For those of you who do not know Beth Moore, she is an outstanding Bible teacher, writer of Bible studies, and is a married mother of two daughters. This is one of her experiences: April 20, 2005, at the Airport in Knoxville, waiting to board the plane, I had the Bible on my lap and was very intent upon what […]
Words of Encouragement | Biblical Strength For Staying On Course
Do you ever feel like you just cannot do something? Is it because you are either completely spent, inexperienced, or simply unsure of yourself? Well, take heart. Hebrews 4:14-16 reminds us that Jesus Christ felt like He couldn’t so things at times. It says: (14) Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, […]
Words of Encouragement | Effectively Being a Help Meet Part 2
Last week we discussed the encouragement of ways to be a more efficient helper for our husbands. We saw that our husbands do not know that they are ignorant in relationships and that God designed the wife to be a helper to show him things to bring understanding to his spirit. Then we saw how we need to share with […]
Words of Encouragement | Effectively Being a Help Meet Part 1
Over the next few months we are going to go into ways to bring encouragement to your spirit by finding out more and more of how to be an effective help meet. 1 Timothy 1:12-14 is a passage in scripture where Paul, who is a brilliant man, shares how he acted in ignorance. What was he ignorant in? He wasn’t […]
Daily Devotional | Does the Peace of Christ Rule in Your Heart?
Colossians 3:15-17 “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in […]
Daily Devotional | Create a Hunger in Me
You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. Ps. 63:1 We grow up thinking things will be so much better when we are adults. Yet, often, we bring into our adulthood our very selfish, childlike way of seeking […]
Words of Encouragement | Will Anyone Listen and Care?
In talking with women, I have continued to hear something that is very concerning. It seems like women are confused about what their role in a marriage is. No one has taught them that they have a “job” that God gave them when they got married. I love to speak with young girls when they are thinking about getting married […]
Relationship Help | A Wife’s Position in Marriage
Ken and I had the opportunity to speak with a group of husbands and wives. It is something that we love to do; helping couples understand why so many times they cannot find answers when there is a disagreement between them. Ken spoke with the men while I spoke with the ladies. I enjoyed talking with the wives for about […]
Daily Devotional | Characteristics of a Leader
What does a leader look like? There are so many examples in scripture and one of my favorites is King Hezekiah. Read 2 Chronicles 32 to get the full story. Let me give you a few of the highlights! Hezekiah was a man after God’s heart. He made sure to restore Judah back to a true worship of only God […]
Relationship Help | Three Lessons A Man Should Know About His Wife
Christ Quest Ministries is a Christ-centered ministry located in Phoenix, Arizona, that disciples men in how to live with their wife in an understanding way according to Scriptures. The following testimonial reflects a response in the life of one man who made application of such understanding. THREE LESSONS A MAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HIS WIFE By Bob Goldenberg* I have […]