Do you remember how you “courted” your wife before you were married? Your sole aim was to please your bride-to-be. You were extravagant. You were spontaneous. You took the time, effort, and expense to woo and win your mate. Saying “I do” should not conclude the romance—it should be the commencement. Issac was dwelling in...
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk . . . with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love. Ephesians 4:1–2 A happy home is a place where family members practice humility. Ah, what a word! “Humility” means to be lowly, genuine, and caring and to have awareness...
“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled” (Heb. 13:4). Remember your honeymoon? Remember those days of being alone, kissing, cuddling, and discovering how wonderful marriage can be? If romance and intimacy are so very wonderful (and they are!), why does this area of our marriage sometimes get pushed to the end of our...
“At the profoundest depths in life, men talk not about God, but with Him.” — D. Elton Trueblood “A Christian should never let adversity get him down, except on his knees.” — Mae Nicholson “While the fire is hot, keep conversing with the Refiner.” — F. B. Meyer “In the day when I cried thou...
“I will set no wicked thing before my eyes.” (Ps. 101:3) You are the gatekeeper of your soul. You must carefully guard the information and images that enter your mind through your eyes and ears. The Psalmist made a deliberate choice not to LOOK upon evil—“I will set no wicked thing before my eyes.” The...
“Unto him that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above anything we could ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 3:20–21 Ephesians 3:20 sounds amazing, doesn’t it? God has boundless resources. Our minds cannot even conceive His potential. This verse...