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No Single Molecule, Or Virus, Is Outside The Orbit Of God’s Sovereign Control One of the fundamental truths of the Scriptures is the reality that God is utterly sovereign in all things. Not only has God made everything for its own purpose, including the wicked for the day of evil (Pro...

Moving Past Regret: How To Fix A Painful Past. Retrospect is a human luxury. It’s great to remember the good, the joyous journey of the past. But it also serves as a painful, backwards glance at what-could-have-been, should-have-been. When I look back at some of the decisions I’ve made...

Standing Firm In God’s Grace: Putting Away Sinful Habits by PUTTING AWAY SINFUL HABITS I remember when I was 8 years old and my dad was the pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Knob Lick, Kentucky in 1980. I had recently given my life to Jesus Christ, and I was in Sunday School class...

Is Codependency Stopping You From Getting The Love You Want? Recently, I asked a client this question: “What is it that stops you from getting what you want out of a relationship?” Her answer was: “It’s too hard to go through a breakup and to be alone.” My response went something like this...

Grasping The Truth Of Romans 8:28 Will Change Our Perspective On Suffering One of the most arresting statements in Scripture is this one: “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28, ESV)...

When Enemies Attack: Lessons From The Book Of Nehemiah When God anoints a man or a woman to do a great work, there will inevitably be resistance. That resistance can take many forms, issuing in a variety of attacks. Also, the greater the work ordained, the more intense and more subtle the...

What God's Like [ 1 min read ★ ] I believe; help my unbelief—Mark 9:24 What should we believe about God? We’re told he’s big and powerful—so big and so powerful, in fact, he created . . . everything...

Living in the Tension [ 1 min read ★ ] Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth—Colossians 3:2 You can’t be successful in life without compromising. That’s a lie. You can’t...

Abundance Redefined Humans are made for abundance. But the question is “an abundance of what?” Life’s greatest challenge is discovering the truest source of abundance. We are promised it from all sorts of angles. Consumer products, religion, intellect, money, power, fame. We are searching for...

You Want Control? You Got It! We all want control. The reason we are frustrated, the reason we make mistakes, and the reason we throw blame at others is because we are daily faced with the reality that we cannot control everything. If we could control everything, we would never have to...

Focus On Changing Yourself, Not Your Partner To Find Lasting Love What makes for a happy, fulfilled relationship? While this is a complex question that doesn’t lend itself to a quick answer, there are aspects of successful and lasting relationships that have been studied by experts and many...

Mark 16:1-11 – How To Seek God Sometimes I have Sisyphean sissy fits. “I want to see Jesus. I don’t see Jesus. Waaahhhhh!” I sound like a child who was promised to see Santa but couldn’t. Why Sisyphean? In English, the word “Sisyphean” has come to mean “”endless and unavailing, as labor or...

What If My Husband Is Viewing Porn? If a wife discovers her husband has been secretly viewing porn, feeling “violated and disappointed” are understatements What if you discover your husband is viewing porn? Trust takes a huge hit. And intimacy suffers. During an episode of a popular show on...

You Can’t Have Your Intimacy And Your Control, Too When my husband and I married, I thought it was my responsibility to teach him how to do things the right way. (My way.) When he called me a control freak, I got mad. But I didn’t know how to stop being a control freak and let my husband...

3 Steps To Achieve A Healthy And Balanced Relationship I hear over and over from women who email or meet with me: “Why can’t I allow myself to be intimate with my partner?” Or: “How come I feel like running every time he seems to take our relationship to the next level.” For a relationship...

Keeping Fueled & Aflame [ 1 min read ★ ] Take your everyday, ordinary life . . . and place it before God as an offering—Romans 12:1 The author of Hebrews laid down a challenge: “. . . let us consider how...

What Jesus Wanted His Disciples (And Us) To Know Of the four Gospels in the New testament, I have a particular fondness for the Gospel of John – an account of Jesus’ life written by the disciple he was closest too. It is not a stretch to see John as Jesus’ dearest friend and confidante. It...

Call Out or Call In? [ 1 min read ★ ] . . . and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free—John 8:32 We cannot mature in our faith without community. We just cannot. The process of maturing...

How Can I Convince My Husband To Go For Marriage Counseling? Dear Terry, Brian and I have been married for seven years and things are going downhill. There were a lot of red flags when we were dating but I ignored them because Brian swept me right off my feet and said he really wanted to make...

Want To Be A Better Dad? Here’s How To “Remodel” Your Fathering. As my wife will gladly tell you, I run very little risk of being called “handy” with a hammer or with any other tool. Indeed, it’s pretty clear that when God was passing out the carpentry and mechanical skills, I must have been...