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. […]

The Marriage Experience

Last Monday, we started “The Marriage Experience” at The Church at Arkansas. It’s a nice dinner for married and engaged couples, followed by a short talk on the subject of marriage. It’s not just about a 90-minute meeting each week though. I asked each couple to commit to four things: 1. Pray together daily. 2. […]

Title Deed (to your life)

Bigger is not always better. Just ask Jesus. In Luke 14:25-35, He had a large crowd following. Exciting, right? Who wouldn’t love that? High energy. Momentum. Things are starting to take off. That’s when Jesus turns to the crowd and tells them they can’t be one of His disciples if they don’t hate their family […]

Heaven

The weather here in Fayetteville has been absolutely gorgeous this week. Sunny. Mid-70’s. Light breezes. April and October are probably the best months to live here. Actually, I’d have to give the nod to October for two reasons. October has football. April has pollen. Still, April is great. Sometimes though, beautiful weather and pleasant circumstances […]

New Year’s Resolutions DO OVER

It’s January 20th, so it’s highly likely that many of us have already failed at keeping our New Year’s Resolutions. That’s okay. We’re going to start over today. It’s allowed. Let’s start with one big goal: get healthy in 2010. Now let’s break it down into body, mind, spirit and emotions. Here’s why… Several years […]

Pleasure!

Tonight I’ll be speaking at a Young Life college meeting about pleasure. It’s a fun topic. God has wired us for pleasure. Think about it…we receive pleasure from things we look at (sunsets, people, autumn leaves), things we listen to (music, a baby giggling), things we smell (cinnamon rolls, steaks on the grill, a favorite […]