How to Pray With Your Spouse
Praying together with your spouse can be one of the most intimate, healing, and meaningful aspects of your relationship. You…
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Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Sure, others wound us. But many of our wounds are self-inflicted. God created us for intimacy, but we too often…
Feeling God’s Love when Others Don’t Love You
You believe what the Bible says; “God is love.” But that can seem so intellectual, so “spiritual.” Your heart aches…
Love is not Wimpy
Say love and chances are your immediate mental picture is soft, squishy, and colored in pastels. If you’re over 40…
Why God Created Us For Intimacy
Hiding is human. We’ve been doing it ever since Adam and Eve tried to hide from God in the Garden…
Why You Should Throw Away Your Christian Checklist
It’s well past time for you to throw away your Christian checklist. But first, quickly, what are the things you…
How God Uses Marriage to Heal You
God uses marriage to heal you. It’s one of the most important and effective tools He uses to bring you…
How to Receive Healing from God
We all need to receive healing from God. (And if you believe you’re the exception, you need an extra special…
Married On Purpose: Intentional Relationship Investments
Too many people slide into marriage without much intentionality. It’s just something you do – “if we feel like it.”…
How to Experience Permanent Freedom
Wouldn’t it be nice to live completely free – permanently? Imagine how it would feel to not have to expend…
When Prayer and Bible Study are Not Enough
God is always enough. He has all the answers. There is no higher calling in life than to know Him,…
What it Takes to be a Faith Hero
When you think of what faith means and who demonstrated great faith, you probably think of Biblical heroes such as…
4 Necessary Keys to Helping People
Blessed to be a blessing. Cultivating generosity. There are few things in life that lead to more satisfaction, more fulfillment,…
Seeking Intimacy – Married or Single
If you’re married, chances are good intimacy was high on the list of what you were looking for when you…
10 Ways to get Mental/Emotional/Spiritual Nourishment
You and I are full of leaks. The good things we get filled up with only last so long. We…
Why Get Married? (It’s NOT for Happily Ever After!)
People get married for all kinds of reasons. In our modern Western society perhaps the most frequent reason is a…
4 Steps to Finding Your Purpose as a Believer
Finding your purpose is a big deal. We call it many different things: gift, talent, anointing, mission, purpose. Those words…
Pornography and your Christian Marriage
If the gospel is good for anything it must have an answer to the worst problems humans face. As believers…
The Water in your Soul: Dry, Stagnant, or Flowing?
What is the state of the water in your soul? Sometimes you feel dry. You’ve given until you have nothing…
God Doesn’t Always Fix You
By that I mean, God doesn’t always fix you in some magical single moment. In the ultimate sense God always…
If You’re a Christian, You’re a Professional
I’m a professional. And if you’re a Christian, you’re a professional too whether you feel like one or not. I’m…
Finding Safety in God’s Presence through Worship
If you’re a parent you know what it’s like to have your toddler run to you when they became afraid…
What God’s Communication can teach us about Communication in Marriage
When we asked couples what they struggle with, communication was Number One. It can feel as though you and your…
The Most Powerful Prayer I Ever Prayed
Not all prayer is the same. Intellectually we know that God hears every prayer, but it sure seems some prayers…
When You’re Still Afraid and Anxious after you Pray
Jesus and His disciples are in the boat on the Sea of Galilee. The wind and waves are about to…
Worry about Material Things: What to Know and Do
Of course you worry when there’s no money in the bank, no food in the house, no immediate prospect of…
No Fear of Death: Fearlessness as a Spiritual Weapon
Fear of death is perhaps the biggest fear of all. And losing the fear of death brings wonderful freedom and…
How Jesus Dealt with Evil: Our Divine Example
Jesus’s life, death, burial, resurrection, and ascension defeated the kingdom of darkness. His victory in the spiritual realm is vital…
My Spouse Doesn’t Care About our Marriage: 5 Questions to Ask
You try. You really do! But your spouse seems to show no interest. You want your relationship to improve, and…
How Peter Overcame Crippling Fear
From what you have read in the New Testament, can you imagine Peter, James, John, Paul, or any of the…
When Spiritual Warfare is Dangerous
Spiritual warfare is dangerous. But it’s not for the reason we usually think. Say spiritual warfare and people get all…
What are you afraid of? What are you worried about?
Before you answer “Nothing”, pause for a moment and think. Have swirling thoughts about things you can’t do anything about…
Why Marriage Is So Hard
Sometime after the preacher pronounces you man and wife the unwelcome truth hits you; marriage is hard! That realization may…
Your Prescription for Fear and Anxiety
What are you so worried about? What are you so afraid of? The Bible says we should not be anxious…
How Spirituality and Fear Affect Each Other
You’re afraid. You’re anxious and upset. So you pray. And pray some more. But what about when your fear and…
How to Know if it’s Right or Wrong
You’ve heard the questions. You’ve probably asked them yourself. “Is it a sin to drink alcohol?” “How far can I…
Lonely and Disappointed on Valentine’s Day
Do you feel like a member of the Lonely Hearts Club? Were you disappointed on Valentine’s Day? You’re not alone.…
How to Hear from God: 5 Keys
God must often feel like shouting, “Can you hear me now?” People ask me quite often how to hear from…
Positive Thinking and the Bible
Is it magic? Is it “mind over matter?” Does faith mean white-knuckling it with positive thoughts and affirmations? What do you…
Two Times when Anxiety may be Useful
Anxiety is uncomfortable. You’re keyed up inside. You wonder if you can trust your thinking. And your body may experience…
What to Do when Your Husband Calls You Frigid
Your husband berates you when you turn down his requests for sex, or when you don’t want to do the…
When Your Spouse is Not a Christian
You cry. You pray. You wonder how long you can hold on. Guilt and loneliness may seem your constant companions.…
The Stockdale Paradox and Spiritual Warfare
Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale was an officer in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. He became a fighter…
5 Steps to a New Marriage in 2017
(While this is written especially for my women readers, the principles apply wither you’re a husband or a wife.) Wouldn’t…
HOPE for the In-Between Times
The in-between times can often be one of the most challenging. The Christmas celebrations are over. The New Year is…
7 Steps to Freedom from Pornography and Compulsive Masturbation
How do you find freedom from compulsive sexual behavior? What does it look like? What does it take to get…
Being WITH is Not Enough: What Comes After “God With Us”
Jesus came to be “God With Us.” He responded to our hopeless situation not by shouting truth at us, but…
God With Us: When “Truth” Doesn’t Matter
Someone has hurt you – badly. Or you face a really tough decision. Or something happens to rock you to…
Are You one of the Lazy Christians?
It’s football season – that time of year when 50,000 or 100,000 spectators desperately in need of exercise sit for…
How to Find Healing: It’s a Choice
Healing is not something that simply happens to you. Instead, it’s something you work toward, search for, and live out.…
