• #79: Healing The Hurt In Your Marriage (Part 2)

    #79: Healing The Hurt In Your Marriage (Part 2)

    Beyond Discouragement, Anger and Resentment to Forgiveness Every marriage has its share of relational misunderstandings and mistakes, clashes and cold shoulders, sharp words and shouting matches that result in pain. And sometimes it’s more like a head-on collision causing major damage – such as betrayal, unfaithfulness, or abuse. It doesn’t matter how deeply you or…

  • #33: WORDS (Part 7)

    #33: WORDS (Part 7)

    WORDS OF PRAISE 3. Praising AchievementsOur aim should be to commend our children more often than we criticize them. But what if our children do not seem to excel in any arena? They are not athletic, they struggle with school work, and they have neither musical nor dramatic gifts. In this case our words of…

  • #43: Yielding to Others for Their Benefit

    #43: Yielding to Others for Their Benefit

    Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. (Ephesians 5:21)Deferring to another means that my heart is yielded to the Holy Spirit’s work. It means that I am willing to give up my agenda, my preferences, and my schedules for the benefit of someone else. Deference means that my needs are not always my…

  • #38: Lifting Up Your Spouse As A Person Of Great Worth

    #38: Lifting Up Your Spouse As A Person Of Great Worth

    He who humbles himself will be exalted. (Luke 14:11)It feels great to have someone – a friend, a business associate, or a family member – view you as a person of great worth. To have such a promise of exaltation from the Lord is tremendous. But to be valued as important by one’s spouse may…