Relationships

Being married can be a struggle. When children are added into the mix, it can be a bumpy ride. Fortunately, God gave us the right tools to smooth out the bumps and help us get control of the situation. With this reading plan, we are going to look at four tools we can use every day to have a healthy and thriving marriage while raising children.

The Marriage Toolkit - Parent Edition

For anything to endure, a strong foundation is required. Marriage is no different. The First Few Years of Marriage provides the tools to build a marriage that lasts a lifetime.

The First Few Years Of Marriage

God made us for relationship with Himself and each other. So life is good when relationships are sweet and terrible when they go wrong. This series of devotionals, based on the book Rooting Out Relationship Killers, provides practical, inspirational wisdom for the cultivation and maintenance of healthy relationships of every kind.

Rooting Out Relationship Killers

Living a servant marriage is a revelation on God’s masterpiece of marriage. In this plan, you will learn more about God's creation of man, woman and marriage. You will also be introduced to the Father God, but also the Father-in-law God in your marriage. Work through this plan with with Dr. Doug Weiss to walk out a servant marriage in your home with your spouse.

Living a Servant Marriage

Too many people lose their mind when they fall in love. That’s when the real insanity—and eventual heartache—begins. This chapter provides an alternative. We call it smart love, and it will help you evaluate your romantic relationships with your head, not just your heart. 

Improving Your Love IQ

Infidelity is at near epidemic proportions. I doubt  there is anyone who has not been affected by it in one way or another. It may have been a friend, a relative, or in your own marriage. This plan includes six short videos of Dr. Kimberling teaching on infidelity and is designed to help couples look seriously at their marriage and take steps to protect and strengthen it together. 

Infidelity - Part 1

In this three-day devotional, we share encouragement, wisdom, and biblical insight for couples struggling and in crisis. 

Marriage in Crisis: Finding Hope and Help in the Gospel

Motown Gospel artists & spouses, Jerard & Jovaun share their perspective on staying encouraged on their journey through life & how you can do the same. Through this plan, they stress the tools that God has given us all to make it safely.

Jerard & Jovaun: Faith to Faith

This devotional was based on “How to maintain a solid marriage,” a sermon by Pastor Gerardo Cárdenas. We will look at tips on how to maintain a strong marriage over the years. We will learn to invest in what strengthens a marriage and the daily growth of a couple. We will advance together spiritually and in our service to God. Applying the wisdom of Christ will produce constant joy.

How to maintain a solid marriage

Marriage is an “art” of practicing love every second. In order to live it, a lifetime of learning is required. Let us allow the word of God to teach and shape us daily so that we can build a family and marriage with a heavenly atmosphere. This 7-day devotional will remind you about God’s desire for your marriage.

You and Me, Forever

Each of you woke this morning in your version of home: a 2-story beach-side condominium, a 1-level ranch on acreage, a fixer upper, an urban high rise, a studio apartment. Whatever it might look like to you there’s a place called home where you live. Here are 5 reasons that the work you do within those walls morning after morning, midnight after midnight truly does matter.

Your Home Matters

They drain your joy, eat up your time, and rain on your parade—but there’s a better way to view difficult people. Let’s learn how to heal the relationships that suck the life out of us. Get ready for God to do His life-giving work when you start this new Life.Church Bible Plan to accompany Pastor Craig Groeschel’s message series,  Relational Vampires . 

Relational Vampires

Use this seven-day prayer devotional to move your heart closer to God as you pray for your husband's closeness with Him. Each prayer touches on a specific part of your husband's life to know God more deeply and fully experience His love. Through this plan, you will see that only in Christ will you know how to love, serve, and pray for your husband. 

7 Prayers to Pray for Your Husband

In this 7-Day video devotional with Phil Ryken, explore how even human relationships in love and marriage can help reveal the Christian’s intimate relationship with God himself. 

The Song of Songs: A 7-Day Devotional

Discover God's Design for Romance, Marriage & Intimacy

Lovestruck A 5-Day Devotional

Mama, you've gotten your kids all ready to go back to school, but what about getting yourself ready too? Join Help Club for Moms for a four-day journey focused on getting your heart, marriage, relationship with your kids, and your home all ready to have a great school year.

Back to School Encouragement for Busy Moms

Designed especially for engaged and newlywed couples who are going through their personal SYMBIS Assessment (based on the book by Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott, Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts). Enjoy a reading plan that works in tandem with each page of your personalized SYMBIS Report. 

