Making Life Work for Your Family (Page 2) 2006 Archives

Seize Today

Why are you putting so much stuff off?

Procrastination nearly always makes things worse, so why do we put off so much stuff; and let's stop procrastinating and seize today!

Walk Your Talk

Will you put your life where your mouth is?

Practice what you preach, walk your talk, and live the life you profess.

Romantic Love

What can help me overcome the boredom in my relationships?

Romantic love will fail if it is not built on friendship.

Do Something for Someone Else

What are you doing for someone else these days?

Jesus thought about others and helped them all the time and so must we.

Babysitters for God

How do you view your responsibility to raise your kids in the Lord?

parenting is really babysitting for God: they are not ours, they are his.

Love is Learned

Can you see how God loves you as you hold a child in your arms?

We learn to love from God because as a baby, and even a full grown adult, we really don't know how to love.

Respecting Mom

Have you given her the respect and appreciation she deserves?

Moms are crucial to the outcome of nations because of the way they rear their child.

Mother's Love

Do you really understand how important a mother's love truly is?

A mother's love and touch are crucial to babies in those earliest days of life.

The Long March

Do you have goals that make your life's hardships worthwhile?

How we view the goal of our life directly determines how we approach life between here and its end.

Five to One

How frequently are you affirming your kid?

Our kids need our discipline and correction, but that need our affirmation andpositive support even more.

Imprint

How has he left his imprint on you?

Jesus has split time in two and had an even greater impact on our lives and hearts.

Living vs. Life

What's the difference between making a living and making a life?

Life is more than making a living, it's making a life.

Our Social Ills

What can cure the real problems in our souls?

Jesus is the only real answer that works in our world today.

Life Balance

Are you too hard on yourself?

Perfectionism is not a godly trait, but a trait that makes life miserable and puts us out of balance.

The Definition of a Real Leader

What makes someone a true leader?

True leadership is found in following Jesus' example as a servant, not in winning at any cost!

Vulnerable God

What makes God's love so irresistable?

God's vulnerability, his openness in Jesus to his emotions, is captivating.

It's a Process

Don't give up on the changes that need to occur!

Transformation, sanctification takes time in the real world of our lives, but God won't give up on us.

Trust Him!

Will we trust him even if he doesn't live up to our expectations?

Jesus doesn't live up to our expectations, because God has more planned for us than what we can imagine.

Change and Growth

What motivates us to change and growth?

If we are going to change and grow, we're going to have to know what motivates that kind of change: affection, acceptance, and self-respect.

Live Simply

How simply can you live?

We can all learn the joy of living simply.

Way of God's Blessing

Have you turned to God's way of blessing?

God blesses us by giving us Jesus and also a holy lifestyle.

Whatever Became of Sin?

Have you lost the source of absolute standards in your life?

When we lose the Bible as our moral compass, then we are left without a good understanding of right and wrong and sin.

The Inner Self

What are you doing for the inside?

We are so caught up in looking good and yet do so little to focus on what really makes us beautiful and fit!

Celebrate!

Do you welcome each day with joy?

God gives us each day as a day of celebration and newness.