means [...]
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 miles apart.” “I don’t know [...]
“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 than one’s intelligence (IQ) in [...]
“To discipline a child produces wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by an undisciplined child.” Prov. 29:15 Dealing with a defiant child can be a maddening experience. If this behavior isn’t managed early on, it can turn into a parent’s worst nightmare, namely, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (i.e., a pattern of an angry/irritable mood, argumentative and [...]
