Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. (James 5:16, ESV)There's a certain vulnerability that accompanies the act of praying for...
Is your spouse not listening to you or his he/she not hearing you?Get the distinction.It's unlikely that your spouse is not listening to you. I can imagine that he/she rehearses your words in his/her mind long after you've said them.What's more proba...
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. (Psalm 51:5, NIV)Imagine a young sapling, trying to grow tall and straight in a forest where the winds are fierce, and the soil is treacherous. This sapling is vulnerable,...
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12, NIV)Picture this: A potter wo...
A friend of mine said this recently:Being right is a huge, deal-breaking deal that trumps all rational consideration.Saying the same thing in another way: Wanting to be right can sometimes be so important to people that they stop thinking clearly abo...
[Jesus] went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly...
We're all hypocritical.We don't mean to be, but we are. It's part of being human.We declare one thing is bad, immoral, illegal, off-limits, below our standard, or flat out wrong; then eventually do it ourselves.When it comes to your spouse, you can p...
Husbands, have you ever felt like your prayers were unanswered? Have you ever felt like you were praying, and God was asleep or busy watching a football game or otherwise too engaged to bother with you?Psalm 65:2 tells us that God hears our prayers....
There's a song from college I loved called "Hey Jealousy" by the Gin Blossoms.I was thinking about the song, so I looked up the lyrics. I was surprised to see lyrics I never knew were in the song:And if you don't expect too much from meYou might not...
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. (Psalm 34:14)At first glance, these words seem like simple guidance. Yet, their depth resonates especially when our hearts are grappling with jealousy.Jealousy has a sneaky way of slipping in...
