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1. Feeling Unappreciated? Try This Soul-Soothing Solution

How demanding life can be! You know what I mean, right? We follow that same routine—trying to catch our breath as we rush through the day, meeting everyone's needs. Where is the reward? My answer came ...

Created on 16 September 2017

2. Inspiring Ideas to Help You Grandparent With Grace

Inspiration to be a good grandparent is simple—as long as we have love, we have what it takes. "C'mon, sweet baby," I called to my 2-year-old granddaughter. With quick steps, she came. And as she stood ...

Created on 14 September 2017

3. Teaching Kids Kindness in a Cold, Cruel World

I was recently in a waiting room with three of my four children, and after I requested a "Yes ma'am" from them, another parent in the room thanked me. He thanked me for requesting respect and kindness ...

Created on 13 September 2017

4. Life Hack: When Your Spouse Doesn't Meet Your Needs

... me of them now, through investing in healthy relationships, and some of them in eternity, when every molecule of your being will be fully satisfied. Your Turn: How have you responded when your spouse d ...

Created on 06 September 2017

5. Extra Grace Required—When You Feel Like a Referee

When I was young, I remember my mother telling my brother and me, "I just wish you two would get along." We were constantly picking at each other and argued about everything. Now that I'm the parent of ...

Created on 05 September 2017

6. Combat the Enemy's Lies With This Powerful Battle Cry

One of my dearest friends believed a terrible lie about me. Because she wouldn't take my calls, I couldn't address her misperception or even apologize for our apparent misunderstanding. All I could do ...

Created on 31 August 2017

7. Powerful Relationship Advice to Use Anywhere, Anytime

I remember a season in our home when our kids were little where two of our kids were getting into fairly regular fights. I—like any normal mother—wanted my kids to get along, and I wanted them to "be nice" ...

Created on 30 August 2017

8. Why Conflict Is Your Friend, Not Your Foe

Conflict is inevitable. We're human, so it makes sense that sometimes we're going to disagree, argue and get ticked. Right? While conflict is uncomfortable, it can be transformational. Author Michael Hyatt ...

Created on 23 August 2017

9. The Amazing Power of God's Unspoken Work

It seems old-fashioned now, but my family used to go to prayer meeting. A generous handful of us would exchange warm, family-style greetings and then get cozy in the church pews. Then people would start ...

Created on 22 August 2017

10. These 3 Daily Exercises Will Strengthen Your Marriage

Throughout my years of counseling couples, I have found many marriages have no structure in place that encourages intimacy. This lack of structure and skills can limit the future success of the marriage. ...

Created on 16 August 2017

11. 11 Key Signs You Are in an Emotionally Unhealthy Relationship

... y to be easily offended can show up in any environment: home, work, school or elsewhere. This tendency can show up in any and all relationships. If you happen to be in a relationship with an externaliz ...

Created on 11 August 2017

12. The Horrible Reason Many Christians Get Married

People get married for all kinds of reasons. In our modern Western society. Perhaps the most frequent is a desire for happiness. We all recognize the fairy tale of two people falling in love, getting married ...

Created on 08 August 2017

13. One Question You May Not Want to Ask Your Child

"How are you?" If you read my last three blogs, you're beginning to understand that this question that we are often asked, and that we ask our children, isn't simple. If your son answers while thinking ...

Created on 08 August 2017

14. The One Quality That Can Transform Your Crippling Fears

For the first 10 years of my marriage, I struggled with the fear of abandonment. My father and my first pastor had both left their wives for younger women. Because of what I had experienced, I allowed ...

Created on 08 August 2017

15. Are You Ignoring God's Supernatural Provision?

What needs are you currently struggling with? Are they spiritual? Physical? Emotional? Financial? Relational? If you're crying out to God and feel He isn't answering your needs, you may be looking in the ...

Created on 01 August 2017

16. God's Simple Remedy for An Angry Relationship

For some reason, I'm going through old prayer journals today. I often stick things in my journals, like notes. I came across a note my dad, the late Don Kennedy, wrote to my son Brantley when Brantley ...

Created on 28 July 2017

17. Are You a Compliment-Killer?

You'd think that we girls—girls who want others to think we're beautiful—would be thrilled to hear a compliment, especially from a member of the opposite sex! We are thrilled, aren't we? But in one of ...

Created on 28 July 2017

18. Why Forgiveness Doesn't Mean Letting People Trample You

... d unpack how to create healthy boundaries in your relationships.    Best-selling authors and speakers John and Lisa Bevere are founders of Messenger International.  ...

Created on 27 July 2017

19. 3 Healthy Ways to Respond When You Feel Like a Misfit

Years ago, John and I found ourselves trying out churches after a leadership change at a small country church we'd been attending for years. With a preschooler, a toddler and a baby on the way, I often ...

Created on 26 July 2017

20. Letting Holy Spirit Heal Your Church Wounds

How do you navigate being hurt by other believers within your community—especially those in positions of leadership? In this episode of the "Conversations" podcast, John and Lisa share their stories and ...

Created on 21 July 2017