We've talked about the "mid-life crisis" or M.L.C. and some of the stressors of middle age that can bring it on. I'm going to talk more in-depth about how to deal with M.L.C. scripturally once it hits and even how to prevent the temptation of M.L.C. from ever...

"Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee" (Ex. 20 KJV). QUESTION: I'm dating a young lady who is very close to her father. I'm sure she tells him things about the two of us. He seems to like me and...

There are basically four stages of friendship. Other people may label them differently, but for our purposes, they are the acquaintance stage, the casual friendship stage, the close friendship stage, and the intimate friendship stage. Each stage has its own set of...

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it" (Prov. 22:6). There is a point in our children's lives that they have to know for themselves and decide for themselves the direction for their lives. As parents, we must help...

"Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name" (Isa. 49:1 KJV). It is important that parents know they are to help bring forth God's deposit potential...

When I think of love and marriage, I think of a particular song, "What's Love Got To Do With It?" It's a perfect example of the world's way of loving, which really doesn't have anything to do with it! But genuine love, God's love, is altogether different. Love is...

After checking into the tragic accounts of some marriages, it's evident that the decisions and patterns made during the dating process have a far more serious effect on the success or failure of a marriage than most people realize. Many times people go into the...

Before you get married, you're working mostly on the soulish level (achieving oneness in soul). Then once you say, "I do," you initiate the physical union (achieving oneness in body). But you still need to continue to nurture one another as you learn how to come...

In James 4:4 it outlines the basic commitment for a friendship. This is a good verse to memorize: "Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Who so ever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of...

"Who so findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD" (Prov. 18:22). The man who finds a wife finds a "good thing" and obtains the favor of the Lord. It does not say that the man who finds a wife finds a "desperate thing." A good thing is...

"And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord" (Eph. 6:4 KJV). In today's society, Christian education for children is a welcome support to Christian families. As parents, we are here to foster...

"But my eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute" (Ps. 141:8). Whatever you focus on, the bigger it becomes. So, if your focus is more on God and what His Word says about you, the bigger He will become in your life. But...