The SYMBIS Assessment Plan

Take some time to reflect on love within your marriage. This 5-day Bible plan focuses on never-ending love, limitless compliments, the value of friendship in marriage, leaving room for error and celebrating your spouse. We pray that reading this plan builds your marriage and reminds you to love with eternity in mind.

True Love Never Ends

A 15-day devotional drawing from Dr. Gary Chapman's popular three book set, "Help to Heal a Hurting Marriage." Excerpts from Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away, Anger and When Sorry Isn't Enough. 

Help For A Hurting Marriage

Do you want to seek God’s direction for your life and your marriage? This plan will give you a clear look into one couple’s life and how they sought God’s direction in the midst of a crisis. This plan by Dr. Kim will help you see the importance of faithfully following God as well as learn how to deal with crises in marriage. 

Seeking God’s Direction

Becoming faithful stewards starts by knowing—and believing—that God is our provider. But we live in a world where other beliefs can conflict with that truth— like thinking it's ultimately up to us to "make it happen." This date will help you and your spouse uncover the beliefs and behaviors that will help you trust God to provide for your needs in every season of life.

Money Date: Who's the Boss?

Life as a wife and mom can be so busy that we feel that we are left with fragments - little moments, little energy, and little else. How do we live a life of wholeness when there are so many pieces to manage? This devotion will challenge you to live life in harmony with God - undivided - allowing Him to bring purpose out of all the pieces.

Undivided: Finding Wholeness in Christ When Life Is Pulling You Apart

Marriage is not a “a long quiet river.” Staying in love requires a real investment. We encourage you to take care of your marriage by scheduling at least two hours EVERY week for just the two of you to go on a romantic date. Here are some ideas to help you put these privileged times into place in a fun and profound way. 

Rekindling Romance in Your Marriage

Do you ever feel like you are going through a mid-wife crisis? You know, when the honeymoon phase is over, and you find yourself wanting more out of marriage. The Word of God is filled with wisdom for wives. Through this devotional, let’s be encouraged by God’s Word regarding all that He created you for in this wifey life. 



Wifey for Lifey 

The book of Ruth is famous for the most captivating redemption story. In this devotion we will be looking at how to navigate around different relationships, dealing with loss, healing, making decisions, and trusting God’s process and plan in the midst of changing times and seasons.  



Relationships According to the Book of Ruth 

Marriage

Healing is a deliberate journey with God. This 7-day devotional guides you through a biblical pathway to emotional and spiritual restoration from acknowledging hidden wounds to processing pain, forgiving deeply, rebuilding trust, and restoring your heart's tenderness. God doesn't merely cover pain; He heals it at the root, and in doing so, prepares you for what lies ahead. Whether you've struggled with unresolved hurt, difficulty trusting, or fear of opening your heart again, this plan offers a practical, transformative encounter with God's healing presence, leading you toward wholeness, restoration, and readiness to receive healthy love, God's way.

Healing My Heart God’s Way

Marriage is a gift from God, but thriving together requires intention, love, and wisdom. This plan explores the relationships of biblical couples, some thriving, some struggling, and draws practical lessons for your own marriage. Each day highlights God-centered principles like trust, communication, forgiveness, and intimacy, with actionable steps to strengthen your connection and grow closer to each other and to Christ.

God Centered Marriages: Lessons From Biblical Couples

Singleness is truly a gift—a season not to waste, but to lean into with intention and faith. This is a time to lock in with God, grow in wisdom, and discover who you are without distraction. It’s not just powerful; it’s purposeful. And I don’t believe it’s an accident that you’re here. Something in you is craving a fresh perspective, a new way to view this season of your life. God has something new, something life-giving, waiting for you. This is your moment to lean in, trust Him deeply, and embrace the journey ahead with confidence and expectancy.

Single, Secure, & Thriving

Why do wise women sometimes end up attached to foolish men? Through the story of Abigail and Nabal, this 5-day plan explores attraction, discernment, red flags, emotional patterns, and the hidden cost of wrong relationships. With biblical insight and practical reflection, it helps readers recognize unhealthy dynamics, guard their hearts, and pursue God’s wisdom in relationships. This is not a plan about fear, shame, or blame. It is a call to clarity, healing, and learning to value godly character above charm, pressure, and outward appearance.

