#2 – Am I discussing with my kids (in my case, four of them)…  Am I regularly discussing with my kids the core values that are being transmitted through my family’s entertainment choices?  So I don’t just ask, “Does it meet the guidelines?” I ask, “Am I discussing it? Am I talking about it with [...]

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Every time we remove something, a television show, or a habit, we have to replace it with something. Because when I remove something from my life, there is a void there.  What do I replace it with? Well, think about music for example.  Most of the music we listen to is going to be about [...]

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Song of Solomon 4:11-15, “Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like that of Lebanon. You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain. (He’s talking about her virginity. It’s not [...]

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I want to ask you, have you done that?  You want to see God move?  Move your money.  I’m telling you, it’s all about the money.  Again, don’t blame me.  Again, I have to go back to Jesus, Matthew 6:21.  “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” You know last Sunday I [...]

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And here’s what happened. This is very interesting. God and Hosea got into this conversation about Gomer. And if you read between the lines, you can almost hear God saying, “Hey, Hosea, do you know where Gomer is?” Hosea was probably saying, “Well yeah, I know where she hangs out.  I know the hotels and [...]

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Often, I will tell them, say, “Okay, guys, you are putting it on me that I am suppose to have you at three birthday parties this weekend.  You are going to be singing at this little deal at the church and you are going to have three friends over in the next week.”  With four [...]

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I constantly woke to dreams of him and her in bed together. It would play over and over and over. I stopped feeling positive about myself and about life. It was all negative, jealous, enraged, diminished, bitter, frightened, lonely, ugly, mistrustful, exposed. His deception blinded me from how I saw myself. I started doubting and [...]

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S, K, D    “steal, kill and destroy.”  He says, “I’m going to steal from you and I’m going to kill you and I’m going to destroy your life and your marriage and your family and your money. Because here’s what I’m going to do…” He’s putting the cards on the table.  He’s saying, “Here’s what [...]

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Philippians 2:3 says, “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others (consider your spouse) better than yourselves.” So that’s something else we can do. Respect, vulnerability, honor (admiration and affirmation): that’s all about marital fulfillment. Reconciliation Then instead of stonewalling; instead of icing someone out, how about reconciliation?  Here’s [...]

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I was on this phone call with this gentleman for over 8 hours that day.  He could not come up with the account or the money.  We called our legal counsel in, our board members, and finally I said, “You know what? It’s late. Tomorrow we’re going to go down to the bank. I’ll fly [...]

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