“David encouraged himself in the Lord his God” (1 Samuel 30:6). The Bible speaks clearly to the issue of contentment. Paul said, “I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content” (Philippians 4:11). He further instructed, “And having food and raiment let us be therewith content” (1 Timothy 6:8). The writer of...
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. Ephesians 5:25 Love is one of the great foundations of a happy life, marriage, and family. “God is love,” we are told in 1 John 4:8. Ephesians 5:2 says, “Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for...
“Fear is the beginning of defeat.” —Source Unknown “I know not the way he leads me, but well do I know my Guide. What have I to fear?” —Martin Luther “Fear is the root of apostasy.” —Thomas Watson We humans, by nature, are creatures of habit. Those things which disrupt our routine are often viewed...
“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel.” (1 Pet. 3:7) Peter writes that part of our responsibilities as a husband is to dwell with our wives according to knowledge. I suppose men have always felt that “you just can’t understand women.” Apparently God...
“He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings” (Ps. 40:2). It is a very rare Christian wife who does not experience an occasional “case of the blues.” Discouragement hits just about everyone at some point in life,...
“For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Cor. 15:22). “Victory rises out of death. Christ went down into the tomb, but three days later he came out! Christ so completely identified with us that he took us to the Cross with Him, buried us with Him,...