I think sometimes we truly believe we are serving him and meeting his needs, when, in fact, his greatest needs aren't being touched at a

My husband and I have been married for twenty-seven years. To get to this point, one thing we have done to keep our marriage on the right tr

If a message is being relayed by a person who is always selfish and even when their selfish gain involves other’s loss, then you can count o

If you wonder why your spouse won’t open up to you, why they only talk about surfacy or dull topics or look at their phones instead of talki

This week in a meeting at work I heard an amazing statistic: one out of every four people you ask, will accept your invitation to church. On

To understand overload, we must first understand our own limits. Physical limits are measurable. We only have so many hours in the day. Huma

So many couples I meet today have grown lackadaisical in the relationship they have with each other. They take it for granted that they'

If you don’t know the story of Job, it’s the story of a man who is beset by misfortune and suffering. Yet James 5:11 mentions Job as a man w

In the Old Testament, the Israelites remembered God’s provision and faithfulness through feasts and celebrations. Several times a year, they

The Creator of the Universe became an embryo in the womb of a virgin. THAT's a profound miracle worth celebrating. It changed the world.

We all get tired. We all get weary at times. But I am especially comforted by the fact that Isaiah says that even young men, athletes, and s

Family rifts are not what God intends for our families and relationships. They are the very opposite of unity and cohesion and godly intenti

As human beings we have an innate desire to connect with one another in meaningful ways, and the reason we have this innate desire to connec

When we put God's priorities into practice throughout our Christian walk, we will begin to experience a tremendous amount of joy and ble

Psalm 46:10 powerfully proclaims, "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." I remember the first time I was encouraged to practice the wisdom of this verse. It was the summer of 1986, while I was preparing for a summer missions project to the former Soviet Union. I was in New York and the project leads asked us to spend 30 minutes practicing the discipline of being still. Not praying. Not problem solving. Not drea

In the last article about finding balance, we learned that for the Christian, a balanced life is lived “knowing” within yourself that you are at the center of God’s will for your life. You are where you are supposed to be, doing what you’re supposed to be doing in your time or life stage - in your place - using your gifts, talents, and resources - for those people God places in your life. In case you missed it, click HERE. This article will begin a series of things you can do

Proverbs 27:8 "Like a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home" Everyone exists in a place, which is the nexus of the web of their relationships. This is how we tell who we are: we are so and so's daughter; we are from this national heritage; we are married to…; we have these children; we work for…; we worship this way; we live in this country; we have these friends. All of these relationships are like latitudes and longitudes that determine who

Proverbs 26:8 "Like one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool" This has been a somewhat cryptic proverb for years because of how the Hebrew was translated. In the KJV it was translated like one who throws a stone on a stone heap, so is one who gives honor to a fool. The NASB has uncovered what is most likely the correct translation of the text. binds a stone in a sling This is the Hebrew word sarar which means to bind, to tie up, to narrow, to be in

Proverbs 25:8 "Do not go out hastily to argue your case; otherwise what will you do in the end, when your neighbor humiliates you?" Clearly this is counsel not to respond to the emotionality of a situation and a wrong suffered. Give it some time so you can get past your immediate reaction. Abraham Lincoln, on more than one occasion, would write out his immediate response and feelings in a letter to the person. He would never send the letter, but it allowed him to get it all o

Proverbs 24:8 "One who plans to do evil, men will call a schemer" The word plan is the word for thinking, imagine, and devise. It does mean plan, but it can also mean daydream and fantasize. The person who is always fantasizing about evil will end up committing some form of evil. At first the only evil they commit is not accomplishing the good that they could have been doing. But eventually the lure of actually doing evil draws them outside of the boundary lines of God. We mu