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Every day we make choices either to feel threatened by or to benefit from our partner’s strengths. Do you encourage and appreciate the strengths your partner brings to your marriage ...

Editor’s Note: Adapted from ECPA Gold Medallion–winner Jesus Today®, this devotional has the same themes as the adult version, as well as written-out scriptures. It is a great choice for ...

Editor’s Note: Fawn Weaver set out on a journey through 12 countries and 6 continents to find the 12 Secrets of a Great Marriage she’s sharing with you here in ...

As a child, I didn’t have huge dreams, impressive ambitions, or fancy prayers. I was a simple girl who looked forward to having a family and settling down in a ...

Eighteen years ago, a wondrous thing happened.On a torrential Valentine’s Day, in a small church in Southern California, I walked down the aisle and pledged my love and my life ...

Someone who only speaks German cannot communicate with someone who only speaks Spanish. Each needs to learn the other’s vocabulary. Communication can only happen when there is mutual understanding.Communication is ...

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. — John 15:13Treasure friends who encourage you, for they are precious gems. You can confidently ...

It was a Saturday, just before the 1994 elections, and they were at the Reagans’ home in Bel Air. Reagan had gone to the Mayo Clinic every year for many ...

We are called to be more like Christ. Right?I mean, I know we all know that as Christians, but sometimes that is easier said than done!We are filled with the ...

Bible Reading: Psalm 103:12-14A friend of mine, a pastor on my staff, told me that his father-in-law had wanted to express how much he appreciated him. At the time, my ...

Nothing reveals Jesus’ manhood like His countercultural relationships with women.Women weren’t simply beneficiaries of His miracles and teaching, although that alone would be enough to change how men regard women ...

I’m a connoisseur of testimonies. And the most poignant prayer testimonies I’ve received over the years come from parents who are circling their children in prayer like never before. Parents ...

When preaching, I have found there are two kinds of listeners.The first kind are passive and nonchalant – people who can “take it or leave it” when it comes to ...

Introduction“I do.” The most romantic, hope-filled climax of any wedding ceremony is when the bride and groom utter that two-word phrase, “I do,” that launches their life together. The whole ...

Have mercy on me, O God, because of Your unfailing love. Because of Your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. — Psalm 51:1My wife, Margi, and I ...

Mere days before Mom was to leave for the States, an ambulance arrived at our apartment to take my dad to the hospital where he was employed as an anesthesiologist. ...