When Good Girls Get Bad Boys: A 5-Day Journey Through Discernment, Red Flags, and Godly Relationships by Patrick Omukhango

Few areas of life bring as much joy or confusion as dating. This plan helps you navigate relationships with wisdom, boundaries, and God-centered guidance. Each day, explore Scripture, reflect on your heart, and gain practical tools to discern readiness, communicate with love, and build relationships that honor God. Perfect for singles, mentors, or anyone seeking to understand God’s design for love.

Guard Your Heart: A Biblical Guide to Dating

Virtues are about our character and our personality. When we walk into a room, what energy and culture come with us? How do we show up with others and for others? In this study, well explore the why, the what, and the how of the masculine virtues: humility, discipline, responsibility, and chivalry.

4 Virtues of Authentic Masculinity by Seth Troutt

If you’re tired of carrying the weight of trying to change the man you love, this plan is for you. Over the next five days, you’ll finally discover how to move from fix and control to surrender and prayer. Experience the peace that comes from learning how to trust God with your partner’s future.

Pray for Him - From Fixing to Praying

Tired of dating from a place of need? Stop the cycle of heartbreak by getting your heart right first.

This 21-day spiritual boot camp, led by Pastor Simon Richardson III and Olaolu Ogunyemi (U.S. Marine, Parent-Child-Connect), moves you from neediness to wholeness.

You will master self-leadership, heal past wounds, and set clear boundaries before commitment. 

Each day includes a devotional, a Daily Detox Action, Reflection Questions, and a Prayer.

Stop waiting for a partner to complete you. Start becoming whole.

BEFORE YOU CUFF: The 21-Day Pre-Relationship Detox

Relationships can be amazing, but they can also be messy. Whether you’re single, dating, engaged, or married, loving others well takes wisdom, patience, and a whole lot of grace. In this three-day Bible Plan, you’ll learn how to let go of what you can’t control, communicate with clarity instead of criticism, and set boundaries that actually make your relationships stronger. Ready to build healthy relationships?



3 Tips for Better Relationships

You want to pray together as a couple. It’s so important, yet many couples find it difficult or intimidating. This practical plan is filled with small, simple tools to help you train yourselves to pray together. Each day includes discussion questions and a prayer; we’re excited for you to grow closer to God as a couple. 

How to Pray as a Couple

Everything God created was good, including marriage. Why then do we witness so much pain and dysfunction in present-day marriages? How did the author of this esteemed institution intend for couples to conduct themselves? This 10-day devotional reveals fundamental principles that will help steady and grow your marriage.

You will be stirred to love in action, protect, communicate effectively, choose faithfulness, serve with joy, forgive deeply, sprinkle some romance, pray together, and grow purposefully. 

Each day offers relevant scriptures, a simple step, and a short prayer to strengthen your connection with your spouse. 


Ten Commandments of Marriage: A 10-Day Devotional

This 5-day devotional equips you to overcome the battle of lust through the power of God’s Word and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Each day offers Scriptures to meditate on, confessions to declare, teachings to strengthen your walk, and Spirit-led prayers to empower you for victory. Lust is not stronger than the Spirit of God within you. Through Christ, you are called to walk in freedom, discipline, and holiness. As you journey through these devotions, you will learn to flee temptation, embrace your identity as a new creation, and stand confident in God’s strength to overcome.

OVERCOME Lust WITH TRUST

These 30 days of devotions will encourage you to find your security in Christ as you let Him transform you and your relationships! This plan is written by Chelsea Neal, Director of Personal Client Advocacy at Avail-- a non-profit organization that exists to empower confident decisions and foster futures of hope for those facing unintended pregnancy, past and present.

Relationships That Flourish: A 30-Day Devotional on Finding Security in Christ and Growing Healthy Connections

The single years can be challenging. As a Christian living in a sinful world, unmarried people face challenges and struggles of their own. However, waiting years are not wasted years. In some cases, singleness is a gift to use for the Lord and His Kingdom. In this 10-day video series, Scott Pauley gives "Principles for Finding Your Life's Mate" from the Scriptures. All quotations are from the Authorized Version. 

Principles for Finding Your Life's Mate

Every human being is born into a world filled with voices - some nurturing, some deceptive, and others downright destructive. From the moment we open our eyes, the world begins to tell us who we are & who we are not. 

