How Divine Discontent Drives You to Your Purpose
God does not want you comfortable. He doesn’t enjoy your pain, but becoming satisfied with the way things are is…
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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.…
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…
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.…
Making Deposits in your Relationship Trust Account
A marriage without trust is not much of a marriage. It’s relatively easy to break trust with your spouse, and…
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 Sex Does for Your Wife
You want to be a good husband, the kind of husband God wants you to be. You love your wife…
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,…
Why Free Will?
Couldn’t God have created us all to automatically love Him? Why did sin ever come into existence? Why free will…
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…
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…
How Messy is Always Part of the Process
Jesus accepts you just as you are. Unconditionally! And if you let Him, He has promised to take you to…
How I Learned to Love Well
While learning to love well is a life-long process, loving well was something I was privileged to deeply experience with…
Life After Dealing with your Stuff
Doing something hard becomes a lot easier when you know the awesome result that’s coming. Looking under the surface and…
How to Deal with What’s Under the Surface
What’s under the surface in your heart will continue to define you until and unless you deal with it. All…
A Cure, not a Band-Aid
The problem isn’t always the real problem. Taking Tylenol when you have a fever doesn’t cure the infection. Mowing the…
Top Five Marriage Resources from 2019
If your marriage is less than you wish, this holiday season may feel especially challenging. Helping couples have the Healthy…
How to Keep Your Faith When Things are Bad
Jesus promised His followers two things: trouble – and peace. “I have said these things to you, that in me…
Four Things I Learned About a Healthy Blended Family
Remarriages have a discouraging track record. Blended families have more than the usual set of challenges. But that doesn’t mean…
How to Become Useful in God’s Kingdom
When you lay awake at night, do you ever wonder why you’re here? What’s the point of all this, anyway?…
Don’t Settle for a Miserable Marriage
Marriage affects your wellbeing. If your relationship is healthy you are happier, healthier, and generally live a longer more productive…
When You Become Your Spouse’s Caregiver
If your marriage has had a reasonable degree of closeness and love, when one spouse becomes ill it affects the…
Dealing with the Roots of Sexual “Stuff”
If you’ve been mowing the weeds of troubling, unwanted, or ungodly sexual thoughts or behaviors and they keep growing back,…
Getting Unstuck.. Past, Present, and Future
Some people get stuck in the past. They respond as though the trauma or other challenge they experienced decades ago…
3 Things NOT to do When You Feel Disconnected From Your Spouse
Getting married, you were hoping the fireworks between you would continue. The bond was real, and it felt good. But…
How to Handle Suffering You Cannot Avoid
Some suffering is unnecessary. Suffering that we bring on ourselves through our sin and brokenness means that if our actions…
How to Escape Unnecessary Suffering
No human being escapes all suffering. While perhaps unkind, it would have been true for me to say over the…
It All Belongs to God Anyway
God’s in charge, right? Then why do bad things happen? We can’t fix things ourselves! But God has given humankind…
What Does Taking the Next Step Look Like?
The right first step in every situation is to pray, “God, help me! Jesus, come!” Inviting Him to be With…
Is God For Me or Against Me?
Your picture of God makes a difference. In your heart of hearts, what do you believe about Him? Not what…
You Don’t Have to Live Like This!
Jesus was and is all about life. “In him was life, and that life was the light of men.” (John…
Community by Design: How God Uses People to Transform You
Few people experience lasting spiritual growth in isolation. God never intended us to grow alone. He created us with the…
The “Hard” Part of Spiritual Growth
Why aren’t you more like Jesus? God’s plan for you is to “be conformed to the image of His Son.”…
Fake News or Good News?
In the United States we’ve just been through a very contentious election cycle. There’s been a lot of talk about…
What Your Spouse CAN and CANNOT Do For You
In a healthy marriage your spouse meets some of your needs, but not all of them. It’s so easy to…
What’s Greater Than Forgiveness?
If you’re on your deathbed, forgiveness is the best news you could possibly receive. You’re facing eternity, and you can…
Five Catalysts for Spiritual Growth
Sometimes it seems it would be awesome if God simply “zapped” you and you were “there,” fully transformed into the…
You’re Not Meant to Grow Alone
It’s a very old song: “No man is an island. No man stands alone.” In the body of Christ that’s…
Your Change, Your Choice
The God who created you has treated you with amazing dignity by giving you the gift of choice. Your limited…
How to Go where the Holy Spirit Takes You
Have you ever been on a sailboat? The one time I had the pleasure of sailing was an amazing experience.…
What’s the Purpose of the Christian Life?
Why do we do what we do as believers? What’s supposed to happen to you as a result of being…
When You Don’t Feel Like Loving Your Spouse
Loving is easy when it feels good. That’s why they call it “falling in love.” In our 21st century western…
Seeking God’s Perspective
Interpretation is important. From one language to another, between man-speak and woman-speak, from the Bible to our own lives –…
5 Things To Do When You Feel Like God Doesn’t Care
Do you ever feel like God doesn’t care? Someone says, “God is good.” And you respond, “All the time!” And yet…
3 Warning Signs You’re Under Spiritual Attack
Do you ever find yourself trudging along as if in a fog? Something’s off and you can’t nail it down.…
How Sexual Questions are Spiritual Questions
A spouse feeling lost and lonely because their husband or wife isn’t interested in sexual intimacy. A young (or not-so-young)…
How I Experienced Transformation
I’m not the same person I was before. Some feedback from friends recently has pushed me to reflect on my…
20 Things You Should Know About Your Spouse
No human being has the potential to make a greater impact on the quality of your life than your husband…
Where Real Transformation Happens
As a follower of Jesus you are called to change. God has something better for you than the broken-down condition…
