Christ-Centered Self Worth and Our Identity
Many of us struggle with having an accurate sense of worth or value. This struggle impacts and can interfere with our emotional, relational, spiritual, and physical health. Self-worth can be defined as the combination of how you view yourself plus your perceptions of how other people and God view you.
Biblical Decision-Making Podcast Episodes
The story of our lives in many ways can be chronicled by the many decisions we make. Biblical Decision-Making is a podcast series that considers principled truths as well as common misconceptions in decision making. In Part 1, Breaking Bread host Matt Kaufmann interviews Arlan Miller and together they lay
A Triangular Model Of Love
The above video was taken from the Mentoring Young Couples Webinar and helps explains aspects of the triangular model of love and how it can help us as we consider our marriages. How do you define love? Is it a feeling or a choice? Both? Love can be hard
Cultivating Connections Marriage Conference
Connecting. It’s what we do as a society. We connect on Instagram, Facebook, and around our churches and communities. But do we connect with our spouse? Do you not only know your spouse, but do you connect with your spouse emotionally, spiritually and physically? And as we intentionally connect with our spouse,
Prayers For Husband & Wife
Lord, be with my wife today. May she shine You in all she does, according to thy Word. May she love the Lord thy God with all (her) heart, all (her) soul and all (her) mind. (Matt. 22:37) May my wife realize we are created for His workmanship, unto Christ
Sexual Addiction
Sexual activity, like alcohol, drugs, and gambling, increases levels of dopamine in the brain. Dopamine is the primary neurotransmitter in the brain’s reward system. Dopamine creates pleasurable feelings. However, the brain’s reward system also makes us vulnerable to addiction. People are not addicted to sex. As with all addictions, people
Substance Abuse and Addiction
An addiction is a compulsive or physical dependence upon a substance, person, or behavior that provides a temporary sense of well-being. In a severe addiction, “well-being” may be replaced by “release from pain or discomfort.” Addiction results in harm to the person’s health, relationships, spiritual life, vocation, emotional well-being, and/or
What is Marriage? – Considering Marriage Part 1
God designed and ordained marriage in the Garden of Eden before sin entered the world. In this setting, He stated, “.. . It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.” (Gen. 2:18) In the marriage relationship, the man is
Anxiety & Worry in Adults
2 Timothy 1:7, For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind [self-control and self-discipline]. For most people, anxiety and worry are part of the human condition that come and go as they face various stressors in life.
Anxiety & Worry in Children and Teens
Every child is faced with challenging situations that can lead to or trigger anxiety. Anxiety often looks different in children than in adults because children do not have the same coping and communication skills many adults have learned. The anxiety may be expressed by crying, tantrums, avoidance behaviors, complaints of