Encouragement for Life

As a couple, you and your husband will experience tough times. Instead of being bitter and dwelling on what you don't have, here is encouragement to get through.

Trust is fragile. It is slowly obtained over time, but it can be lost in an instant. Begin to build trust and encourage your spouse with these qualities. 

What the world needs now is love ... God’s kind of love, which goes against all our normal tendencies and is directed toward others. If this is what the world needs, Christians have to be have it and share it. Here's how to do both.

Is taming your tongue a serious struggle for you? If so, God has a serious solution to help you stop gossiping:

You may conclude that it’s not possible for you to follow God because of some of your past actions. But you and I must never forget one thing: God looked at David’s heart. And that’s where God is going to look in our lives, too. When it comes to becoming a person after God’s own heart, we can count on the grace of God.

Going to church is just a small commitment of a tiny slice of time each week. Yet this one little practice, over time, makes a huge difference in a family. Here's help to get you there!

Over the Christmas break, kids will be out of school, family will be on vacation, and guests will be in and out of our home … which means the messes will be more frequent and the cleaning doubled. Here's encouragement to choose a good attitude when we're tired of cleaning. 

A good way to grow in faith in God is to keep a prayer list. Here's guidance to starting a journal which will fuel and feed a deep hunger for this time of talking to God. 

What does it take to read through the Bible in a year? It takes about 10 to 12 minutes a day. This handful of minutes is such a tiny investment to make in something that produces such massive daily—and eternal—dividends! 

Oftentimes, holiday schedules are hectic with social activities, plays, and Christmas preparation. But, don’t let your time get away from you! Here are 6 ways to make memories over the holidays. 

Traditionally, Thanksgiving Day is a food-filled celebration associated with expressing gratitude to God. But for some, this has been a tough year, and we don't feel much like celebrating. Here's hope for when Thanksgiving is hard. 

Being a wife who prays for her husband is a unique privilege. And it's a necessity because you, dear wife, might be the only person on this entire planet who is praying for him! Here are three specific ways to pray for your husband.