Tag: husband
How to Succeed at Dating and Build a Healthy Marriage (That Stands the Test of Time)
How do you date effectively (from a Christian perspective)? How do you parent teenage kids who are dating, without going insane or worrying excessively? How do you build a healthy marriage that fulfills your needs and fills your life with joy? What are the keys to strengthening your marriage so that it can withstand life’s…
How to Help Your Husband be a Godly Leader (without nagging)
I recently surveyed my readers to learn how I could better serve them. The idea for this post originated from their responses. To those who responded to the survey, thank you! If you would like to submit article ideas, see the information at the end of this post. It’s an age-old question. “How do I…
December 1 – 1 Corinthians (part 2) – Don’t Divorce
Reading 1 Cor. 5:1-11:16 Devotional In today’s reading, Paul instructs the Corinthian Christians about a number of subjects, including holy living, dealing with sinful brethren, judging disputes, not suing one another, marriage, eating of meat that was sacrificed to idols, individual rights, preaching the gospel, and roles of men and women. For today’s devotional, I…
August 20 – GOD Equates Israel, Judah to Prostitutes
Reading Eze. 23:1-23:49 2 Chron. 36:13a 2 Kings 25:1 Jer. 52:4 Devotional Parental Caution: Today’s reading contains very graphic descriptions of two sisters who engaged in prostitution. I recommend you read Eze. 23 by yourself before deciding to read it with children. In today’s reading, GOD uses an extremely graphic illustration of two sisters who…
July 20 – A Message of Hope in Times of Despair
Reading Isa. 60:1-64:12 Devotional GOD continues providing His children a message of hope despite their coming destruction. 1 “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And…
July 18 – A Future of Hope
Reading Isa. 54:4-56:12 Devotional Israel was as a bride to GOD. Despite having to punish her for her unfaithfulness, GOD still loved her as a husband. Today’s reading offers beautiful promises of a future filled with hope to the ones who will accept GOD’s invitation. These truths apply to us today just as much as…
June 17 – Hosea: GOD’s Object Lesson to Israel
Reading Hos. 1:1-2:23; 3:1-5 Devotional GOD is love (1 John 4:8). He loved Israel so much that He went to great lengths to get them to see their wickedness, calling them to repent so that He might turn from His building anger. In the days of Jeroboam II, king of Israel, GOD sent the prophet…
May 25 – The Virtuous Wife
Reading Joy and Grief – Prov. 14:10, 13; 15:13; 17:22; 18:14; 25:20; 27:11; 29:6 Good News – Prov. 15:30; 25:25 Curiosity – Prov. 27:20 Sayings of Agur, son of Jakeh, an oracle – Prov. 30:1-33 Sayings of King Lemuel – Prov. 31:1-31 Devotional Today’s reading includes the beautiful passage commonly referred to as “The Virtuous…
March 26 – Opposites: Hannah and Eli
Reading 1 Sam. 1:1-2:36 Devotional There was a man named Elkanah of the tribe of Ephraim who had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had children but Hannah did not. Elkanah loved Hannah more than Peninnah. Every year Elkanah and his wives would journey to Shiloh where the tabernacle was to offer sacrifices to GOD.…