No matter how much we like someone, relationships become difficult at times - especially with the people closest to us. Especially if they insist on eating at Taco Bell.
Read more030. Relationships: People Are Disappointing, So What Do We Do?
I’ve said it before… ministry starts with relationships. And since people aren’t as perfect (or as humble) as I am, there’s a lot to consider.
Read more032. Relationships: What’s the Purpose of a Relationship?
If we are to have good relationships, we need to first understand the purpose of them. It would be like trying to try to understand how to have good bacon, without understanding its purpose. It is used for clothing? For hair styling? For skin care?...
Read more083. Marriage/Dating: What Do I Do When We Get Into a Fight?
Something that all couples deal with are fights. Unless you're me that uses ninja skills to sneak away.
Read more082. Why Did God Create Marriage / How Do We Put God First in our Marriage?
Marriage is so trivialized in our culture. No one really seems to value it anymore. Much like VHS tapes or John Travolta.
Read more069. How Do I Juggle the Different Parts of Life?
We often think of our lives our lives like a juggler. We juggle work, family, church, soccer practice, lawn care, recreation. And hopefully you're not actually juggling being a juggler in all of that because that might get a little dorky.
Read more067. How Do I Love a Sinner Without Condoning the Sin?
Sometimes we get a little confused with being all loving and trying to be non-judgemental. As if loving someone means to be all supportive of them as they live an openly sinful lifestyle like living in rebellion or eating at Taco Bell.
Read more038. Relationships: How Can I Persuade Others To Change?
There’s one thing we need to remember about ourselves – not everyone agrees with us. Especially if you’re me when trying to convince my family that Spam, rice and ketchup is a perfectly good meal.
Read more037. Relationships: What Do I Do When I Have To Say Something That Might Hurt?
You ever have to face a situation where you might have to hurt someone’s feelings, but it’s something that you have to do? And I’m not talking about telling someone to shut up while you're trying to watch a movie in a theater. That's not right. ...
Read more036. Relationships: What to do When a Relationship Ends
One of the worst things to happen in a relationship is when it comes to an end. Either that or when your wife ask you to go along to go to shopping for clothes. Not sure which one is worse. In one case you want...
Read more035. Relationships: What Do I Do When Things Aren’t Going Well?
Have you ever gotten so sick of someone close to you that you just wanted to scream? Now I’m not talking about getting sick of your proctologist. I’m talking someone close in a different way, in a relationship way.
Read more034. Relationships: How Should I See Myself in Relation to Others?
This series has been on relationships because a lot of times we overlook the people closest to us. Kinda like how I just spent time going to store to buy bacon just to find out I had some in my pocket the whole time.
Read more033. Relationships: Where Do I Fit In?
In the last devotional I talked about the importance of finding your role in your relationships. I also talked about bacon. Now I will expand on how to understand your role. Your role in relationships. Not your role with bacon. But, that would make...
Read more123. How Do I Prepare for a Successful Relationship?
As soon as they started clearing out some land for the pool, I tried it out. Unfortunately the pool wasn’t quite done yet, so I didn’t have any fun – I just ended up getting covered in dirt.
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