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…
Christian Life
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.…
Defeating the Enemy of Your Marriage
Don’t you sometimes just want to THROW SOMETHING?! Anything. At anybody. You know it won’t fix things, but it might…
Heavenly Perfume: How to Smell Good as a Christian
Jesus smelled good. Do you? I don’t mean Jesus showered every day; He didn’t. People used various methods to try to…
How to Find the Presence of God
You may have heard or read things about the presence of God. You may have experienced times yourself when God…
Forgiveness in Marriage: How to Do it Well
Your spouse has hurt you. Guaranteed. If you haven’t been hurt by your spouse, you either got married five minutes…
Christianity 101: Making it Easy
Does Christianity seem HARD to you? What if there were a way to make Christianity easy?! That’s the beauty of…
What is Victory in Spiritual Warfare?
If you don’t know what victory looks like, how will you know when you get there? In recent decades our…
3 Keys to Winning a Spiritual Battle Every Time
This week I received an emotional letter from a new reader; “I’ve been through a life-long journey of spiritual warfare…
Why you SHOULD Sweat the Small Stuff
It’s probably happened to you. Your life is going along relatively OK. There are bumps in the road, but you’re…
How to Know God as your Husband
There’s that Scripture you know should mean more to you: “Your Maker is your husband.” (Isaiah 54:5) But you’re just…
What to Do when you Don’t Know What to Do
Wouldn’t you love it if you could wake up in the morning and find a message from God written on…
What Would Jesus Say to an LGBT Person?
Contemporary culture in our country and much of the world has seemed to place same-sex relationships on a par with…
Does God Care If You’re Overweight?
God cares about everything. EVERYTHING! That might leave you feeling a bit ashamed if there’s something you know God cares about…
What To Do When Someone You Love Keeps on Sinning
Your spouse, your child, your parent, a close friend is bent on destroying themselves. Oh, they probably don’t see it…
Culture, Society, and the Kingdom of God
You feel lost and confused. As a Christian you thought living in a presumably Christian culture should make things easier,…
What is a Submissive Wife?
She is obviously struggling. As a young wife and mother she wants to do things God’s way. She wrote to…
How Spiritual Maturity Happens
Almost nothing brings greater joy to a family than a brand new baby. And in the family of God, a…
How a Christian Deals with Money Worries
Money worries can have you by the throat. Perhaps you’re out of a job and don’t have any immediate prospects.…
What’s the Fight About in Spiritual Warfare?
Spiritual warfare speaks to the cosmic conflict between good and evil, between God’s kingdom of light and Satan’s kingdom of…
When Judgmental Christians Hurt You
You’re trying to do good. Or at least you want to. Really, you do. You believe (at least most of…
Politics, Faith, and Fear
Politics and faith have clashed even more strongly during this election year in the United States. People on both sides…
What to Do When You Feel Guilty
You can’t be a Christian very long before you experience the attack of guilt. You are just starting to feel…
How to Read the Bible for Spiritual Food
The reasons people read the Bible fall into two main categories. There are those who study the Bible, comparing one…
When You Can’t Feel the Presence of God
You’ve experienced those moments. Perhaps it was when you first came to know Jesus and your whole being seemed engulfed…
No Fear Here: 3 Steps to Becoming Unafraid
One of the most common directives in the Bible is, “Don’t be afraid!” Do a search in your Bible app…
Does God Care if You Smoke?
If you smoke, does God love you less? Is smoking a sin? Can you still go to heaven if you…
Facing Grief at Easter
Today is Good Friday. Sunday is Easter. Is there a more important weekend in all of Christianity? The death, burial,…
What to Do With the Question, “Why God?”
At some point you will face difficulties that will cause your faith to be challenged. You may or may not…
Developing Spiritual Resilience for Troubles That WILL Come
There is no way to get away from trouble in this world. Sometimes things happen that we cannot prevent. Sometimes…
How to Trust God when Everything’s NOT Alright
Perhaps you’ve heard this old gospel song. It talks about the Bible stories of Moses, David, and Jesus, times when…
9 Characteristics of a Healthy Sexual Relationship for a Christian
Husband wants sex, but wife resists. Wife can’t understand why husband hasn’t asked for sex in some time. Wife feel…
What is a Healthy Christian Woman?
What is a Healthy Christian Woman? What does she look like? How does she feel? How can you tell? Are…
What Does Women’s Health Have To Do With Your Faith?
She and I were waiting together in the green room at the church, preparing to make our respective presentations to…
3 Keys to Overcoming the Resistance to Taking Charge
You’ve decided to take charge of some problem area in your life. You’re feeling encouraged. You’re taking the first steps…
Does God Want You to Be In Charge?
Yes. And No. And it’s getting the Yes’s and No’s mixed up that gets us into all kinds of trouble.…
When You Pray and are Still Sick
God is a Healer. That’s His very nature. And yet there are many believers who are still sick. If you’re…
Can You Serve God Better Single or Married?
She wanted to serve God with all her heart. She also loved her husband, and wanted to do what it…
A New Year’s Prayer
Over the past couple weeks your inbox has probably been filled with emails promoting goal-setting programs and ways to guarantee…
Christmas Greeting 2015
I and all of us at Dr Carol Ministries want to wish you a very Merry Christmas! If you’re gathering…
Do You Know How God Works With You?
How does God work with you? Do you know? How do you hear His voice? How do you understand what…
Christians, Christianity and War
“Christianity and war” seems like an oxymoron. But unless you’ve been in the jungle with no means of communication with…
Your Prescription for a Healthy Body Mind and Soul
Two little girls were walking together to school one beautiful spring morning. They were enjoying the beautiful flowers and the…
4 Times that God Needs You to be Angry
The only people who are never angry are dead people – either dead literally, or dead-on-the-inside kind of dead. I’m…
What to do After God Speaks
You had a problem, or something you desired deeply. You prayed about it – a lot. You asked others to pray for…
The 10 Commandments for a Strong Marriage
God’s rules for living – the 10 Commandments – have stood the test of time. They should; they were written…
