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1. My Child is a Prodigal

As a Christian parent, you pour your life, time and resources into your children. You pray and guide them to the best of your ability, expose them to Jesus and your church community. Then they choose a ...

Created on 06 October 2021

2. These Bad Ideas Will Keep You Stuck in Your Stronghold

One of the many scapegoats that can be utilized by someone who has tried to get control over what is controlling them. Our culture, and every culture for that matter, is full of ideas. Since humans generate ...

Created on 05 July 2019

3. Beware of These Dangerous Marriage Paradigms

When someone creates a paradigm and questions it, that's one thing. However, when someone creates a paradigm and believes it with their heart, that becomes a whole other matter. As said earlier, Proverbs ...

Created on 28 June 2019

4. Spirit-Filled Psychologist: Why Celebrating Yourself Is Key to Spiritual Success

To be able to celebrate is a great gift. The gift of celebration is the key to make you successful in your life and relationships. To celebrate is a choice you make in your heart. It's important to see ...

Created on 26 June 2019

5. Don't Neglect This Vital Key to a Healthy Marriage

I'm sure you remember as I do, as clear as if it was yesterday, the feeling of standing in front of the crowd of family and friends with the pastor before us. He asked the first promise to each of us individually ...

Created on 19 June 2019

6. Are You Ignoring This Crucial Element for Any Addict's Recovery?

Spirituality is a crucial element in an addict's recovery. The human being is spiritual, and that part of the human must be nurtured. The spirituality of the addict may not have been nurtured or experienced ...

Created on 13 June 2019

7. This Type of Thinking Will Only Perpetuate Your Spouse's Addiction

Living in an addictive system creates and perpetuates unhealthy patterns of thinking and feeling. One of these patterns is called "all or nothing" or "black-and-white thinking." Most addicts and partners ...

Created on 12 June 2019

8. The 5 Commandments for True Addiction Recovery

A partner of an addict has often been deceived by the addict's addictive life style. Addicts by nature, have become masters of dishonesty over the years. I can't tell you how many partners of addicts I ...

Created on 06 June 2019

9. What Many Christian Men Don't Realize About Breaking Addictions

As a Western believer, culturally we are trained to appreciate the instantaneous in our lives, whether it be instant coffee, instant microwaveable food or popcorn, instant internet access, instant cellphone ...

Created on 05 June 2019

10. 5 Core Beliefs Every Christian Marriage Needs

We are equal. A respecter comes into marriage with an idea that their spouse is totally equal in value. Their spouse can reason and have different perspective, but there is still equality. The value of ...

Created on 31 May 2019

11. 4 Ways God Commands You to Serve Your Spouse

Most Christians are familiar with the story of Jesus washing the feet of the disciples on the night that Jesus would be betrayed. In Jesus' day, it was the custom of a slave to make sure that guest's feet ...

Created on 29 May 2019

12. Open the Door to This Generational Blessing

Believing in God is not a prerequisite to praying. Many people have grown and nurtured their spiritual beings simply by behaving in spiritual ways, by simply praying. Even agnostics and atheists can come ...

Created on 22 May 2019

13. Watch Out for These Common Myths About Forgiveness

The first myth about forgiveness is that the person who has sinned against you has to be present to forgive them. Some people don't believe they can forgive someone unless they are right in front of them. ...

Created on 22 May 2019

14. 3 Lies Lust Tries to Make You Believe

Lie No. 1 – Lust Loves You Unconditionally We all want to be loved unconditionally. Lust wants to hijack this desire. Even before you enter into romantic relationships as an adolescent, lust has already ...

Created on 17 May 2019

15. When Was the Last Time You Wrote a Letter to Your Daughter?

Your daughter is about to take the biggest journey of her life in becoming a young woman of God. High school is over and now she is probably walking onto a much bigger campus with many more people. There ...

Created on 15 May 2019

16. Are You Keeping This Promise You Made to Your Spouse?

On your wedding day, you agreed to honor your spouse. The way I like to frame honoring your spouse is to "put them in a high place in your heart." What I mean by this is you not only consider them, but ...

Created on 10 May 2019

17. Do You Have What It Takes to Become Emotionally Fit?

One universal, dynamic malady affects many of us regardless of where we live on this vast planet we call Earth. Though this malady inflicts untold damage upon our lives and the lives of those we love, ...

Created on 08 May 2019

18. God Isn't the Reason Your Behaviors Are Out of Control

This may or may not come as a surprise to you, but so many people blame God for their out-of-control behavior. How many of you have seen the T-shirts "born to shop" or "born for chocolate?" I know we all ...

Created on 03 May 2019

19. Why Praying to Your Heavenly Father-in-Law Can Heal Your Marriage

I realize many of you have never ever thought about God—the all-knowing, ever-present, all-powerful God—as your actual Father-in-law. He sees all the thoughts and behaviors you have toward your spouse, ...

Created on 01 May 2019

20. Simple Assessment Reveals How Well You Really Love Your Spouse

In John 14:15 Jesus says, "If you love me, keep my commandments." Love can be evaluated by looking at our behavior. I always tell my clients to believe their behavior. Behavior always tells the truth. ...

Created on 26 April 2019