How to stop the strife and get a life
Strife is a time waster. If you could eliminate strife from your life, your free time to create, build, and change things would go through the roof.
Where does strife come from and how can I eliminate it from my daily life?
How to Make This Thanksgiving Epic
I was surprised the other day when someone told me that many Americans are not even celebrating Thanksgiving. They see it now as a pointless, even worn out holiday. Some even disagree that our founding leaders were godly people.
Ok. I agree it’s more than turkey and cranberry.
Here are my thoughts about the “why” of Thanksgiving and the things moving in my heart right now about it:
Endurance is the Name of the Game
What a stunner. A man just ran a marathon (26.2 miles) in under 2 HOURS.
Eliud Kipchoge easily broke the “impossible” goal. His secret? “If I keep on running, my body responds.”
Endurance is the ability to push yourself toward your goals when your body, mind, and spirit say, “I’ve had enough.” Actually, you haven’t.
What are the secrets of endurance in your life, your marriage, your legacy?
How to Stay Connected for a Lifetime
Electricity flows through connection. When connections fray, a “short-circuit” can happen. Living day in, day out for many years can fray your relationship.
How do you restore the “power” and “magnetism” of marriage?
HERE ARE SOME THOUGHTS I HAVE HAD TO WORK THROUGH MYSELF IN MY 50 YEARS:
Focus on Teaching Your Children These 10 Powerful Values
People often ask, “Why should I bring my child to church?” Or, “What are the values a child should learn from a life in church?”
Here are the 10 powerful values I learned in church and then transferred to my children:
These 5 Amazing Blessings Belong to the Righteous
I love blessings. God loves to give them.
The only caveat? You need to love Him, honor Him, and serve Him.
You do? Then, here are the 5 amazing blessings from Ps. 112:
Do These 5 Things to be an Outstanding Father
Fathering is a heart connection.
Parenting is more than proximity. It is the power to encourage, comfort, and urge your child to win.
Here are the 5 main things to equip you for this lifelong project:
Here is Hope That Every Person Can Change
Is there someone in your life who has become your greatest challenge? Does it seem their character is in concrete and nothing will change them?
Here are the changes you can make in yourself that will give you hope that they can change:
The 5 Things That Make Some People Magnetic
Do you ever wonder why some leaders are magnetic and others are not? Is the “it” factor something you can learn? Is it a skill that can be developed? I believe it is.
Here are my top 5 skills to personal magnetism:
7 Wonderful Reasons Getting Older is a Good Thing
Everyone is petrified of getting “old.” Instead, the Bible says, “Abraham died in a GOOD OLD AGE, an old man and full of years…” (Gen. 25:8)
In other words, getting older is not a bad thing…it’s a GOOD thing!
Consider these 7 wonderful things about getting older:
Why Communication is the Hardest Work You Ever Do
“Communication.” It’s the hardest work you will ever do.
Here are my five (current!) “foolproof” hacks that will help you make sure your “communication” is not a “miscommunication”:
My Christmas Prayer
During this holiday season, I like to spend time with the “5 F’s”: “friends, family, food, fishing, and football!”
I also like to take time to give thanks to God for one other “F”: Fellowship.
This Christmas week, I listed a few things I would like to say to Him:
How to Keep the CHEER in Christmas
I’ve pastored long enough to know the mood swings of the holidays: cheer, euphoria, laughter and loneliness, regret, and depression.
How can you prepare for the “swings of the season?” Try these six remedies:
These 7 Powerful Questions WILL Improve Your Marriage
How’s it going in your marriage? Are you drifting? Losing ground? Fearful of your future together?
We all love to evaluate.
Here are seven questions that have really helped me with my marriage:
3 Simple Thoughts That Will Energize all Your Relationships
Relationships get shallow and boring. We may live together but drift apart. We lose the excitement and energy we once had.
You can ENERGIZE every relationship with three simple principles:
Why Your Husband's Greatest Need is to be Respected
As I talk to men around the country, most of their marriage issues center around one word: “respect.” They perceive that their wife’s words are demeaning and they go into shutdown mode.
As a husband of 42 years, let me give you my thoughts on why this is and how to repair that tension!
A Wife Wants a Husband to be Strong for Her
I have often wondered, “What does a wife really need in a husband?”
She may have money, children, clothes, and a home…and yet still feel a deep need.
Husbands, I think I can help you with one word: “strength.”
Marriage is the Greatest School of Character
We all need to make changes. Often, we can’t even see what needs to be changed about ourselves. That’s where marriage comes in.
“If I will let Him, God will work through my spouse to change me into a far better person.”