It names us before we can name ourselves. “You’re not enough.” “You’re too broken.” “You’ll never be like them.”

These whispers- subtle, persistent, and often inherited - shape our sense of self long before we encounter the truth of who God says we are.

Who Told You?

Before you can build a healthy relationship with someone else, you first have to understand who you are. But between society’s expectations, past heartbreaks, and our own insecurities, identity can get lost in the shuffle. Knowing yourself isn’t just self-help jargon—it’s the foundation for everything else. Let’s explore the five W questions: Who am I? What am I? Where am I? When am I? Why am I even here?

Student of Love: Your Guide to Discover, Uncover, and Recover Healthy Relationships

Many relationship struggles do not begin in marriage; they begin long before, in unhealed emotional wounds. This 3-day plan is for singles, engaged couples, and anyone preparing for healthy relationships. You will learn how emotional wounds form, how they affect relationships, and how God brings healing. This plan will help you recognise hidden pain, pursue restoration, and step into relationships with wholeness, wisdom, and hope.

Healing Before Marriage 

Lasting marriages are not sustained by feelings alone, but by intentional choices made over time. In this 7-Day devotional, Building a Love That Lasts, Barnie & Grace Achoki guide couples through practical habits that strengthen connection and deepen trust in everyday married life. Each day invites couples to read together, engage in honest conversations, pray intentionally, and take simple action steps that nurture unity. Designed for both growing and struggling marriages, this plan helps couples move from survival to purpose as they learn how to actively build a love that lasts.

Building a Love That Lasts: 7-Day Devotional in Marriage, Thistles & Flowers Series

Everyone dreams of a love that lasts but lasting relationships don’t just happen. They are built with the right foundation, effort, and grace. This 3-day plan will help you understand the biblical principles and personal growth needed to build strong, godly relationships that lead to lasting love and healthy marriages. You’ll discover how to invite God into your relationships, communicate effectively, and grow in love that mirrors Christ’s. Whether single, dating, or married, this plan will help you build not just a connection, but a covenant that stands the test of time.

Building Love That Lasts

True intimacy begins long before physical connection. Scripture reveals it grows through honesty, friendship, spiritual depth, and healthy boundaries, a foundation that protects purity and prepares the heart for covenant.
For Christian singles, building non-sexual intimacy is one of the most vital relational skills you can develop. It shapes how you date, how you discern, and how you love.
Through Scripture, reflection, and prayer, this plan equips you to connect meaningfully without compromise, pursuing relationships that are emotionally healthy, spiritually grounded, and Christ-honoring in every season of your journey.

Building Non-Sexual Intimacy

Why get married when you can cohabit? This plan shows how marriage is different from cohabitation by showing the theological roots of marriage. As we reflect on the biblical concept of covenant, we will see what is so valuable about marriage. Invest in your marriage and learn wisdom for relationships from the scriptures.

Why Marriage | Covenant: The Heart of Commitment

Loss can leave you questioning your future, your faith, and your place in God’s plan. Using the story of Ruth, this 5-day plan walks Christian singles through seasons of grief, disappointment, and emotional loss with honesty and hope. Rather than rushing healing, this plan invites you to process pain in God’s presence and discover how redemption unfolds slowly, faithfully, and intentionally. You’ll learn how God rewrites stories that feel broken, restores what was lost, and brings purpose out of pain. If you’re carrying unresolved grief or mourning unmet expectations, this plan will help you heal and trust God again.

When God Rewrites Your Story

What happened in Eden has shaped us all. From joy in the Creator’s presence to the collapse that brought death—still felt and passed down until He comes.
The principles of Creation reveal God’s character and His mind. And when we look at the first man and woman, we also see ourselves more clearly.
As both a psychologist and a follower of Christ, I find this deeply moving. So I invite you to join me in returning to Eden, to reflect on what truly happened there—and what it means for us today.

What Happened to Us in Eden? - Psychology of the Fall

The Hot & Holy Plan is a 7-day journey that invites you to explore dating, relationships, and desire through a biblical lens. Each day offers practical wisdom, honest reflection, and Scripture-based guidance to help you build healthy connections, guard your heart, and pursue intimacy God’s way. From discernment and emotional boundaries to communication, commitment, and purity, this plan encourages you to slow down, seek Jesus first, and make wise relationship choices. Whether you’re single, dating, or preparing for marriage, Hot & Holy helps you discover how faith, community, and intentional living lead to love that lasts.

