The Art of Taming Your Tongue
Lashing out at my kids one day for a seemingly minor offense, they had had enough. “Why are you so angry all the time?” My son asked. “Yeah,…
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7 Bad Habits that Can Destroy Your Marriage
When two people commit to getting married, they vow to be together forever. But as the years go by, it is easy to get into a marriage rut,…
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How Can Exhausted Parents Create Time for Their Relationship?
Parents, especially those with small children, can have difficulty making time for their spouses. Children need a lot of our physical time when they are babies because we…
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6 Reasons Why Counseling Is a Saving Grace for a Troubled Marriage
Marriage is a beautiful covenant between two people who love each other. It is the best example on earth of the relationship between Jesus and his bride, the…
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5 Aspects of True Love towards Your Spouse
My husband and I have been married for twenty-three years. The first few Valentine’s Days we spent together were very romantic as each one of us tried to…
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Is Marriage Meant to Be a Headship or a Partnership?
Ephesians 5:22– 28 gives instructions on how to run a household based on godly principles: “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to…
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What I’ve Learned from a Broken Friendship
We’ve all had difficult friendships in our lives we’ve had to break off. I’ve had a few friendships in my life where the relationship became so toxic that…
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5 Simple Habits for a Happy Marriage
When they get married, every couple sets out to have a happy marriage. Couples often have ideas about how to achieve this happiness, often focusing on their own…
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5 Scriptures That Differentiate Between Effective and Ineffective Communication
As babies, we learn to communicate as we take in all different types of communication, both written and verbal. Our parents are the biggest example of good communication…
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Sibling Rivalry – What Is Healthy and What Are Warning Signs
When I was a kid, my parents played favorites as to which child received more attention. My mother favored my sister, so there was a natural sibling rivalry…
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6 Prayers for a Broken Marriage
Marriage is the ultimate covenant between two people. When two people are joined in marriage, they vow to love, honor, and cherish each other through the best and…
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4 Reasons Why We Have a Hard Time Talking about Loneliness
In society, we are bombarded by media as well as social media. We live in a world that’s more connected than ever. Yet so many people are lonelier…
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How I Learned to Combat Conflict in My Marriage
Conflict can be good if you see it from the right perspective, but conflict is also hard, especially in a marriage. Conflict can be good in that it…
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How to Break Up with a Friend (and Wish Them Well)
The knife went in, only a bit deeper this time. A friend had spread gossip about me, ruining my reputation and, ultimately, our friendship. The person who was…
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How I Learned to Communicate with My Husband
One day, when a conversation about completing chores quickly turned into a fight resulting in criticism and blame, I realized something: Although I had no problem expressing myself…
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5 Signs a Couple Is Called into Missions Work
In addition to having a plan and purpose for each of our lives, he is also wired each one of us with spiritual gifts. These spiritual gifts can…
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5 Practical Ways to Set Boundaries
Doctor Henry Cloud and Doctor John Townsend wrote a book called Boundaries. In it, they help Christians understand that boundaries are a biblical and necessary way of living.…
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What Should Christians Do When Church Leaders Gaslight Them?
Church is messy. Christians sometimes do or say things that cause someone else to become offended. Christians who are offended by another church member should go through the…
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5 Reasons It Is Dangerous to Be Unequally Yoked
In his letter to the Corinthians, Paul warns about couples being unequally yoked. To be unequally yoked means for two people to have different opinions when it comes…
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5 Reasons Culture Has Made Sex Casual
We can all agree culture has changed over the past thirty to forty years. Since the 1980s, movies and tv have been infiltrated with gratuitous sexual content. When…
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