Bible Study Bible study requires an open heart. If you are not a believer, read and drink deeply from God and His Spirit. It will change you and you will begin to understand truth, redemption, and forgiveness. I don't believe any person can go to the Bible with an open mind and come out unchanged for the better. There are many good books in the Bible to start with, but...
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...
Here’s something to ponder. Yes, you are married, but how good of a friend are you with your spouse? We find a groove in our marriage and it becomes who we are, but how is your friendship? Let’s take a look at this topic. Mitch’s Input: We met some people who moved into town and the wife asked Kim if she was in a women’s coffee group. Kim said no. ...
I believe it is fair to say that generation by generation, we are progressing toward more selfish expectations. We begin by thinking our expectations should be met, then move on to thinking they need to be met and finally that our expectations have to be met. We think the world has to turn our way… and if it doesn’t, well that would be a bad terrible thing. In short, we...
How we start something tends to dictate how things turn out. Dating and marriage are no different. I knew a youth pastor whose fiancée became pregnant and the church had to make a decision as to what - if any - action they would take. I was a young Christian then and reasoned that after they were married, sex would no longer be a sin, so it wasn’t probably...
Love is a Decision If I asked you to define what love is, what would you say? We have heard thousands of songs about love. It is one of the most common themes in music. We have known about the concept of love our whole life. Many of us may say we have been or are in love. So define it. What is it? Think about it and come up...
Christ so loved me that He gave His life for me. According to Ephesians 5:25, husbands are supposed to love our wives as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her. Wow! I’m supposed to love Kim as Christ loved the church. That means I am to give my life for her. This challenge has been before me for years and I, with God's help, keep...
Children: What to Do When Your Parents Won’t Let Go Many of my counseling sessions over the years have been the result of (1) parents not releasing their children when the children get married or (2) children not releasing their parents when the children get married. We addressed the first and second issues in another blog post and I will address the third issue here: what to do when your...
Children: The Importance of Letting Go of Your Parents When You Get Married In my experience, the frequency of young married guys and gals who can’t let go of their parents is pretty equal. It is most often the mother that they are attached to and won’t let go of. Most of the time in our culture, the mother throws herself into the children and the father throws himself into...
Parents... The Importance of Letting Go When Your Child Gets Married Many of my counseling sessions over the years have been the result of: (1) parents not releasing their children when the children get married or (2) children not releasing their parents when the children get married We’ll address the first issue here with the other issues being in another post. When a child gets married, the parents need to...
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