The LOVE Series – Women’s Bible Study Jodi Meiter – February, 2015 Arizona Community Church, Tempe, Arizona AUDIO 1. Love For God All of our relationships in life must be built on the foundation of God’s love for us, and our response to His love. When we love God, our life will look differently than before we knew Him. Our life should be a quest to get to know God better, and love Him more, so that we can more accurately reflect His love to the world. :: 2. Love in Marriage The marriage relationship gives us a unique [ …read full story ]
Many are asking, “How should we respond when a church leader falls into sin?” The body of Christ at our church has had a tough week. We have had to endure the painful fallout of a Pastor that gave in to sin. Unfortunately, we have had to live through the pain caused by a respected one letting us down. There is a reason that the Bible says that our leaders are held to the highest standard. James 3:1 states “Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged [ …read full story ]
How do we do ‘Real’ in our Relationships? My kitchen is messy. My cupboards are cluttered. There is laundry on the couch. The kids homework isn’t finished and they just left to go play basketball. I haven’t planned my homeschool year yet, and it started last week. I lost the remote control garage door opener to my friend’s house where I was cat-sitting, and when my husband picked them up at the airport last night, they had to come sleep over because they had no other way to get in their house! Thrilling, with a 10 month old. I fail [ …read full story ]
Making your Marriage Bearable: Loving him even when you don’t like him We celebrated had our 17th anniversary yesterday. Hum. Not so pleasant. If ever there were two people opposite, we met our match. You know the kind. You say toe-mawh-toe, I say toe-mAy-toe. Something like that. Both of us always right, neither ever wrong. I can still say we rejoice at our union. “Why?” you well ask. Many reasons. First and foremost, is our mutual (amazing we agree on something) belief that God ordained our marriage. We both believe that God saw in His most brilliant mind some amazing [ …read full story ]