A Simple 3-Step Process to Practice More Empathy
An empathetic person can identify with what someone else is experiencing. They may have had the same experience before. This isn't necessary to practice empathy. You might just be very…
8 Techniques That Stop Anger in its Tracks
You can’t believe they did it. Of all people, turning on you this way! You want to react in kind, giving what you got, drawing on the anger flowing through…
5 Techniques for Using Affirmations to Enhance Your Relationship
Affirmations are powerful positive statements. You may be aware of them as a tool for self-improvement or to help you reach your goals. Did you know that affirmations can help…
Discipline = Love? Yuck!
I grew up in a home of discipline. I got spankings. I was stood in a corner. I was given the “I’m disappointed” talk. The thing was, there was no…
Don’t Forget Your Commitment to God
God means what He says. When He was giving the nation of Israel instructions for life, He told them to commit to Him wholeheartedly. Completely. Without distraction. Without wavering. He…
Don’t Follow Your Heart!
When we want to advise people to follow their dreams, we tell them to follow their heart. The problem is, our hearts are pretty easily deceived, and even become deceptive.…
Hating a Fellow Believer ≠ Loving God
Pretty simple concept, isn’t it? You can’t actually love God if you hate a fellow believer. That means the believers from another country, another race, another church. But they’ve got…
Jesus Knew His Purpose, Do You?
Wouldn’t it be amazing to say that you had seen Jesus with your own eyes and understood that He was sent by God to be the Savior of the world?…
YOU Can Help People See God!
Did you know that you can help people SEE God? No one has actually seen God, though Moses came close. Looking God in the face as a human results in…
Stop Hoarding Your Blessings
Other translations make clear that what Peter wrote was to practice hospitality to one another without complaint. Or, Christians, be hospitable to Christians without complaining about it. Does the thought…
Stop Just Reacting!
Have you ever been driving and realize you just did something that you gripe about other drivers doing? What about at the store when you snuck those extra half dozen…
Love Outside the Clique
Believers have an obligation to love one another. UGH! We don’t like thinking that we have to do something out of obligation, do we? We prefer to think that we…