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March 4, 2011Making Pastoral Counseling Available WorldwideHere is a 3-minute update video I filmed between the lesson filming for my Institute. Marking Pastoral Counseling Available Worldwide ... Read More »Falling In Love Again: With Your Children
FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOUR CHILDREN AGAIN Your love for your children is the most important investment you will ever make in them. And from the moment of conception until your child marries and leaves home, you will see many different manifestations of that child. Each of these requires a different kind of love from you: 1. Infancy. Your children need from you a lot of affection and care. You need to keep them warm and well fed. ... Read More »March 2, 2011Ask Doc: Generational CursesI was recently asked: “Doc, what are your thoughts on generational curses?” I do not believe in generational curses. When the Scriptures talk about the sins of the fathers being passed down to the third or fourth generation, I believe it is referring to behavior learned from those who shape the character of the child. The only curse I believe in is the curse of sin and Galations tells us that Christ broke this curse for us. ... Read More »February 28, 2011Falling In Love Again: With Your SpouseThis is Part 3 of a 5 part series on Falling In Love Again! FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOUR SPOUSE AGAIN
However, after I began to recover from my grief I began to realize how lonely I was. I will always be grateful for mutual friends who introduced Priscilla and me. And during the first 17 days of December 1993, I talked to Priscilla for 31 hours on the telephone. After the first few days, people who knew me well could see the difference in me. I was running up ... Read More »February 25, 2011Falling In Love Again: With LifeThis is Part 2 of a 5 part series on Falling In Love Again! FALLING IN LOVE WITH LIFE AGAIN Depression is the most common emotional problem in our society. While it has many sources, a common source of depression is a negative attitude toward life. At times this is the history of the person’s view of life: They have never learned to love life. However, in many instances depressed people look back on times when they did love life but some crisis occurred or tragedy happened that took the love of life away from them. Some people have a history of tragic loss or series of losses from which they have never recovered. Some respond this way to the loss of a loved one, a parent, or a sibling. But anytime a person loves someone more than they love God and more than they love life, they are in trouble. For sooner or later, death will separate us from those we l ... Read More »« Newer Posts — Older Posts » |
While I was going through my grief over the loss of my first wife, I wondered if I would ever love again. I was so sad and depressed. The loss was severe, for we had been married for 47 years.