There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn't. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.

When you encourage someone, it literally changes their brain chemistry to be able to perform... sends fuel to the brain.

Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as "Taking," you are not getting it.

He is the Truth, and He wants us to deal in truth with ourselves and our loved ones. We want the truth about you and your family to flood into and overrun the secrets that keep you in bondage to dysfunctional behavior and relationships

If your boundary training consists only of words, you are wasting your breath. But if you 'do' boundaries with your kids, they internalize the experiences, remember them, digest them, and make them part of how they see reality.

The natural response to evaluation is to feel judged. We have to mature to a place where we respond to it with gratitude, and love feedback.

The business of church is ultimately people. You're trying to heal people, grow people, teach people, and mend people. And when leaders spend all of their time helping and growing other people, they ignore their own growth.