Family devotions can be one of the always-wanted-to-do-it-but-never-quite-got-to-it parts of a Christian family’s home life. Many times mothers carry a pain in their hearts because we’d always hoped our husbands would be the spiritual heads of our homes. We think that means our husbands should …
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Putting Your Spouse First
Here are five simple suggestions to help make loving your spouse a top priority, second only to your relationship with Christ. Remember, giving your marriage the time and attention it deserves truly matters to God. He will help you implement these steps if you are …
Is it Possible for Prayer to Protect Your Marriage?
Did you know that 1% of couples that pray together, divorce? But, do you find it difficult to pray with your spouse? Maybe the words come awkwardly or not at all. Let us make a simple suggestion that could turn things around. To start with, …
Equipped for the Workplace
May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing His will, and may He work in us what is pleasing …
Looking for a Bride
Proverbs 31 captures the words of a mother contemplating a wife for her son. If the king’s mother had been writing her oracle today, it may have sounded something like this: Where do I begin my son to describe the kind of young woman I …
Father Knows Best
The early 1950’s introduced a television show to the world based on a working father named Jim Anderson, his wife, Margaret, and their three children: Betty, Bud and Kathy. The show gave the typical struggles most family faced during the course of life, but it showed …
A Father’s Day Memory
As a single mom, I pulled together my pennies to buy the ingredients for a nice meal for my parents on Father’s Day. Always watching, my three- and four-year-olds took note of this act of honoring my Dad on his special day. The next morning …
Protecting Your Marriage Podcast
Many of us are like the foolish woman who tears her house down with her own hands. In this podcast, I share about ways women sabotage their marriages and encourage listeners to allow God to transform each of them into a wise woman who builds …
We’re Planning a Wedding!
It’s official–our daughter is planning a wedding. Everything is in place–the bridesmaid dresses, location and time. What is not decided upon is the groom. That will come much, much later. I’ve wondered when we would get around to talking about weddings. As little girls, we …
Respecting Dad
One of our main roles as a Mom is to teach our children to love, respect, and honor their father. What we say and do when he is not in our presence and when he is in our presence plays a big role in …