Prioritizing your relationships helps them bloom and grow into valuable aspects of your daily life. The same is true for your relationship with Jesus. Without bringing Him into your life each day, your relationship with Him will become stunted, not the necessary tool you need to get through the day.

When we hear the phrase “power couple,” we usually envision rich and famous people like movie stars, athletes, CEOs and business owners, those who are not only successful in their own right but also faithfully support one another’s endeavors as well. They are the ultimate examples of success and love.

Many may not think that couples from the Bible would fit the same category. Usually, we think of couples who struggled more than succeeded. such as Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, and Jacob, Rebekah, and Leah.

However, there are several couples whose testimonies epitomize the term “power couple,” but they didn’t get these titles because they were rich or famous (well, two were kings). It is mainly from the biblical lessons they displayed through their relationships with one another, teaching all the true merits of Christianity and couplehood we can all benefit from (whether single or married).

These couples faced their fair share of hardships as well as triumphs. Yet, in the face of difficulties, the lessons they offer to believers come to light.

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There is a reason people call the holiday season the most magical time of the year. From Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day, people seem to have a special joy within them that comes out in their cooking, gift-giving, and seasonal celebrations together. People’s moods just seem to be lightened as we confess our gratefulness to one another and look forward to what is ahead for the new year.

But for some, the holiday season is just a reminder of what isn’t certain in their lives, what isn’t making them filled with joy and hope for what the months ahead will bring.

If there is uncertainty in your heart right now, about anything from family to finances to career to even your faith, know that God is never far from your struggles. He is right there in the thick of what you are battling, and He knows that if you and He face the problem together, it will be overcome!

These five perspectives will help keep this truth about God at the forefront of your mind, as well as keeping uncertainties at bay. Let these truths inspire the knowledge that the Lord will guide you through each challenge, and He will help you once again embrace the optimism that the holiday season brings.

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Homelessness is, unfortunately, a prevalent factor in our lives today, especially as it gets harder to live with growing costs and difficulties. However, as the Bible shows, homelessness doesn’t mean that God can’t make changes in a person’s life, or that He doesn’t care about them. You can be a part of that change.

As we live and co-exist with others who also need the saving power of Jesus, wronging one another can and does happen regularly. We say the wrong thing and do the wrong things, causing someone else to be angry with and hurt by us.

Thankfully, we have the Word of God to encourage us to forgive instead of holding onto grudges, to seek peace instead of strife, and to love even when it is hard to love those who have hurt us. However, even if we have forgiven someone for a wrong they did against us, it can be hard to move forward from that wrong and not think of it when crossing paths with this person. The same can also apply to a place, a thing, or an event that has happened.

We can read countless Scriptures about gaining peace, finding contentment, and being filled with God’s love, to the point where our focus is no longer on wrongs. But what about daily encounters with the wrong committed against you, when you see the person who hurt you or deal with the event that happened?

God knew we would be in situations like this, and He knows we need guidance on what to do to get ourselves into a godly perspective to move forward. Thus, the following Scriptures have been given to us for this time of letting go and moving on.

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It is okay to admit that someone is just not a person you enjoy spending time with, but you can still show Christ’s love for them through prayer, being pleasant when you do speak to one another, and believing God can change their ways for the better instead of thinking they will never change. Taking this approach also opens the door for God to bring you into His plan for their change.

Praying for ourselves can be a daunting task if we don’t typically take the time to send our prayers up to God. But realize that just as He wants to know when you ask for blessings for other people, He wants to provide the same for you.

In Proverbs 27:1-2, we learn from King Solomon that we shouldn’t boast about tomorrow since we don’t know what the next day will bring. He also writes that we should not praise ourselves, but allow others – even strangers – to praise us.

Conflicts are unfortunately something that we regularly deal with in our lives. These women of the Bible in conflict have shown the range of situations that can lead to an argument. However, even in these conflicts can we find important lessons.

Jesus. The name above all names. Over two thousand years ago, He went to the cross for us and died a painful death so we could be reunited with God through faith.

Though Jesus is the name we are perhaps most familiar with from reading the Bible, Jesus is known by many other names that characterize all He is to us. We may know some of the names and titles Jesus is called, but what do they mean?

Collectively, all the names show us that Jesus is everything in our Christian faith and lives, embodying all we need to believe in and hope for while living in this fallen world.

Here are just a few names of Jesus that are presented in the Bible. What these names stand for will only show us more clearly how meaningful Jesus is in our lives.

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Though many singles have probably been told how it is an advantage to be unattached, even if we wholeheartedly believe this, we still might find it hard to give proof when asked by a disgruntled single person. The five blessings listed below are meant to give comfort and encouragement to single Christians.

As a Christian, it can be hard to determine what the balance is between busyness and laziness. We don’t want to be too busy, but also not too lazy. Drifting too much on either side could not only tamper with aspects of your life, but also with your Christian witness to others.

Diapers, swaddles, onesies: all words that parents, whether first-time or seasoned caregivers, know very well. Having a baby is one of the most rewarding and challenging aspects of life, testing everything in a parent mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

My husband and I recently joined the ranks of other parents, welcoming our first child in the spring of this year. And while we waited and prayed a long time for our little miracle to come into our lives, that doesn’t mean we were more ready to be parents than those who waited a shorter time.

Thankfully, God has guided every moment of our lives with our child, and He has given us the greatest resource He could for parenting: the Bible. It includes several pieces of advice and parenting examples (both dos and don’ts) that are more helpful than a lot of parenting guides out there.

The following are a few parenting tips from the Bible that I have found useful in my first foray as a mom. Hopefully they can be just as useful to other first-time parents, as well as parents of all ages.

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