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How Can I Handle Disappointment?

We all have lapses in judgement and those poor judments always lead to disappointment.  God is your single most powerful source for moving away from disappointment.

Is Disappointment Motivation for Change?

The quick answer...yes.  IF you follow that with a conversation with God.  Disappointment hurts.  God can help you heal.  It's true.

How Can I Overcome Immaturity?

Immarutity is a stumbling block for making good decisions.  It's uncomfortable and most always puts you in a bad place.  Maturity is just one place in your life, it's ...

Why is Maturity Important?

A lack of maturity equates to failure in a long-term relationship.  God is a perfect place to start that conversation.  Try it.  It works.

How Do I Find Compatibility?

Love, joy and peace.  Did you know that's what God want's us to discover, experience and enjoy in life.  Surprised?

What is Emotional Maturity?

Ever hear the term, "grow up".  Here's how it works.  Sacrifice, suffer a bit and have an attitude that tomorrow will be better because today, you learned a lesson.  O...

How Can I Have Success in a Relationship?

Success in a relationship is not always easy.  It requires both of you to share similar values and a focused vision on the future.  Communication is at the key of maki...

How Can I be a Better Person?

Relationships are a mix of mutual values.  That means listening first and then gently telling how you feel.  Respect always comes first.

How Can I Build Compatibility in my Relationship?

Compatibility has to be nurtured, the same way you would care for a child.  Gentle, loving, consistent acts will help you get there.

How Can I Measure Compatibility?

Perfect compatibility is not a requirement for a strong relationship.  Communication is an essential element for building it.

How Do I Find the Perfect Soul Mate?

The perfect soul mate.  Yeah, right.  Not so easy to find, is it?

How Can I be Committed in a Relationship?

Commitment solidifies compatibility by pledging long-term security.  Not always easy, but always necessary.

How Can I Find Peace and Unity in a Relationship?

Not many want discord in a relationship.  Not even you.  But when discord exists, life can be tougher than is should be.  Are you in a compatible relationship?

What is Compatibility?

You might call it a soul mate.  Finding the right person is the mystery of the ages.  So how is your journey going?

How Can I Learn Trust and Respect?

Compatibility is synonymous with harmony and unity.  That formula works well in any relationship.  So, how about you?

How Can I Be Less Critical

It's easy to be critical.  Not so easy to be correct.  God can help you with that conversation.

Is Criticism a Good Thing?

When criticism is paired with wisdom and insight it has a much better chance of creating change for the better.  We are flawed, we sometimes fail, but when we are give...

How Can I Recover From Criticism?

It's important to accept feedback when and where you have fallen short.  We are human.  We sometimes fail.  It's also important to apologize so we can move forward wit...

Why is it Important Not to Tolerate Evil?

God tells us to model his grace and mercy in place of being critical or cynical.  Be careful how you live.  It has lasting effects.

How Does God Want Me to Deal with Criticism?

Sure, you'll respond with anger and doubt about the person giving you criticism and eventually you might realize that the messenger was wrong. but the message was righ...

How Do I Accept Criticism?

Corrections should always come in love, not hate.  We are better off when we can clearly understand the value of change.  It's never easy but if we are the recipient o...

How Can I Overcome Criticism?

Ask God for the wisdom, courage, and strength to accept it.  God has designed guidelines for each of us to walk on the bettter side of life.  Sometimes that means that...

How Do I Stop Being Critical of Others?

Criticism is a negative attack on someone else and it never generates a positive result.  Turn to God to discover a better way to address your anxiety and hurtful beha...

Why is Criticism a Bad Habit?

Isn't a conversation better than a fight?  Talk through problems and base that conversation on what God would say.  That's where you begin.

How Do I Get Rid of a Critical Attitude?

God did not design you to have a critical attitude.  That behavior diminishes as you see yourself, and others, as precious in God's sight.

How Do I Get Away From Domestic Violence?

Simple, or maybe not so simple for you.  Turn to God and ask him to send help, today.

How Do I Handle Criticism?

Criticism transforms into emotional abuse over time.  Turn to God, first to center your belief in self.  Through Him, find a path that supports healing.

Why Do I Feel Inferior?

Inferiority is something we all face at times.  Long term inferiority can lead to a dangerous place.

How Do I Overcome Inferiority?

Proverbs 4 says, Be careful how you think:  your life is shaped by your thoughts.  Lies will take you to a deeper place of infereiority.  God can help you out with the...

How Are Lies Tied to Family Violence?

The greater the feeling of inferiority, the more violent the emotional confrontation. That's a quote from psychologist Alfred Adler.  God gives each of us the power to...

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