5 Dangers In Marriage Money Management DANGER #1 – DISREGARDING THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS IN YOUR FINANCES DANGER #2 – DISRESPECTING YOUR SPOUSE’S FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE AND INPUT DANGER #3 – DOMINANCE OF MONEY AND FINANCIAL DECISIONS DANGER #4 – DISAGREEMENT ABOUT FINANCIAL DECISIONS, PRIORITIES AND VALUES DANGER #5 – DEBT #Money #Divorce #Pray #Marriage #God #respect #Security #danger

Can a Day be About Just One Thing? A Veteran’s View As a Christian, I regularly attend worship services. During one such time of worship on a Sunday morning in November, the pastor decided to recognize the fact that each eleventh day of that particular month is also a day that our nation sets aside to recognize and offer gratitude to our veterans. Legacy of Service I should also inform you, dear reader, that I am a veteran. Among the living in my family I can also state that

Mission Statement: HA is for recovering hypocrites to remain mindful of their innate hypocrisy and to promote genuineness in public discussion/social media…or silence. Admission Requirements: Formerly or presently a staunch hypocrite.(I am a card-carrying member). One who pretends to have admirable principles, beliefs, or feelings, but acts quite differently. Present State of Our Unions The great thing about social media and public discourse is the ability to consider various

I remember when I was a young mother, I attended a church in Tallahassee, Florida, that had a beautiful prayer room. It looked like a sitting room in an old Victorian house, with cherry wood tables and a couch with a rose pattern on the fabric. It also had a rocking chair and an easy chair. On a table in front of the couch sat a basket filled with hundreds of index cards of prayer requests submitted by members of the congregation for the last several decades. The lighting in

The News My wife shared an article about divorce with me written by Lysa Terkeurst, the founder of Proverbs 31 Ministry. We’re both big fans and followers of her site and social media platforms which reach about 40 million people. It empowers women and family, and is a wonderful resource for all. I’d say that prior to Lysa’s June 13th article, Rejection, Heartache, and a Faithful God, she, her life and marriage were the standards by which millions of people measured their own

The News My wife shared an article about divorce with me written by Lysa Terkeurst, the founder of Proverbs 31 Ministry. We’re both big fans and followers of her site and social media platforms which reach about 40 million people. It empowers women and family, and is a wonderful resource for all. I’d say that prior to Lysa’s June 13th article, Rejection, Heartache, and a Faithful God, she, her life and marriage were the standards by which millions of people measured their own

The News My wife shared an article with me written by Lysa Terkeurst, the founder of Proverbs 31 Ministry. We’re both big fans and followers of her site and social media platforms which reach about 40 million people. It’s primarily targeted toward empowering women and family and is a wonderful resource for all. I’d say that prior to Lysa’s June 13th article, Rejection, Heartache, and a Faithful God, she, her life and marriage were the standards by which millions of people mea

In my part 1 of this message I felt led to share the biblical experience of the father and son relationship. The intent wasn’t to suggest that all dads and sons fight or fail to have loving relationships. But the reality is, many men do indeed have embedded pain resulting from a failed or strained fatherly relationship. It’s a hard realization to accept or even discover. Men usually brush off anything resembling emotion or hurt. The reality of it is, nothing gets swept away w

The Dilemma Why can’t we get it right? It’s all so seemingly simple. Man and woman copulate, and their child is born. Oh look, it’s a boy, and he looks like daddy. Proud dad smiles, softly strokes his calloused palm over the light blue beanie cap the nurse tugged over junior’s funnel-shaped head, and he feels panic. Boys Need Dad Boys love their mom, but they desperately need their dad. Around 6 or so years old, young boys begin to identify with dad’s personality and style of

My son was only 4 when he and his mother moved out-of-state following the divorce. Though we’d eventually share an every other weekend custody rotation, the first visit came after about a month of not seeing him. It was going to be bigger than big. That weekend was going to be epic fun. An older friend, who himself had suffered divorce saw my stress in planning and affording the most gigantic barrel of fun ever experienced. He said, “Don’t be a Disney Dad.” I was furious. How

Dear Faithful, We pray you had a blessed week. Would you like to share your testimony? We’d love to have you contribute to the community by submitting one or regular articles. It’s easy – 1-CLICK for information. Please don’t forget to sign up for our 12 Days of Faithful Giving – Starts December 12 – 24th. Nightly drawings and live broadcast each night on the Faith Marriage – Blended Family facebook page to announce winners. In case you missed it, here are this week’s inspira

When we talk about temptation, what is the first image that pops into your mind? For guys; common logic, along with research, says that a woman’s image comes to mind. It’s usually not even a woman we know, but simply the anonymous illusion of a seductive female just waiting to make your every fantasy come true. How realistic is that fantasy? It depends on the person’s visceral response Availability to the source of temptation And understanding of consequences. To be fair, thi

A few weeks ago, our pastor preached about getting through the storms in life. “How firm is your foundation?” he asked. He demonstrated his point by showing a short animated film of a silhouetted stick person who’d built his house on the sand, and another who’d built his house on the rock. And, well, you know how the story goes. The poor guy who’d built his house on sand lost it in a mudslide when troubles mounted. He just didn’t have anything to lean back on. No God to trust

Best Advice Years ago when Max was born, I was initially overwhelmed with his diagnosis of Down syndrome. In speaking with a trusted friend, I made a comment about seeking out every resource to give my baby the help he’d require. I said something like, “I’ll do right by Max.” My friend countered without hesitation, “Why don’t you do right by God first, and He’ll take care of Max.” That was a powerful reminder of what I already knew to be true, but in the context of a new memb

Okay? Is it okay for believers to get angry, or mad or just toss their hands up in absolute frustration over a situation? Blended families are prime territory for emotional eruptions between spouses, kids and in-laws. The stress placed upon new families trying to make a new start by avoiding old problems often lead to situations where words are spoken in anger that are not soon forgotten. I’ve been there. Maybe it was dealing with our kids, or a crisis situation in law enforc

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Ladies, God has blessed you with the one person you were meant to spend the rest of your life with. Marriage is our treasure, so why wouldn’t we take care of and nurture the gift God’s given us? But let’s face it, marriage is hard. There are challenges and pitfalls mixed in with the euphoria of uniting in holy matrimony. You’ll both have good days and bad. But it’s loving each other on the bad days that strengthens a marriage. Society tells us that almost everything else is m