God's Blueprint for a Happy Home
We all know the importance of a happy home. You can have good grades, a good job, and make good money, but an unhappy home makes for an unhappy life. Conversely, a happy home is a refuge when everythng else in life seems to fall apart. So how do we come home to homes like that? What guidance and promise does God give us as he seeks to be the center of our homes? And what about living together before marriage--does such a home make God happy? And what happens when infidelity shatters a family? What hope of healing does God offer to such a home?
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God's Blueprint for a Happy Home: What Makes Marriage Work?
09.01.23. God wants to see us happy in our marriages, so he gives us guidance through the Bible: Husbands must love their wives and be devoted to them. Wives must respect and submit to their husbands. And yet, despite God's instructions, happy homes and marriages are the exception, not the norm. ...
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God's Blueprint for a Happy Home: Living Together Before Marriage?
09.08.23. Is it okay if couples—who aren't married but love one another—live together? In our 21st-century culture, it's not unusual for couples to look for certainty in compatibility by living together first; not to mention doing so also saves on rent, bills, and expenses. But what does God say?...
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God's Blueprint for a Happy Home: What if There Was an Affair?, Part 1
09.15.23. Part 1 of 2. What do you do when your spouse broke your vows and your heart? Or if you were the one who ignored God’s voice and betrayed? How do couples recover from the pain, the shame, and the regret? Is there any hope after an affair? We live in a culture where one in five husbands w...
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God's Blueprint for a Happy Home: What if There Was an Affair?, Part 2
09.22.23. Part 2 of 2. What do you do when your spouse broke your vows and your heart? Or if you were the one who ignored God’s voice and betrayed? How do couples recover from the pain, the shame, and the regret? Is there any hope after an affair? We live in a culture where one in five husbands w...
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God's Blueprint for a Happy Home: How Do I Help Friends Caught in Adultery?
09.29.23. Statistically, most, if not all, of us will have friends who are unfaithful in their marriages. When that happens, what should we do? How do we help when everything is so complex and so powerful and so emotional? How can we be good Christian friends when a friend chooses to cheat? What...