Hot & Holy

Lust is more than temptation; it is a battle of the heart and mind. In a culture saturated with sexual imagery and instant gratification, many believers struggle silently with shame, desire, and confusion. This 7-day Bible plan offers hope, clarity, and practical steps toward freedom.

Through Scripture, reflection, and prayer, you’ll learn how to renew your mind, guard your heart, resist temptation, and cultivate Spirit-led self-control. Freedom is possible, not through willpower alone, but through transformation in Christ.

Overcoming Lust

Dating

This reading plan is based upon Cindy Beall's book, Healing Your Marriage When Trust Is Broken. Learn how to find hope and healing for your wounded marriage as you navigate the waters of betrayal. Cindy, and her husband, Chris, have walked out their healing by trusting in God's mighty power and encourage you to join them on this healing journey.

Healing Your Marriage When Trust Is Broken

During divorce and other extremely difficult times, there comes a moment when you will wonder if you will ever make it. Over the next 7 days, you will be able to connect with God through prayers, advice, and action plans. Learn to not just survive, but survive and thrive.

Divorce To Healing: Survive And Thrive

The heartbreak, the lost love, the grief and the shame that comes with unwanted divorce doesn’t have to stay forever. You don’t need to go through this alone. In this study, we’ll learn how we can lean heavily on God’s strength despite life’s most troubling events.

UNCOMMEN: Surviving Divorce

What you know is what gets you through. If you don’t know the right things when the rouge winds and tsunamis of life come, you’re going to fall over.  But if our lives are built on the rock solid, bedrock truth of the Bible, we know some unchanging truths.

How To Get Through What You're Going Through

This 15 day reading plan offers biblical insight for personal growth and wholeness from doctors Henry Cloud and John Townsend—bestselling authors of How People Grow and the Boundaries series. The devotions are perfect for those entering new phases of life or dealing with difficult relationships. Readings provide help in translating God’s Word into a plan for staying spiritually healthy.

Henry Cloud & John Townsend - Life Journey

Toni Nieuwhof is a former divorce lawyer and pastor’s wife who wants to help couples find joy in each other again, even after the lowest lows. She asks, do you wonder if you’re done with your marriage? If you’re seeking one more chance, hoping against all hope that your relationship can be turned around, these devotionals are for you. 

Before You Split

Whether you’re single or divorced, the idea of dating can be overwhelming at times.  It’s easy for your emotions to get overwhelmed with the feelings that come with past failed relationships.  The heartache, tears, disappointment and hurt can leave you never wanting to date again.  This reading plan will guide you on a journey that will introduce you to dating and making intentional decisions for your next relationship.

Kiss Dating Hello

A 5 day devotional series breaking down the heart behind Danny Gokey's brand new album, "Haven't Seen It Yet". Each day focuses on a new topic that surrounds one of the tracks on the album. Every devotional is written by Danny himself and ends with a confession/prayer to reflect. 

Haven't Seen It Yet: A 5 Day Devotional Series

Have you lost someone or something you love to death, divorce, or other tragedy? In Love and Loss, Chuck and Ashley Elliott guide participants to reflect upon their journey, identify unseen elements of grief, and illuminate steps to reframe and rebuild their lives, all while pointing to Scripture as a source of hope and direction. 



Love and Loss

When your marriage is in a fragile state, there have been many misunderstandings, you are hurting and feel all alone, sometimes a little practical help can make a big difference. These 5 dos and don'ts may surprise you, but they are tried and true ways to find comfort, strength, and healing as you trust in the Lord to re-establish oneness and intimacy in your marriage.

Dos and Don'ts: A One-Week Plan to Help Your Marriage

Author and pastor Debra B. Morton reveals the secret to surviving and even thriving in the midst of setbacks and painful circumstances.

How To Thrive In Life's Toughest Seasons By Pastor Debra Morton

This reading plan by Tracie Miles takes a deep dive into understanding and overcoming the emotional toll divorce, separation, and the loss of a serious long-term relationship has on a woman’s well-being. Tracie Miles leads women on a powerful, life-changing journey that provides much-needed hope, encouragement, and practical guidance for living their best life even if it’s not the life they once imagined. 

