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1. How You Can Have a No-Regrets Marriage

Marriage is for our benefit here on earth. Marriage can sometimes seem endless and tedious, but it is temporary. And when it's over you will want to be able to look back without regrets. Every now and ...

Created on 16 May 2019

2. The Gift Your Wife Really Wants This Mother's Day

... f. The ultimate intimate relationship a man can have on this earth is with his wife, whom God calls his helper. We see that they are to be "one," a picture of how the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit ...

Created on 10 May 2019

3. This Weekend, Let's Celebrate the Messiness of Motherhood

Gilda Radner died tragically early in life. Although she greatly desired to have children, she never was able to but said this about being a mother, "Motherhood is the biggest gamble in the world. It's ...

Created on 10 May 2019

4. 3 Wise Ways to Fool-Proof Your Day

I can't tell you how many times I've said something stupid and then felt foolish after. How about you? In Proverbs 10, there are at least 12 references to our tongues and the words we speak. Honestly, ...

Created on 09 May 2019

5. 7 Secrets to Help You Overcome Infidelity

"I wanted to die," my friend said as she dabbed tears. "I never expected he'd cheat on me. I never, ever saw it coming. I asked him if he still loved me," she said in the midst of sobs, "and he said he ...

Created on 08 May 2019

6. How to Crush Past Hurts in Your Mother-Daughter Relationship ...

...  and bitterness, and neither knows what to say to the other to make the repairs to the relationship. "A lot of daughters experience the feeling that they don't measure up and that they are a disappointm ...

Created on 07 May 2019

7. The Marriage SCENE You Must Move Beyond

... r a movie, perhaps a very good movie. A healthy marriage is more like the satisfaction and soul-filling nourishment of a weekend at the beach doing nothing but being together. "Boring" is often where  ...

Created on 01 May 2019

8. When You're Married to an Unbeliever: 3 Words of Wisdom

You may have married before you became a Christian and now feel the growing disconnect between your newer relationship with Jesus and your relationship with your spouse. You may have married someone who ...

Created on 23 April 2019

9. Don't Be So Quick to End Relationships ...

...  a church when something goes wrong. No wonder we have a huge percentage of Christians who end up as church dropouts. The world tells us that ending a relationship is as easy as hitting the "unfriend" but ...

Created on 22 April 2019

10. Separated? This Author's Been There and Now Helps Others Move Forward

... at to do. The greatest danger is that an untrained counselor may think a situation is hopeless simply because they don't understand how to unravel the complex relationship issues. In contrast, a trained mar ...

Created on 18 April 2019

11. 3 Quick Keys to True Transparency

"I was admiring your nails from a distance," said my colleague after a meeting a few years back. What a nice compliment, right? But instead of saying, "Thank you," I quickly blurted out something more ...

Created on 16 April 2019

12. Thinking of Marriage? How to Know if You've Found 'The One'

... I need to hear Your voice. As much as I humanly can, I put my emotions aside. Let me see Your perspective on this relationship and hear what You want me to do." 2. Believe the red flags. An overbearing mother- ...

Created on 14 April 2019

13. Your John 5:44 Secret to Canceling Your Fear of What Others Think

For more than 60 years, John 5:44 has been my life verse. By that, I mean I have sought to be governed by this principle: seeking God's honor rather than man's. I do not say I have always succeeded in ...

Created on 13 April 2019

14. Why You Should Quit Making Beauty Judgments, Even Positive Ones

A while back, I spent some time as a volunteer, helping take care of a bunch of kids in a nursery-type setting. As I played with these sweet little babies and toddlers (they were all delightful), I noticed ...

Created on 12 April 2019

15. Why Your Sympathy May Not Help Others—And What Will

... e. Still, while we say we understand or we know how the other person feels, we may not. Not really. How can we, unless we've had a similar experience? Even then, no two people are the same, no two relations ...

Created on 11 April 2019

16. 3 Key Steps to Take Your Marriage From Good to Great

... can be a great way to do this. 2. Stay relationally fit. It takes intentional deep ongoing investment for anything to become and stay great. It's that way with a garden, a career, your relationship wi ...

Created on 10 April 2019

17. 3 Radical Reasons God Wants You to Love the Broken

As I write this, Steve and I are in Bradford, England. Bradford is a multiethnic urban area alive with many ministry opportunities. As you walk to Starbucks in the town square, you see many women in full ...

Created on 09 April 2019

18. Megachurch Pastor: Successful Relationships Hinge on These 2 Keystones ...

...  He exists. Love should always be freely given with no strings attached. We must remember it's not necessary to receive love in order to give love. Love and honor are the keystones of every successful relation ...

Created on 04 April 2019

19. The One Element True Forgiveness Must Include

... . You can't force someone else to repent, change or live peaceably with you. Sometimes you've done all you can to restore relationship and trust, but the other party isn't willing or acting appropriate ...

Created on 03 April 2019

20. 3 Spirit-Filled Steps to Take When You Realize You're in a Bad Marriage

... hatever happens, you can look back and know you invested rightly in the most important human relationship of all. Your Turn: Are you in a truly bad marriage? What are you doing about it? Leave a comment below. Dr.  ...

Created on 01 April 2019