The man who finds a wife finds a treasure, and he receives favor from the Lord. Proverbs 18:22 Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. Proverbs 5:1 The following statements may surprise you, so brace yourself for a sexual reality check: It’s up to you […]

And don’t be wishing you were Some place else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God’s place for you. Live and obey and love and believe right there. I Corinthians 7:17 Back in my day the Righteous Brother’s classic “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” was hot stuff. Have a listen as

Her husband praises her: “There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all!” Proverbs 31:29 I remember seeing this on the wall in my mom’s kitchen “kissing don’t last, cooking do”. That’s just wrong on so many counts. We live in a world of lots of mistaken certainties when

For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her. Ephesians 5:25 If I asked you if you’d be willing to give up your life to protect your wife, fellas, hardly any of you would refuse. However, if I tell you that you need to

But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.” Matthew 6:6 The Gorgeous Redhead (TGR) and I had a date last Saturday with one of our couple buds and went to see the Kendrick Brothers’

Even Jesus did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. Excerpted from Mark 10:45 Check it out: We talk a lot about servant’s hearts, and when it is fairly balanced between The Gorgeous Redhead and me it works just great. Recently, however, I experienced a

“Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate? Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another,and working together with one mind and purpose.” Philippians 2:1-2 The big questions is: How do you

That is why I am commanding you to share freely. Deuteronomy 15:11 This blog for which I’m indebted to Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott reminded me of the reputation that church goers have gotten for their lunches after worship on Sundays. Ask nearly any wait staff if they enjoy working in food service on Sundays.

Dick and Barb Ivey Educators, Mentors, Coaches The gorgeous redhead and I are not on our first marriage. We both wish that wasn’t so and that somehow God might have put us together the first time around. We stumbled around in the darkness for lots of years getting relationships wrong until one day we both

Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, you will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. Psalm 68:13 Here is a note for today. We borrow a story once again from Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott. At one time Andrew Carnegie was the wealthiest man in