Raised to Walk in a New Life

What a Weekend
I want to thank all of the men who joined us in Reelsville, IN for the Rise Up, Man of God men’s retreat. We had a great group of guys, from a total of six states, come in for the weekend. Many dedicated brothers and sisters of us had spent months praying for the retreat and its impact on those attending. I don’t think any of us ever imagined it going nearly as well as it did. God, through His Ho

Put It Into Practice: Build Him Up
Are you struggling with the man that your husband has become?  Do you wish he were stronger and more confident?  Do you want him to just take charge and be sure of himself?  Do you want him to command respect when he walks into a room? Now, try to think about what made him the way he is.  Where do your thoughts immediately go?  Do they go to his life as a child and how his parents treated him?  Do they go to his own selfish habits that have seemed to take over his life?  Do any thoughts point straight at you and how you talk to him? I want to offer the i

Put It Into Practice: Submission
NOTE: This post is for those of you wives who are already resolved to the idea that God’s word is the final authority and that God’s way is better.  This is for those of you who are truly searching to do things in the way that God has planned for us.  If you aren’t at this point yet, then the following post may be difficult for you to accept.  If so, I have another post, entitled It’s Not Burdensome, that I have put up to hopefully encourage those of you struggling with the idea of submitting to your husband. “Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should sub

It’s Not Burdensome
I have written about submission before and about letting your husband lead as it talks about in scripture.  We have gotten quite a few negative comments, but it all comes down to this.  Do you believe that scripture is God-breathed and the one authority for your life?  If so, then you must take what you read and apply it…no matter if it seems “old-fashioned” or if it seems impossible.  In 1 John 5, the author explains this very concept. “Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves

Put Them Into Practice
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”                         Matthew 7:24-27 NIV Pretty familiar story, huh?