Only the truly cruel, player types actually enjoy breaking up with someone. For most of us, breaking up is hard to do. While it is hard (and yes, this is an understatement) for the person who has been told the relationship has ended, the person doing the breaking up often experiences some heartache as well. Even when we move on from a relationship because we know it is not for the best, we often still care in our hearts for the person we are leaving behind. Breaking up is hard to do. So how do you break up with someone? Here are six steps to breaking up well: First and foremost, do not … [Read more...]
The Importance of Sacrifice in Marriage
Do you remember a time in your life when you sacrificed something important to you for someone else? How about for yourself? Maybe you lost sleep for months working several jobs to make ends meet or maybe you gave up eating foods you love to support a friend or family member who needed to get healthy and exercise. Perhaps you have never had to sacrifice time, fun, or possessions that are important to you, but you have seen others sacrifice for you. How did that affect you? Did you realize the weight of the sacrifice? Understanding the importance of sacrifice in marriage is … [Read more...]
How to Overcome the Difficulty in Saying, “No” to Others
Do you find yourself having a hard time saying, “No” to people? If there is a new project on at your church, are you one of the first people asked to help? Do you find others making plans and creating work, only to find that when it's time to finish a task, you are left to complete it without their help? For some people, saying no is harder than it is for others. Perhaps you were raised with a parent that struggled to say no. Sometimes in ministry, it is really difficult to say no because you feel pressure to spread yourself evenly throughout the entire congregation. People who have trouble … [Read more...]
How to Honor God in Your Wedding
Would you consider yourself a wedding person? Do you look forward to attending weddings, crying when the bride walks down the aisle, rejoicing when the bride and groom are pronounced man and wife, and then eating till your heart's content at the reception? Some people enjoy going because they are hopeless romantics, some go to pick up free food and to find a date (no, we do not recommend this!), some would rather eat dirt than attend any weddings, but most people enjoy going primarily when they really care about the couple. Most of the weddings I've attended over the years have been normal, … [Read more...]
Conflict in Relationships (Doing Confrontation Well)
When I was a child, I dreamed of my future husband. I wondered what he would look like, what he would do for a living, and I wondered what kind of a life we would have together. Because it was my fantasy, I also dreamed of all the good times we would have and did not spend much time considering the bad times. When I would see couples fight, I would think, "Wow, I'm so glad my marriage won't be like that!" People often do not dwell on the bad times to come when they are considering marriage; yet, some do based on what they have experienced from other marriages. However, most of us look … [Read more...]
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