Managing Stress In Marriage
Most people are aware of the injurious personal costs of stress – those that harm the individual. However, we often do not consider the destructive interpersonal consequences – those that damage our relationships. Concerning marriage, the effects of stress can certainly present many difficult challenges. But, your marriage can survive – and even thrive – despite encountering stress if you learn to manage it properly. Causes of...
The Gift of the Holy Spirit
Introduction The gift of the Holy Spirit has become the topic of much discussion in our day. Men and women of all persuasions and from all walks of life have become interested enough to search for greater understanding of this phenomenal spiritual experience. Capturing headlines, dominating the content of many religious periodicals, and generally creating excitement, this canon of apostolic faith deserves a sincere appraisal. The...
The Treasure of God Knowledge
There lays within the grasp of each one of us a power that is beyond my ability to explain. Peter said it this way, “Grace and peace be Multiplied to you through the knowledge of God our Savior Jesus Christ!” It is through, because of, by way of, this Holy Knowledge that the unspeakable blessings of Grace and Peace are endowed into our lives. We have heard it said, that Knowledge is Power. Through Academic Knowledge...
White Noise
A few years ago while I was working in the offices of General Motors, I was shocked at an inter-office memo I had received. The note was to explain about a new “noise filtering system†that was to be installed in the 1,000-plus employee complex within the coming weeks. It wasn’t the system alone that got my attention… it was what I read next. The memo went on to say that white noise is merely a constant flood of sound that...
Make Me!
How many times have we heard a child refuse to do something, with arms crossed defiantly stating his or her stubbornness, ‘Make Me’? We find in scripture several statements of ‘Make Me’; however, it is in a spirit of contrition and submission that serves as the backdrop of this plea. Luke 15:11-24 21 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. …. 19 And...