Not Every Opportunity Is an Assignment Everybody gets excited about open doors, but maturity teaches us that not every open door is a God-door. Some doors open because of desire. Some open because of desperation. Some open because the enemy knows what still appeals…
There is a particular kind of pain that only comes from someone close—someone who has access to your heart. Not a stranger. Not someone passing through. But someone whose voice carried weight in your inner world. When someone you love wounds you, the pain…
In 1 Timothy 6:12 (NLT), the Apostle Paul gives a powerful message through his encouragement to his apprentice, Timothy: “Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have confessed so…
When Tabby was ten years old, her father left her mother and her two younger brothers, but she wasn’t sad about it at all. Her mother worked two jobs, and Tabby and her brothers would pick up odd jobs in the neighborhood on the…
Brenda and Dorothy have been friends for over thirty years, but lately their friendship has been strained. Together, they’ve been through thick and thin, and everyone who knows them knows you probably won’t see one without the other. In her mid-fifties, Dorothy has never…
The one piece of knowledge that anyone seeking marriage should know is the degree to which darkness can be operating in the person they might choose. Yes, I know, this isn’t the optimism people want to hear. They want to go wherever their heart…
2Timothy 1:7(NKJV) informs us, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” Fear doesn’t come from God, it comes from the devil, and this is very important to know. This verse…
Romans 8:28(NLT)tells us, “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” This verse is probably on the favorite list of just about every believer in…
Your level of spiritual maturity determines a great deal about the success of your significant relationship. The best thing we can do for ourselves and those we love is to begin our relationships from a place of spiritual strength. This means that when it…
Tony was a faithful and dutiful husband to Abigail. They had been married six years, and it was the second time around for Abigail. Neither of them had children, but Tony desperately wants kids. Although they talked about it before getting married, he had…
