"And His gifts were varied; (He Himself appointed and gave men to us)...His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints (His consecrated people), that they should do the work of ministering toward building up Christ's body (the church)" (Eph....

If you've worked all your life and now you're being kicked out of the work force, go volunteer somewhere a couple of days a week. The beauty about volunteering is that you can set your own hours. If you want, you can sleep late and go in at one o'clock in the...

A large part of getting through the empty-nest syndrome is just learning how to let go and allow your children to stand on their own. That means coming to terms with your shifting roles as parents and realizing that if you've put in them what you were supposed to...

Agape works best at the husband-and-wife level, then with children to almost the same degree, and then with others. Your children will never be as close to you as your mate. There is only one person whom you should see as the most valuable and precious person on...

Agape is the God-kind of love. It sees people as being valuable and precious. The quality of this love is determined by the character of the one who loves, not the one who is being loved. That's why God can love us—because His love is determined by His character,...

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

As the years pass by, not only will the children go, but the bills will too. (Your money adds up when you don't have to spend it on your children anymore.) This is especially true if you saved and exercised "delayed gratification" while you were young. In other...

As women, we face some specific pressures that produce stress and can trigger a crisis in mid life. Marriage is a major cause of undue stress for women. For some, it's the lack of marriage that is causing the stress. If your knight in shining armor hasn't shown up...

Your ego and self-image are components of your psychological makeup, which plays a large part in the decisions you make. Usually, if you have a weak combination of these components, you'll also have a low self-esteem, which means you're more likely to make...

One reason why so many marriages have suffered from breakups and problems is that the proper groundwork was never laid. Let's talk in terms of love. Your partner in marriage is not just your closest friend. He or she is someone you love with all your spirit, soul,...