Three Questions that will Get You What You Want in 2021
Some people make New Year’s Resolutions. Some people never do, because you have an 80% chance of not keeping them…
Christianity
How to Access God’s Plan for you to Become Whole and Stay Whole
You get really sick. What do you need to become whole and stay whole? You may need to visit the…
How Detachment from your Spouse Makes Your Marriage Better
As with everything good that God created, the enemy has marred and distorted God’s statement, “they shall become one flesh.”…
How to Stay Resilient During a Blue Holiday Season
Holidays are supposed to be “happy and bright,” right? But every year I hear from people for whom the holiday…
How to Strengthen Your Marriage Through the Holidays
The holiday season is always stressful. In spite of the joy, for many people the holiday blues are very real.…
Are You Praying for a Miracle? Or for Magic?
You pray and pray and wonder why your prayers aren’t answered. If God loves me, why doesn’t He answer me?…
Finding Breakthrough from Guilt as a Parent
When you’re hoping and praying for a breakthrough for your child, most parents struggle with a measure of guilt. If…
When You Need a Breakthrough For Your Child
If you’re a parent, there’s little you care about more than the wellbeing of your children and your relationship with…
Why Not Every Marriage Can be Saved
Yes, God does miracles! He can and does transform the most destructive and hurtful marriages into shining demonstrations of His…
Five Things You Can Do to Hear God’s Voice
Last time we talked about some important characteristics of God’s voice, that will help you distinguish when it’s Him who…
How to Know If It’s Truly God’s Voice
God speaks. That’s a central truth of Scripture, and for centuries those who have followed Him have born witness to…
Dealing with Triggers in your Marriage
The only people who don’t get triggered are those who are perfectly healed and completely mature. And neither you nor…
Are You Hoping or Doing for Your Breakthrough?
When you feel stuck and little seems to change, humans tend to fall into one of two ditches. Some people…
How to Experience Breakthrough That Actually Lasts
Problem solved! Your prayers are answered! That thing you needed God to address; He’s done it. God showed up. Hallelujah!…
When Your Marriage Needs a Breakthrough
Marriage is a good thing, as God designed it. But as with every good thing from God, your marriage is…
You CAN Experience Breakthrough
Why does it often seem so hard? The stuff you want to be different in your life – why doesn’t…
How You Can Follow Jesus in a Time of Political Division
This is election season in the United States. The rhetoric and unrest show how our country is perhaps more divided…
Becoming a Recovering People-Pleaser
The trap of people-pleasing is an easy one to fall into. I’m sure personality has something to do with it.…
Living Well through Long-term Trauma
Things are not as we want them to be. They are not as God wants them to be. For the…
The Resurrection that Follows Death
Death is not the end. That’s the message of the gospel, the good news. The paradigm of death followed by…
What Dying to Yourself Can Mean for your Christian Walk
The kingdom of God turns many of our human assumptions upside down. The way to power is through service. The…
Singles, Are You Idolizing Marriage?
Marriage is a good thing. The Bible says so. And if you want to be married, that desire is good.…
How to Extend Grace Without Tolerating Sin
Jesus was full of both grace and truth. (John 1:14) We as humans tend to easily fall into the ditch…
How Unhealthy Christianity can Wreck Your Marriage
Isn’t making Christ the foundation of your marriage supposed to make things better? Then why are things between you and…
How to Hold to Truth Without Being Judgmental
Jesus was full of both grace and truth. (John 1:14) But we as humans tend to easily fall into the…
Is God Disappointed in You?
How does God feel about you? (We’re using human words to talk about God; that’s troublesome. But stick with me.)…
How to Put God First in All Things
You know the Scripture: “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be…
Solid Ground in Times of Change
A wise professor told me once, “You can never step in the same river twice.” Each time you step in,…
Is It Healing? Or Is It Deliverance?
Give a boy a hammer and the whole world looks like a nail. And Christians can fall into the same…
How to Make Christ the Foundation of Your Marriage
It sounds good. You know you “should” do it. “Make Christ the foundation of your marriage.” But what does that…
What Should I be Outraged About?
Outrage seems the order of the day. And if you’re not sufficiently outraged at the current politically correct evil in…
Three Steps to Overcoming Your Insecurity
Feeling insecure lately? Welcome to the club. Your brain may be saying, “Nobody would want me if they really knew.”…
Fighting the Spiritual Battle on 21st Century Battlefields
Pandemic. Racism. Riots. Economic uncertainty. And that’s just those things that are recently top-of-mind for most people. There’s an uncovering…
What Does Breakthrough Look Like?
Something is going on, and you want a breakthrough. You need God to come through for you in your finances,…
Learning to Pray for a Breakthrough
Have you felt stuck in your prayer life? Does it seem your prayers don’t get anywhere? Things are really bad,…
Why You Are NOT Entitled to Sex
You expected to be having sex with your spouse when you got married. And you may have also imagined that…
Why Free Will?
Couldn’t God have created us all to automatically love Him? Why did sin ever come into existence? Why free will…
How to Repair Your Relationship After “I’m Sorry”
A good marriage is the union of two good forgivers. But when you’ve hurt your spouse it may take a…
The View from the Top
Perspective matters. You know that. A good leader regularly reminds herself and those she leads of the bigger picture, especially…
What Forgiveness Does NOT Do for your Marriage
Your spouse is messing up BAD. He/she is having an affair, getting drunk, hiding out-of-control spending, using pornography, or engaging…
El Roi: The God Who Sees Me
You carefully curate the pictures you upload to social media. You want to look your best. Or perhaps you are…
What God Wants More than your Happiness
Have you said, “Doesn’t God want me to be happy?” In the forever sense, certainly He does. But what about…
Has Lockdown Hurt Your Marriage?
The different world we are living in today places more pressure on everyone, and on your marriage. Like a tube…
What Is God’s Desire For You in this Pandemic?
Last Sunday millions of Christians around the world celebrated Easter differently. Many worshiped using online streaming services. Others met in…
How Knowing Who Your God Is Helps You in a Crisis
Who is your God? What kind of a God do you serve? How does knowing Who your God is make…
Three Ways to Pray During the COVID-19 Crisis
Praying is a good thing. Always! For the believer prayer should be the first thing we go to. And yet…
When You’re Questioning Your Salvation
You said Yes to Jesus. The honeymoon of your spiritual journey was wonderful! But now God seems far away. Those…
Finding Spiritual Intimacy with your Spouse
God designed marriage to be an object lesson of the intimacy He desires with each one of us. That includes…
Why Can’t I Stop Sinning?
You’re still frequently angry and bitter. Curse words are still coming out of your mouth. You keep satisfying your sexual…
What does Wholeness Look Like?
Jesus had a wonderful way of asking questions. You may know the story well. Jesus sees a man lying on…
