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In this final post of the Love 101 series, you'll find helpful advice on how to love others well. It starts with first being filled with God's love and strength, so you're equipped to do what you cannot do in your own human efforts. God's love empowers us with the emotional capacity to treat other people with greater kindness, compassion, patience, and grace.
Terrible events have a way of testing us and showing us who we are. We saw evidence of this in the horrific shooting of five men this past Saturday, July 13—one famous and four previously unknown.
God never promised us that life would be easy, but He promised it would be worth it! Today on Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson concludes his inspirational discussion with Kristen Anderson about her failed suicide attempt at the age of 17, and what God did to completely turn her life around. Jeremiah 29:11-13 says, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Discover how God powerfully stepped into Kristen’s trial with His promise of life, and how He wants to do the same for you!
One of the most difficult things to do is to love ourselves. Often, we are our own worst critics. We see our flaws; we know our faults. And, for some reason, we choose to focus more on what we've done wrong than what we've done right.
The definition of hopelessness is “a feeling or condition of having no hope; despair or desperation.” Do you or someone you know struggle with these feelings? On today’s edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson talks with Kristen Anderson, author of Life, In Spite of Me, and founder of Reaching You Ministries. Kristen will walk you through her journey from an all-consuming anguish and a failed suicide attempt to finding the hope and love of Jesus Christ, who completely transformed her life!
The Olympics captivate my family every few years as we marvel at the power and grace in sports like sprinting and basketball. These Games remind us of humanity's inherent glory-seeking nature. However, this drive often misdirects us from God's glory. Christianity transforms this instinct, urging us to glorify God in all we do, from athletic feats to daily tasks. The Olympic spotlight will fade, but pursuing God's glory resonates eternally. Athletes get praise now, but we worship Jesus forever.
The Olympics remind us of who we are as people. We have a natural capacity for what I call glory-seeking. In other words, something innate in the human heart makes us hunger for greatness. Among other motivations, this is why both male and female athletes devote decades of their lives toward a shot at performing and thriving in the Olympic Games. They want to write their names on the wall of athletic immortality. In a word, they want glory.
In this four-week series, we're headed to "love school" to learn to experience deeper depths of love—from God, within ourselves, and with others. This Love 101 post is about grasping God's amazing and unconditional love for each of us. Because when you put knowledge into action, love changes everything. It helps us become more secure, loving, and joyful with our family, friends, significant other, and people who are hard to love.
Today on Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson continues his encouraging discussion with the late Retired Lt. Commander Wes Modder about the great struggles he was made to confront as a decorated chaplain while serving in the U.S. Navy. Ephesians 6:12 says, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” Learn of the deep Christian convictions Chaplain Modder demonstrated. You will hear him say, “If policy goes against Scripture, it is my duty and my function to say, excuse me, that is wrong!”
Threatened with losing his position and his good name, the late U.S. Navy chaplain Wes Modder chose to stand firm in his Judeo-Christian beliefs on marriage and sexuality, refusing to back down to the false accusations that were being thrown at him. On today’s edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson interviews Chaplain Modder about the fiery trials he faced, and how God provided for his triumphant exoneration! Romans 8:31 says, “If God is for us, who can be against us?”
