Forgiveness Is The Oil Of Relationships.

While The Resurrection Promises Us A New And Perfect Life In The Future, God Loves Us Too Much To Leave Us Alone To Contend With The Pain, Guilt And Loneliness Of Our Present Life.

What You Are As A Single Person, You Will Be As A Married Person, Only To A Greater Degree. Any Negative Character Trait Will Be Intensified In A Marriage Relationship, Because You Will Feel Free To Let Your Guard Down -- That Person Has Committed Himself To You And You No Longer Have To Worry About Scaring Him Off.

Yet Each Of Us Also Carries Another Portrait With Us, A Picture Far More Important Than Any In Our Wallet. Psychologists Have A Name For It. They Call That Mental Picture Of Ourselves, Our Self-image. ... There's Always The Person Whose Self-image Is Bent All Out Of Shape, Like A Photo Carried Too Long In A Wallet.the Good News Of The Tremendous Worth We Have In God's Eyes Can Light Up Our Inner Self-portrait.

One Who Claimed What Jesus Claimed About Himself Couldn't Be A Good Moral Man Or A Prophet. That Option Isn't Open To Us, And Jesus Never Intended It To Be.

Many People Entertain The Idea That Christianity,like Almost Any Other Religion,is Basically A System Of Beliefs-you Know, A Set Of Doctrines Or A Code Of Behavior, A Philosophy, An Ideology. But That's A Myth. Christianity Is Not At All Like Buddhism Or Islam Or Confucianism. The Founders Of Those Religions Said (in Effect), 'here Is What I Teach. Believe My Teachings. Follow My Philosophy.' Jesus Said, 'follow Me'(matthew 9:9). Leaders Of The World's Religions Said, 'what Do You Think About What I Teach?' Jesus Said, 'who Do You Say I Am?'(luke 9:20)