Mission-driven churches are the best churches. The mission is bigger than anyone or anything. And the mission outlasts every leader. https://t.co/UlDlznHWrg via @cnieuwhof
The greatest stabilizer in life is the Word of God. It anchors your emotions, protects your thinking and keeps you from listening to yourself. #BiblicalLiteracy
Two in a pit is not better than one. Resist the draw to jump in it with them to pull them out. Throw in a rope instead & accept that you can’t make them grab it. We can test our level of codependency by how mad they get & how guilty we feel when we don’t get in the pit with them.
A study was done of married couples who had serious conflicts but decided to stay together.
It revealed that two-thirds of unhappily married spouses who stayed married reported their marriages were happy five years later. They simply hung in there. If possible, do the same!