We’re in the season of Advent because it’s almost Christmas. But some of us are in our own personal season of advent, a season of waiting for something new to happen. Are you in the middle of impossible? Are you looking for an escape hatch? This is just the moment when reaching out to God …
Have you found the Christmas peace we see in Hallmark movies? Christmas is almost here and sometimes this is not a jolly time. If you have difficult relationships with you-know-who, the holidays may be a time to grin and bear it rather than celebrate. Quick, grab your copy of “Making Peace with Prickly People” and …
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Do you have hope for your marriage? This is the first week of advent, when we focus on hope in Christ. But today I want to turn that around a little bit. The success of your marriage is closely related to the quality and object of hope for your marriage.
Do you have a plan for your marriage? When we married we had all sorts of plans. Little did we know, God had plans too. We had no idea how significant God’s plans were.
Heaven’s dream for us is to become God’s Masterpiece, no matter what our struggles are, what occurs in our lives, and where we find ourselves. When we tie the knot we imagine happily ever after. But sometimes things don’t turn out the way we expected. How can we turn this around to become God’s Masterpiece?
How we met Jesus may be a little different from most God-stories you’ve heard. We don’t care. We’re thrilled to know Him.
Wedding vows in sickness and in health … those vows we took when we were such babies. We were madly in love, eager to get started adulting. The wedding vows were dutifully repeated before God, family, and friends. We had no idea what we were promising.
We didn’t need any marriage education. It was 1976, we were madly in love and planning our wedding. We met in college and were planning on grad school within a year. Who needs more education? Let’s get on with life!
