You can connect with an online mentor to discuss spiritual issues and deepen your relationship with God anytime … just contact us. “A relaxed attitude lengthens a man’s life.” Proverbs 14:30 (LB) Did you know that people who laugh live longer? It’s true. Proverbs 14:30 says, “A relaxed attitude lengthens a man’s life.” (LB) Humor [...]

By Rick Warren Also available as a podcast at: http://thelife.com/blogs/experience/kindle/2008/06/09/learning-to-laugh-2/ ** Connect with an online mentor to discuss spiritual issues and deepen your relationship with God: http://mentodayonline.com/chat/askus.html “A relaxed attitude lengthens a man’s life.” Proverbs 14:30 (LB) Did you know that people who laugh live longer? It’s true. Proverbs 14:30 says, “A relaxed attitude lengthens [...]

Please open your Bible and read: (Matthew 6:19 – 20 ) Have you ever noticed how some people, both adults and teenagers, tend to define themselves by how they compare to their peers? Personal assessment is often based on questions like, Do I own the types of clothing, electronic gadgets, cars, and houses that others [...]

by Vonette Bright “Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance, character and character, hope.” (Romans 5:3,4 ). During my dear husband’s illness, he was often in pain.  But even when the pain was most severe, he never complained.  He continued to worship.  In fact, [...]

** Which of the Beatitudes most connects with your soul today? Post on the blog: http://talk.thelife.com/ The word “blessing” in the Hebrew language means “to find the right path.??? God clearly spells out that path for us. As we learn to walk in it we find it is the place where our hearts are at [...]

by Vonette Bright “Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:18 ). Carole woke up early to prepare the Thanksgiving meal.  Her baby was in his swing in the kitchen.  Carole placed the turkey in the oven and periodically siphoned off the drippings.  Suddenly, grease [...]

Grieving is a unique experience. It’s a process that is as individual as the people it affects. Oh yes, there are predictable stages … but the experience of loosing someone  dear to you is truly a very personal journey. Recently I said goodbye to my dear Dad. It’s hard to believe it was only a couple [...]

How can you spur your mate toward love and good deeds? By accentuating the positive and minimizing the negative! Then you can do a better job of affirming each other. Before marriage, it’s easy to look for the positive. But once we say “I do” the stars in our eyes begin to fade and we [...]

How much has Jesus’ mission become your own? http://talk.thelife.com/2006/06/19/a-promiscuous-woman-2/ The stories of transformation from the Bible not only give us hope that Jesus can change us too, they reveal Jesus’ character and His mission to us. Jesus reached out to the despised and rejected of society, the lowest of the low. Consider the account of Jesus [...]

“Many daughters have done nobly,          But you excel them all.”          Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,          But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised??? (Proverbs 31:29,30). For all the coming and going and doing attributed to the Proverbs 31 woman, she is, above all, a woman who carries [...]