By Ashley McIlwain One of the most debated over and misunderstood concepts in marriage is submission. At the mention of the word, people get up in arms. Everyone seems to have such a strongly formulated view of what submission is and how it plays out in marriage. Yet, there’s a lot of confusion, frustration, and
This is Part 2 of our interview with Sheila Gregoire. You can check out Part 1 here. Don’t forget that we are also hosting a GIVEAWAY with this interview, so make sure you read all the way through to find out how you can get entered to win! You have two other great books, The
By Ricinda Perry It’s week 5 of our 90 Day Challenge … look out for that brick wall. Have you hit a wall of discouragement? One smacked me in the face this past week. I have struggled in every aspect of my challenge. I could call upon any number of excuses, but the fact remains
By Ricinda Perry Are you showing signs of success? Here are two ways you can continue to achieve your goals during this challenge. MIND SET. As I have now studied the second chapter of James, mental discipline is becoming a prominent theme. Many of us are emotional about things. If it “feels good,” we do
By Ricinda Perry Week 3 into my 90 day challenge. PHYSICAL UPDATE: I made it on a 6.2 mile run this week and am going to try and keep that as a goal distance I hit at least twice a week. Dieting … Physical discipline is relatively easy for me. I enjoy getting out there
By Jeff Klick Sometimes we forget that God is love, and He is the one that came up with the whole love idea, not the sin, sick world we live in that has perverted everything. God is the Creator of us, all of us, including our emotions, romantic feelings, physical desires, and our brains. Human
By Ricinda Perry Week 1 into my 90 day challenge … PHYSICAL UPDATE: I must say hosting out of town guests wreaks havoc on the healthy eating front. Interestingly enough, God must have intervened as the top part of our oven broke during the self-clean cycle and our refrigerator broke the day our guests were
By Ricinda Perry Argh … I’m trying to cool down from my first day back at exercising. There is a saying: A body in motion, stays in motion. A body at rest, stays at rest. I think this theory holds true for physical fitness, spiritual fitness, and marital fitness. I’m going to invite you to
By Rob Thorpe I married the woman of my dreams, and she will make me happy. Happiness is the goal of marriage, right? One of the lies that undermines and destroys marriages is a lie we have all heard, and many have believed. God wants me to be happy, and so He brought me together with
By Coleen York How can being overly nice ever be a bad thing? I mean honestly … shouldn’t we ALWAYS be doting on our significant others and spouses? Well, that all depends. Often times what prompts us to be kind and go above and beyond is not unadulterated love and passion, though you may not
