What Do You Fear?

I fear snakes. I hate them. Occasionally, I’ll have a dream about them. It’s never good. When you don’t know much about snakes, like I don’t, it’s probably a healthy thing to fear them. I couldn’t tell you if it’s a good snake to have around to eat mice or if it’s the most venomous […]

Top 10 Ways to Quickly Strengthen Your Marriage

Last week, I posted “45 Ways to Slowly Kill Your Marriage.” I had a request for how to strengthen a marriage, so here are my top 10 ways to quickly strengthen your marriage: 1. Meet your spouse’s needs. First, you need to know what they are. Become a student of your spouse to find out. […]

45 Ways to Slowly Kill Your Marriage

In no particular order… Assume your way is right and your spouse’s way is wrong. Fail to discover or understand your spouse’s needs. If you happen to stumble upon your spouse’s needs, just don’t meet them. Never put yourself in your spouse’s shoes or try to see things from any perspective other than your own. […]

I Know the Plans I Have For You

When you got married, you weren’t anticipating a painful divorce. You didn’t think you’d ever be an addict, but now the drugs, alcohol, pornography or whatever else is enslaving you. You’d love to stop. But you can’t. Somehow you avoided the first round of layoffs and even the second, but you got caught up in […]

Full of Grace, But Not to be Messed With

My wife, Robyn, just finished reading through the Bible in about three months. I started through the Bible about two and a half years ago by reading some from the Old Testament and some from the New Testament. I’ve read through all of the New Testament at least once and I’ve made it as far […]

Prayer God Always Answers #2

This is the second in the series, “Prayer God Always Answers.” When we pray according to God’s will, we can have confidence He will answer. This prayer is patterned after Paul’s prayer in Colossians 1:9-14. Pray it for yourself, your family and friends and believe God will answer. Father, I thank You for hearing me […]

The Love of God

A few thoughts about God’s love on a Tuesday afternoon… “God is love.” (1 John 4:16) Want to know and experience more love? Get to know God better. God is our Father. Jesus used the term, “Abba, Father” on several occasions. Abba can accurately be translated as “daddy.” “There is no fear in love. But […]