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…
Spiritual Struggle
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…
When Your Marriage Fails Anyway
Sometimes all you’ve got is not enough. Sometimes even God can’t fix it. Sometimes all your tears and work and…
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…
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…
40 Days to Freedom from Fear and Anxiety
Does your mind keep you awake at night, unable to stop swirling about bad stuff that might be about to…
Your Spouse is Emotionally Cheating: 5 Things to Do
It might seem simpler, though even more devastating, to walk in and find your spouse in bed with someone else.…
Who Is Your God?
Do you know who your God is? As Christian believers that may seem a rhetorical question. But if someone met…
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…
You’re NOT Stuck in this Marriage
One of the most common sentiments I hear from married people is, “I feel stuck in this marriage.” Yes, you’re…
A Widow’s First Year Alone
In some sense “widow’s first year alone” is deeply false. I’m not really alone. I never have been, and I…
7 Things to Know if your Spouse is a Christian and Abusive
God-talk and violence – physical, sexual, mental, or spiritual – have mixed for centuries. Sadly that same mixture shows up…
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 with Pain as a Widow: 2 Critical Keys
There’s no way to make death and grief OK. Death is an aberration in God’s universe, and every time we…
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…
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…
Your Marriage is on the Rocks: 3 Things to Do
It looks like your marriage is about over. Love, intimacy, communication, connection – those are all long gone. What do…
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…
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…
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 Help You Manage Emotions
Have you picked up the habit of expressing yourself with emoticons? They fill our text messages, Facebook status updates, and…
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…
Depressed Husband, Lonely Wife
A very lonely wife reached out to me: “I have a great husband, but he doesn’t take care of me intimately.…
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,…
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.…
When Your Children Break Your Heart
You will always be a parent, even when your children are grown. And sometimes the choices they make are completely…
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…
Raging Against Death: The End of the Story
You can handle a lot – for a while. You can handle separation from your sweetheart if you know you’ll…
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…
