James 1:22Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.I had lunch with a friend last week. Except this friend is not your average girlfriend-lunch-date. She is one of my teachers. One of my advisers and mentors. Her name is Suzi...

Whew, I don't know about you, but I need some encouragement after these last few posts. I personally want to know that if no one else is noticing - that Someone - the One that truly matters - God Himself is noticing all this dying to self, submitting and serving...

Sweet Girlfriend, it's a long one today. I enter today's post with a heavy heart and very prayerfully. This is an emotional, gut-wrenching subject. But it's real world. And I hear of it often. Though my husband has never betrayed me nor me him, (and I pray it never...

John 13:6"He came to Simon Peter, who said to Him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?" (italics mine) What is the lowliest task in your home? In other words, what is the one chore that no one wants to do? It's the one that everyone ignores, hoping someone else will...

John 13:5 He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around Him.Our focus this month has been "loving our men." Our goal is to have Christ-centered, strong, healthy marriages. Brokenness is epidemic...

James 5:16The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.Let's recap:Pill #1: Death to selfPill #2: SubmissionPrayer: it's what makes these pills palpable... I'll never forget the day in 2003, when I heard what seemed to be the audible voice of God. (I...

1 Peter 3:1-2Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words but by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. (emphasis mine.)Yesterday I...

Ephesians 5:22-23Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church...Pill #2 - SubmissionDeep Therapy!I can think of no other word in the English language that makes a woman cringe more than the...