Do you often feel like parched ground, unable to produce anything worthwhile? I do. When I am in need of refreshment, it isn't easy to think of the needs of others. But I have found that if, instead of praying for my own comfort and satisfaction, I ask the Lord to enable me to give to others, an amazing thing often happens - I find my own needs wonderfully met. Refreshment comes in ways I would never have thought of, both for others, and then, incidentally, for myself.

What sort of world might it have been if Eve had refused the servants offer and had said to him instead, “let me not be like God. Let me be what I was made to be - let me be a woman'?

Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.

Lonely? Give it to Jesus. The loneliness itself is material for sacrifice.

No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.

We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves

Stand true to your calling to be a man. Real women will always be relieved and grateful when men are willing to be men