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Trusting God Through the Messiness of Life

How does a person find peace when everything around him is communicating, “Nobody cares about me. Nobody loves me”?

That’s the question Bart Millard, the lead singer of the popular Christian band MercyMe, had to answer. The lyrics for his number-one Christian song I Can Only Imagine were an expression of love toward his Heavenly Father … and an earthly father who filled Bart’s life with suffering.

Bart’s father had been a sweet and loving man until he was hit by a truck while working for the highway department.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, family, relationships March 14, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Heaven: Our Ultimate Hope and Home

Anne Graham Lotz is the daughter of the late Reverend Billy Graham. You can hear echoes of him in her voice – both in her southern accent … and in the way she talks about heaven.

She says:

“I wonder if you’ve ever really had a home. Were you raised in an orphanage? Were you in a situation where your family moved from place to place to place? If you’ve never really had a place that was your own, there is a heavenly home that has your name written on it.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, church, faith March 12, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

How to Keep Gender Differences from Driving Your Marriage Crazy

Mary and Joseph both heard from God about the coming birth of their son, Jesus. But have you ever noticed how differently the Lord communicated that to each of them?

When the angel Gabriel came to Mary to tell her that she would bring the Christ child into the world, Mary asked, “How can this be?” (Luke 1:34, ESV). She wanted to know in what way God’s plans could happen.

Gabriel patiently outlined the full plan: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, husband, marriage, wife March 8, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

How to Have Constructive Conversations with Your Teen Daughter

Jessie Minassian knows the struggles teenage girls face. Not only is she an author, a speaker, and a blogger who has passion for mentoring young women, she lived through some challenging teen years herself.

Teen girls are trying to figure out who they are in the midst of social pressures, hormone-induced mood swings, and – many times – family dynamics. Even girls (and boys) who love God sometimes have a hard time acting respectfully at home.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, family, kids, parenting March 6, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

The Secret to a Joyful Life

Where does your significance come from? Where does your sufficiency come from? Where does your security come from?

Materialism, marketing, and social media skew our perspective. We compare ourselves with movie stars, professional athletes, and Facebook friends who post about their newest car or their latest vacation – and we don’t measure up.

The secret to a joyful, fulfilled life is to see who you are in Christ.

The late Dr. Adrian Rogers shared a powerful message at one of our chapel services many years ago.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith March 5, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Raising Boys Who Become True Men

“My coach from my senior year could look at me and knight me with his eyes.”

That powerful comment illustrates the hunger of every boy to have a man, particularly a father, draw him into manhood. It comes from Dr. Robert Lewis, who has been associated with Focus on the Family for years. Back in the late 90s, he wrote a book with Focus called “Raising a Modern-Day Knight.” Since then, it’s been our number one best seller.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, kids, parenting March 1, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Loving Your Spouse Day by Day

What is it that God wants out of our marriages?

Do we think about that? We know what we want out of our marriage, and we know what we expect our spouse to provide us. But what does God want?

Well, much of what God wants for you is wired in to you. A woman’s deepest need is to know that her husband loves her. A man’s deepest need is to know that his wife respects him.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, husband, marriage, wife February 27, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Before You Hit Send

Every 24 hours, 205 billion emails are sent. Every second, 60,000 tweets are posted to the “Twitterverse.” That’s 3,600,000 tweets per minute.

Many of us have a lot to say.

That should be of some concern when you consider verses like James 3:8, which reminds us that the things we say can be “a restless evil, full of deadly poison.”

That’s why it’s important for us to think before we speak … or text … or Snapchat.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, technology February 26, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Billy Graham: 4 Cs of Marriage and 6 Principles of Parenting

Here at Focus on the Family we’re joining with believers around the world in remembering Dr. Billy Graham and his amazing life and legacy. I hope you had a chance to listen to today’s special radio program featuring a message from the famed evangelist. He is considered the most important and influential evangelist of our time, and rightly so.

Although Focus is a ministry centered on marriage and parenting, it’s no secret that evangelism is central to everything we do.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, family, marriage, parenting February 22, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Reframing Life’s Disappointments

There’s a well-known story about two shoe salesmen who both went to the same region to look for new opportunities. The first salesman was disappointed to he discover that everyone in the region was shoeless. He called his wife and told her, “I’m coming home. No one here wears shoes.”

The second salesman arrived a short time later and was immediately excited. He called his wife and told her, “Honey, everybody here needs shoes.”

Same circumstances, but two very different outlooks.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith February 16, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura