Revival in the Home Humanity's first home was a place of love, peace, and harmony. However, through disobedience, sin entered the home. The consequence was a home that degraded into a place of self-centeredness, discord, and hate. This degradation reached into the hearts of the first family. In Genesis 4:7…

Joyful in the House of Prayer These I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.  Isa. 56:7…

Don’t you think it would be cruel to ask your spouse to hold down five jobs? Let’s say your wife is a university professor, but you expect her to also serve as a detective in the police department, an investment advisor at a local bank, a case worker for child…

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti8Y-2YtB0M[/embedyt]   While speaking at the House of Prayer in Sacramento, we conducted a mini seminar with the young adults. Below are some of the topics we covered. NOTE: These topics are all time-stamped. I.E. You can fast forward if you like, to the subject matter that interests you.…

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Love Tank It was thirty years ago that Gary Chapman published The Five Love Languages. True confession: I've never read the book but have absorbed the contents (like second hand smoke) from the comments of others who have. He introduced the concept of the "marriage love tank." In a nutshell, relational resources…

Value We first begin to ponder our value at a very young age; not conscious thoughts early on, more subconscious. Questions ping on our soul's radar.  How do I perceive myself? How do others perceive me? Am I valued in my family? God's desire of course is to imprint truth…

Privacy or Secrecy? How truthful and transparent should I be with my spouse? After all, we are supposed to be best friends right?  But am I not still entitled to a measure of privacy in my life? What's the difference between privacy and secrecy? Privacy is about having healthy boundaries…

Wearing the "C" Okay, this is not a sports blog, but I need to use a sports analogy to set up my message. As we all know, a "captain" is a commander or leader. You will notice a "C" on the jersey of a team captain. Naturally, I have used…