The Key to Staying Clean in a Dirty World
How is one supposed to maintain or develop a healthy understanding about and attitude toward sexual intimacy in a culture…
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5 Lies When Marriage and Ministry Collide
Modern culture puts intense pressure on marriages. The only way any marriage can thrive is through God’s grace as the…
From Christ’s Resurrection to Your Transformation
Easter means nothing if you’re fully satisfied with the way things are. But if your heart, your emotions, your memories,…
The One Thing Single and Married Both Need
Single people searching for Mr. or Mrs. Right, or simply hooking up because marriage seems like too much work. Married…
Surviving Church; There is Transformation for You Too
Growing up in church can be a wonderful thing. It can also be dangerous. The majority of believers would want…
When your Husband Is Behaving Badly
Neither gender has a corner on bad behavior. Last week we talked about wives behaving badly, but today is for…
Quit Looking Back; Transformation is Ahead
Nobody gets through life without a past. Everyone God has used, is using now, or will use has a past.…
How to Partner with God for Your Transformation
God is after your complete transformation. He desires to apply the redemption Jesus paid for on the cross to every…
What Transformation IS and ISN’T
Your marriage is a mess. You’re struggling with an addiction. Fear or confusion or sin has sunk its hooks in…
Do You Need a Transformed Marriage?
Relationship status is more than a tag on Facebook, or a box you check when filling out your tax return.…
What to do When God Disappoints You
You know better, or at least you think you do. Your head, your Christians friends, the things you recall from…
What to Do After You Hear God’s Voice
So you have learned to listen for God’s voice. You enter His presence often, quiet your soul, and anticipate hearing…
How to Listen for God’s Voice
We communicate with the people we care about. There’s no relationship without communication. It’s the same with you and God.…
What Can Christmas Do for You?
Few of us, if any, come to Christmas unscathed. The busyness of family and church events, family drama, or wishing…
Working Together With God For Your Freedom
Freedom is a metaphor used too often in Scripture for us to ignore. It’s not the only Biblical picture of…
Holiday Blues: Coping with Depression and Loneliness This Season
Perhaps you’re too young to remember Elvis’s Blue Christmas, but you may find yourself fighting a serious case of the…
The End of the Story
The Bible as a true story, an epic play, a blockbuster movie, should come with a warning; Spoiler Alert! We’re…
When Your Past Complicates Intimacy
People who research such things say that somewhere around 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men have been…
5 Things to Ask When God Seems Silent
Sometimes you pray and God seems very close. Other times you feel as though you’re trying to talk to a…
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…
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…
5 Reasons Christian Marriages Fail
Some people love to point to reported statistics that say 50% of even Christian marriages fail. Others find faith an…
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…
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…
5 Healthy Steps to Handling Conflict in Marriage
Money. Intimacy. In-laws. Parenting. What do you and your spouse fight about? Conflict happens in any marriage. The complete absence…
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…
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…
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…
No Trust in your Marriage: 5 Steps to Care for your Heart
Your spouse cheated – emotionally or physically. You found pornography on their smartphone. Your spouse abuses alcohol or drugs, is…
It’s Over on Tuesday!
Your opportunity to get the FREE bonuses for preordering Overcoming Fear and Anxiety through Spiritual Warfare lasts only until the…
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 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…
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…
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…
Who Is Your God?
Do you know who your God is? As Christian believers that may seem a rhetorical question. But if someone met…
How to Love Your Wife like Christ
When Percy Sledge or Michael Bolton begin to sing “When a Man Loves a Woman” the ladies swoon and scream.…
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.…
