Q&A: What Does the Phrase Dying to Self Mean? Here’s a question we received from one of our readers: What does the phrase “dying to yourself” mean? There is one major obstacle to my marriage happiness… me. We mirror what we do on this blog and on our YouTube channel. I will have the YouTube link for you at the bottom of this post in the event you want to...
What if your vision of marriage is shortsighted? What if the end goal of the marriage relationship is better than you have imagined? What if there is more to marriage than you anticipated? In this simple illustration, we’ll show you how God intends for marriage to be more than you could have imagined. Sometimes people that come for premarital counseling or meet us for the first time think we...
Twelve years ago, something happened in my devotions that became a milestone in my faith. I was reading Luke chapter 10 when a thought came upon me that I couldn’t let go of. This thought captured me and changed the direction of my walk with God. Over the years, it has become one of the foundation stones of my relationship with God. It has inhabited my mind...
Have you ever felt like you didn’t love your spouse? Did the feelings just leave you? In this time of confusion, there is hope and there is guidance from God. Don’t worry, God is still on the throne… and He’s not nervous. There came a time in our marriage when I fell out of love with Kim. I didn’t try to. There was no one else I was interested in...
If a marriage is having issues, something big needs to change. Trying continually and not achieving any results can be exhausting. Here we’ll teach you how to take care of the big issue so that the little issues won’t keep popping up. Kim and I had been married for about ten years and I was on my way home from a marriage counseling session one evening. I always appreciated the...
Where do I start when it comes to being the spouse I need to be? There are some essential things we can do and be to make sure we are on track. The fundamentals will always be the fundamentals, and if we learn to embrace them, a lot of other things will fall into place. Have an Attitude of Learning It’s easy to study for the purpose of learning...
What’s your Christian walk like… really? Have you ever wondered what your witness looks like to God? In this story-lesson let’s see what we look like. Hopefully, this story will stay with you as it has me and be a constant reminder of what you need to be striving for in your relationships with God, your spouse and others. In college, we had a class called The Learning Process. Our...
Do you think it’s hard to know if you’re in God’s will? When we stop and think about it, God doesn't ask us to give up anything that won’t kill us… either spiritually, mentally or physically. What if there was an easy test to see if we are submitting to God or not? What if it were as simple as 1,2 3? If we hear a Biblical truth and run...
Want to watch this blog instead of reading it? Click here to view. The biggest liar you will ever meet looks back at you every morning in the bathroom mirror. Give that thought some time to settle in. We don’t appreciate liars and we certainly don’t think we are one of them. So why would I make such a bold statement? Because it is true. Every day we...
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