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When Tragedy Hits, Sometimes We Ask … If God is Good?

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When I woke up this morning – my phone was full of  Breaking News alerts reporting the senseless cruelty that happened overnight in Colorado. When tragedy hits, sometimes we wonder if God cares.  Randy Alcorn’s book, If God is Good, addresses Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil. WaterBrook  Multnomah Publishing Group has shared link to Chapter 4 of this book. You can download it free here. It was an encouragement to me this afternoon to reflect on the character of God.  A few minutes spent reading this chapter may bring some comfort to your heart, too. Here is Randy talking about If God Is Good with Greg Laurie Praying for all of the families and the Colorado community …

His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage

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I don’t know how I missed it … But,  I had never read His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair- Proof Marriage, until two weeks ago.  (Over 2 million copies of the book have been sold). The following is a book review. Willard F. Harley, Jr. wrote His Needs, Her Needs:  Building an Affair-Proof Marriage, to help men and women become aware of the ten critical needs that should be met for a healthy marriage. Harley’s book takes a practical approach in helping husbands and wives look for and provide what the other needs in marriage. He begins with the question, “How affair-proof is your marriage?”   This question provokes couples to consider the current status of their marriage.  He drives home the fact that all marriages are unique, but that there are critical emotional needs that should be met within every marriage in order for it to be healthy.  If these needs are not met within marriage, couples will become vulnerable to having those needs met outside of marriage.  Harley shows how unmet needs lead …