We tend to see what we look for. What if we sought out the good in our spouse instead of looking for faults? We'll teach you how to transform your relationship by seeing your spouse as God does. We've started getting out some short videos. Here's a link to the Short Video on this Here's the Full Article Here's the Full Video
Once upon a time, there were two brothers who lived on adjoining farms. They got along well and shared everything. They shared machinery, seed and traded labor and goods as needed without a hitch. One day, their relationship began to fall apart. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side-by-side. It began with a small misunderstanding. It grew into a major difference, and finally,...
Applying large doses of forgiveness is a necessary requirement for any relationship to flourish. An authentic relationship requires forgiveness or it is a phony, surface-level relationship. It skips over the sins, disappointments, and letdowns of our lives because these are too painful or too hard to face. The only way it wouldn’t be about forgiveness would be if everyone were perfect. I checked myself in the mirror...
In the first three posts in this series, we’ve been discussing what forgiveness is and how it can set us free. Here, we take a look at what God says through scripture. There are many passages on forgiveness, but here we’ve picked a few of the ones to give us a healthy diet of what God wants us to do concerning forgiveness. Proverbs 19:11 “A man’s wisdom gives...
I recently came across this devotional by Greg Laurie: “When I committed my life to Jesus Christ there was an erosion of bitterness and anger, and the growth of a love I had not known before. Years of bitterness and anger that had been building up just began to dissolve. If we claim to be followers of Christ and harbor bitterness or hatred in our hearts...
To get started, let’s first look at what forgiveness is not. It is not uncommon that I go through this list with someone and they tell me that they realize one or two of these things were standing in the way of forgiveness. Hopefully, understanding what forgiveness is not will open us up to the healing and wholeness that comes with forgiveness. Here are five misconceptions about...
This is the first of a 6-part series on forgiveness. I once heard a story of a young woman who came to church and gave her life to Christ. She was transformed and changed by God’s forgiveness. Her path was straightened when she loved Jesus and God’s word. She was discipled and everyone saw that it was a true transformation. The trouble came when the young woman caught the pastor’s...
Identify Your Unrealistic Expectations For a Better Marriage Relationships are a balance of expectations and reality. Marriage is no exception to that. In fact, because it is the ultimate relationship, it is probably even more prone to unrealistic expectations than any other. Most of us go into marriage with unrealistic expectations. Think about it, when we get married we think that this is the person that will: Meet my needs...
I once heard a man replying to a question about why his marriage didn’t last. He said, “We had a difference in theology. I thought I was God and she didn’t.” Our priorities set the guidelines for who we are and who we will be both in our marriage and in all of life. First John 2:15-17 lays out the three categories of sin. They are the lust of the...
Are You Life-Giving? What does it mean to be life-giving? Each of us has a need to be loved, cherished and appreciated. Let’s say that when we receive these things we store them up. Let’s call the reservoir these needs are stored in our love tank. Now we should understand that the love tank is always being drained by the things that happen in life. Maybe stress, work, long hours,...
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