“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.” – 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,” “Pick up your clothes,” or [...]
"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! In fact, it is the [...]
Childhood isn’t stress-free. Kids take tests, learn new information, change schools, change neighborhoods, get sick, get braces, encounter bullies, make new friends and occasionally get hurt by those friends. What helps kids emotionally navigate these kinds of challenges is resilience. The word resilience comes from the Latin verb – resilire – “to jump back.” In [...]
