Carol Peters-Tanksley
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4 Life-Lifting Lessons to Help You Navigate Your Single-Again Path
Being single again often seems harder. As difficult as navigating singleness as a never-married young (or not-so-young) person can be, finding yourself “alone” again after the end of a marriage through either death or divorce adds special challenges. Here are some things I’ve learned from being single—again. Whether short or long, painful or nourishing, your …
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4 Spirit-Empowered Ways to Contend for Your Marriage
There are two opposite and equally destructive strategies many husbands and wives fall into when it comes to seeking marital happiness. The first is trying to take charge of your spouse. The second is assuming your spouse will take charge of your marriage. But the only truly effective way to get closer to the meaningful, …
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Husband, This Is What It Looks Like to Love Your Wife as Jesus Does
When Percy Sledge or Michael Bolton begin to sing “When a Man Loves a Woman,” the ladies swoon and scream. And if you as a husband love your wife that way, she’s likely to respond in a similar fashion. That song, still heard 50 years after it first came out, speaks to something deep in …
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Holy Spirit’s Unique Way of Telling You Whether or Not You’re Sinning
You’ve heard the questions. You’ve probably asked them yourself. “Is it a sin to drink alcohol?” “How far can I go with my boyfriend (girlfriend) sexually before it becomes sin?” “If I get a divorce, am I sinning?” Our human nature sometimes struggles to know if something is right or wrong. When I was a …
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What Your Diet Would Look Like if Holy Spirit Had Control
My friend Kathrine Lee likens each of your body’s cells to a baby bird with a wide-open mouth, crying, “Feed me! Feed me!” If you dump enough dirt on the baby birds, they’ll be quiet for a time. But if the dirt doesn’t kill them, they’ll soon start crying for food again. So it is …
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Show Jesus’ Love With These Uplifting Valentine’s Day Ideas
Today is Valentine’s Day. It’s not a national holiday; although for retailers selling flowers, cards and candy. it might as well be. I’m not a “pink” kind of person, and I truly get tired of pink by Feb. 15. But love is always a good idea. And what could be a better plan than to show love …
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4 Apps for Healthy Living in Body, Mind and Soul
Almost everyone has a smartphone today. If you’re like many people, your phone is becoming a primary way in which you search for and consume information and manage many aspects of your life. And if you’re smart (a smart person using a smart phone, right?), you can use your smartphone to make sure you’re doing …
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Wrestling With Abuse in a ‘Christian’ Marriage
God-talk and violence—physical, sexual, mental or spiritual—have mixed for centuries. Sadly, that same mixture shows up in even “Christian” homes. Let’s agree that abuse of any kind is not what God wanted when He created marriage. But in our broken world, too many face the reality that their “Christian” spouse is abusive. What then? It …
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3 Things to Do if Your Spouse Suffers From Depression
The quality of your home life and your marriage is certainly affected by your spouse’s mental health. When your spouse suffers from depression, it can feel as though a cloud is obscuring the sun from your own heart. While others may see your spouse as needing all kinds of help, you need help too. George …
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2 Times When Anxiety May Be Useful
Anxiety is uncomfortable. You’re keyed up inside. You wonder if you can trust your thinking. And your body may experience any number of miserable symptoms. But anxiety may be useful. There are times when anxiety signifies a medical condition, or it may be a response to something in your past or your present that is …
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What You Can Do When Your Spouse Is Emotionally Distant
He seems to pay more attention to his dog and his TV than to you. She is always on the phone to her friends but can’t seem to engage in 15 minutes of focused conversation with you. You’ve told your spouse how much they are hurting you, but nothing seems to change. Your spouse is …
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9 Characteristics of a Healthy Sexual Relationship for a Believer
The husband wants sex, but the wife resists. The wife can’t understand why husband hasn’t asked for sex in some time. The wife feel pressured to give husband sex any time he asks. Both husband and wife wonder if some activity they want to try would be dishonoring to God. Either husband or wife or …
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Preserving Your Marriage and Faith When Your Spouse Is Not a Believer
You cry. You pray. You wonder how long you can hold on. You wrestle with guilt and loneliness. You look at other Christian couples with envy. If you’re a believer, daily life has special challenges when your spouse is not a Christian. And whatever your spouse’s spiritual status, you also still have all the other …
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3 Elements You Must Have To Get Physically Healthy
If you want to get truly healthy, have great energy and feel fully alive in every way, there are three elements you absolutely must have. Skimp on any one of them, and you have seriously shortchanged yourself. Make use of all three, and you will be surprised at the results. Those three necessary elements are …
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12 Things to Do If You Are Lonely at Christmas
The Christmas holiday season is promoted as a time of togetherness. Families sometimes travel long distances to be with loved ones for Christmas. Holiday parties, family gatherings, giving of gifts and even church events are usually focused on the joy and celebration of being together. But, what if that’s not you this year? What if …
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