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Your faith in God matters to God. In fact, God is most honored through your living, active, death-defying, out-of-the-box faith. That being the case, He’s committed to growing it. Big. Imagine how differently you would respond to difficulties, temptations, and even good things if you knew with certainty that God was in all of it and was planning to leverage it for good. But in order for all of tha...

Most of us want to be generous. We want to give to God. We want to help meet other people’s needs. We have good intentions. But fear keeps us from actually turning our intentions into actions. Fear of what might happen. Fear of what might break and need repair. Fear that we won’t be able to pay the bills. We allow our fear—not our faith—to dictate what we do. But when we give, we are actually givi...

Sticky notes are one of man’s greatest inventions. They allow us to capture thoughts and jot down important details. On a 3-inch by 3-inch yellow sheet of paper, you have a convenient, tangible, visible reminder of what needs to get done. But one of the sticky notes’ greatest functions is their ability to remind us of things that slip our minds. The heart behind this study is to remind ourselves o...

Physical affairs are rarely a sexual problem. Affairs come about because of the absence of communication and romance. The communication and romance have been slowly eliminated over time from the relationship, and your love life is as dry as kindling. So when an innocent spark happens with someone of the opposite sex, the forbidden flame of infatuation can burn down a family and a future. There are...

So many of us struggle in marriage as a result of ineffective communication. We muddle through misunderstandings and assumptions with our spouse and often fail to resolve conflicts in healthy ways. With these questions, we will bring clarity to the confusion of marital communication. Chris presents some strategies will help us better love and communicate with our spouse.

All families fight. We just fight about and for different things, and we fight in different ways. Some families are very vocal; others quietly stuff their frustrations inside. But regardless of how families fight, every family decides what they are going to fight over. Fighting about rules and issues will always drive us apart, but there is another way. What if we began to fight for the relationsh...

“Help me God!” How often have you said these words? Our prayers take on a completely new dimension when we’re experiencing hardships or difficulties. And there’s nothing wrong with that; God invites us to call out to Him and ask Him for help. But if we’re only involving Him when things go bad, we’re using Him like a vending machine. He becomes a last resort—a last priority—receiving only the lefto...

Forgiveness sounds like a great idea. We love to be forgiven for something. So why is it so hard to extend forgiveness to someone else? Because if we need to forgive, it means we need to deal with a hurt or an offense that can still feel so raw. All it takes is one word, one memory, one person and the hurt and pain we felt can be so real now. But forgiveness is not about condoning what the other p...

Marriage. Everybody’s is different. Every marriage contains a unique blend of personalities, a unique history, a unique set of circumstances, a unique set of problems, and a unique set of joys. Despite the fact that every marriage is different, there are certain aspects of marriage that affect us all in the same way. There are some universal constants wired into us as people and into the nature of...

Falling in love is easy. Staying in love, being committed to each other, is a bit more difficult. Ever wonder if people can stay together for good. . . like people in love? Is it even possible for two people to stay happy together forever?

BIG IDEA: For most people, their relationship with God feels weird and awkward. But God wants a relationship with them that is close, inspiring, and transformative. We all have relationships that feel weird. Awkward. Uncomfortable. We don’t necessarily want them to be that way, but they are. You struggle to communicate and gain the cooperation of your child. You’ve never felt close to your parents...

Jesus told us to love our neighbors as ourselves. But that’s easier said than done. Which people qualify as neighbors, and which don’t? How far does our responsibility to others extend? If we make the effort to move toward the messes in other people’s lives, how inconvenient is too inconvenient? How unsafe is too unsafe? How dangerous is too dangerous? What are the limits to loving others as we lo...