Living Unbroken: Reclaiming Your Life and Heart After Divorce

Divorce is the death of a marriage. It is one of the most challenging experiences a couple can encounter. Whether it occurs for one's safety, sanity or whatever reason, it is devastating for the couple, their extended family, and friends. This devotional will guide you into wholeness and renewal of spirit. There is life after divorce.

Life After Divorce

Over one million couples have read the book by Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott. Now you can enjoy a Bible reading plan to accompany their award-winning book. Focusing on 7 questions to ask before (and after) you marry, this plan provides 7 readings to work in tandem with the book – and they are perfect for reading together with your fiancé or newlywed spouse.

Saving Your Second Marriage Before It Starts

There are seasons where most stepparents feel that they do most of the giving and get very little in return. Stepparenting is hard. A relationship plagued by love conflicts and a child's lower motivation toward love and bonding are usually at the roots of this. For these seven days, learn to get past these stepparenting challenges and get on the road to building love together.

7 Day Devotional for the Stepparent 

Custody battles can impact a person emotionally, physically, and mentally, and having a supportive spouse through the process is imperative. In this 2 part Devotional, we will share practical ways to support your spouse through their custody battle 

How to Support Your Spouse Through A Custody Battle

How do I believe a promise that has yet to be fulfilled? This seems to be the question that plagues many of our minds when it comes to going to court regarding matters of the heart, such as our children.  This plan will take you on Rachel's journey through court with God to her ultimate destination through it all - Peace! 

Custody Battles and The Psalms Part 1

You know the saying, "Won the battle but lost the war." It's a profound description of what can happen in a marriage if one spouse insists on always winning arguments and getting their own way. The victory may feel good in the short term, but it can do serious damage to your relationship, long term. Pete Briscoe brings a fresh perspective about what it really means to win at marriage.

Choosing To Lose Wins In Marriage By Pete Briscoe

This study will look at how the power of the Holy Spirit can help people through intense marriage trials. It will look at the healing and restorative power of God and how that applies to marriage relationships.


Pursuing Love While Considering Divorce

Whether or not you've completed our Daily Encouragement for the Smart Stepfamily devotional, here are 7 more daily pieces of encouragement to continue growing your blended family relationships. Read them as a stepfamily together or separately, but create a space for everyone to share their thoughts and feelings.

More Daily Encouragement for the Smart StepFamily

Does the word "happily" come to mind when you think about your marriage commitment? What if both how you treated your spouse and how you were treated by your spouse was happily? This is a devotional about the "hows" of relationships. We will look at the nuts and bolts of what makes marriage lasting, fun, and characterized by love. You may be surprised at the commitment essentials to your own happily ever after.

Happily By Kevin Thompson

Many people are trudging through the muck of a long and tedious custody battle - barely keeping their head above water. The emotions can drain every ounce of mental and emotional energy and deplete us of any reserve we thought we had. The goal of this devotional is to provide you with tools so you can experience peace during your custody battle.

40&7 Devotional: A Guide To Peace During A Custody Battle

Marriage is hard. Sometimes it feels like the best way is out, and we feel the relationship cannot survive another day. But the truth is, there is a better, more excellent way. In this 5-day plan, Pete examines the challenges all married couples face and shares how Jesus wants to breathe life and love into your marriage—even when it seems broken beyond repair.

Don't Walk Away From Your Marriage By Pete Briscoe

God is the only answer for complete healing and wholeness, especially when it comes to divorce. Through this plan you will draw closer to God while gaining wisdom on how to handle your emotions and feelings during this most difficult time. Choosing to repeat the 31 days will reveal your progress while God continues to bind the wounds and give you greater closure. 

Divorce To Healing: 31 Days Of Healing And Wholeness

Divorce

Marriage is a blessing from God, but because we are flawed individuals, it can be hard at times. This reading plan offers words from God’s Word about common marital issues.

Marriage Is Hard

Marriage is a wonderful blessing from God, and in his Word he gives husbands and wives the tools that they need to learn to love and respect each other.

Home Sweet Home: Devotions from Time of Grace

God looks beyond what we do (even the good we do) to see our heart. He cares about our motives when we give, pray, fast… The heart of the issue, with God, is always the heart. He wants to guide us by our heart so we can make a radical difference for Him!

Give God Your Heart And Keep Your Motives Pure

Life is a series of choices, each determining the trajectory it will take.  Will we choose allowing our hearts to be changed by God's Word which leads to life? Or will we default to our human nature, a passive choice leading to death?  