Show your love, hold your children accountable

Hold Children Accountable

Your children need to know you love and respect them enough to hold them accountable for their behavior – using natural and logical consequences. In other words, you don’t allow your children to get away with things simply because you love them. In fact, it’s because you love them so much that you can’t allow […]

Good Attitude in Marriage

Good Marriage Attitude

A good attitude will help your marriage succeed. Many times marriages fail, not because of a lack of love, but because spouses do not have a good attitude. They wear each other down with negativity. Your attitude has a huge impact on your life. Unsuccessful people seem to find something wrong, even in good times, […]

Prayer Empowers Your Family

Thanksgiving Prayer

Putting a time of family prayer into your schedule is vital as you prepare the holidays. The next 60 days, leading to Thanksgiving and Christmas, can make a big difference in your life. I am convinced that your family will enjoy more closeness in your relationships when you are intentional about your prayer life. God […]

Family Time Means Quality Time

Father Reading to Children

Whether it’s at the dinner table, in church or watching a movie together, families form strong bonds when they connect on a personal level. There was a time when parents would read to their children every day. It could be a beloved fairy tale, a favorite Bible story or a library book, but it helped […]

Truth vs. Pop Culture

Family Watching TV

Pop culture’s impact on marriage has been overwhelming, but should it alter your thinking of what’s right in your relationships? Many of you want to rise above the tide of pop culture and wave of degrading messages in the media. Is the answer as simple as turning off television and restricting Internet? Make an intentional […]

Forgiveness Means Letting Go

Letting Go

Forgiving yourself for mistakes can be harder than forgiving a friend or family member. But it’s important to move past mistakes in life. If God forgives your trespasses, why can’t you put them in the past? No one gets to the end of their life and says, I wish I had been angrier longer. They […]