Marriage
Last year Grammy-nominated, Dove Award-winning Sanctus Real released a song called ‘Lead Me’. The song is a personal confession and prayer written by lead vocalist Matt Hammitt. “My wife and I aren’t shy about sharing that we’ve had some pretty major struggles,” admits Matt after his wife implored him to be a better spiritual leader [...]
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Gary Chapman explains the five love languages. We are huge fans of the five love languages. It has helped us and millions of others at home, in our relationships with our brothers and sisters, how we relate to our children and even at work. Not all people feel love from the same things. These videos [...]
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What does “I love you” mean? Is love a feeling? God doesn’t ask us if we feel like loving. He tells us it’s our responsibility to love-a husband is to love his wife (Eph. 5:28). When we obey, the feeling will follow. But if it doesn’t, God’s agapé love gives even when it gets nothing [...]
What made all the difference for this couple was that Laura, in spite of the fact that her husband didn’t “deserve” it, decided to keep her battery charged with the never-depleted source of God’s love and to take personal responsibility for her thoughts, feelings, and actions — and she chose to forgive her husband. No [...]
Janet thought about divorce more than once even though her friends thought she was married to the greatest guy in the world. Was he secretly horrible behind closed doors? No. It’s just that Janet’s unfulfilled expectations and assumptions threatened the wonderful potential of their marriage. And all of us can struggle with those same challenges [...]
Our lives often appear boring or mundane compared to our friends. It is quite common to idealize the lives of others and falsely believe our lives are less. We peer into other’s lives and believe they are better off than we are. This tendency has been summed up by the cliche, “The grass is greener [...]
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Here is a $80 off the couple’s regular registration rate for Weekend to Remember April 16-18, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia, Atlanta. It will improve good marriages and has completely turned around even the most troubled marriages/divorces. If you know a friend or family member that is struggling in their marriage or has recently [...]
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Despite our best efforts, some people will refuse reconciliation, and hang on to their hurts until their knuckles turn white. Letting go of past injustice seems, for many, to be the ultimate insult. After all, those injustices give these people their reason to go on fighting. Today: a call for all who hold their hurts dear to give them up, and, be healed of their anger.
Listen to Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer, Running To Win, discuss how the world’s view on marriage, divorce and sexual behavior seen on prime-time TV and in the media affects our lives. Is the Bible still applicable, and how would our lives change if we followed a different path than what the current culture says is [...]
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Perhaps your marriage is teetering on the edge of brokenness, but deep down you still hold a sliver of hope that your marriage can be made whole again. With them, and with you, the process of reconciling years of hurt requires careful consideration. Solomon says, “When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider.” (Eccl. 7:14) But, [...]
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