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Logging Off to Focus on Your Real-Life Relationships
The average American spends about eleven hours a day on some form of media. But as we?re working on our computers, scrolling through social media, and watching Netflix at night, what are we missing out on in our real-life relationships? Wendy Speake talks about what happened when she went off social media for forty days. She talks about how she got closer to her children and her spouse, found a new intimacy with God, and realized that life is pretty beautiful if you look around and appreciate it.
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Creating Peace in a Polarized Culture
Pastor Brady Boyd encourages Christians to speak both truth and grace, creating peace and unity with others despite the divided culture.
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Experiencing a Fulfilled Marriage (Part 1 of 2)
?Our marriage was totally dead!? In a dynamic message of marital restoration, Patricia Ashley shares her testimony of a painful five years with her husband, Vernon, and how the Lord worked a miracle in their hearts when they joined hands to pray for a friend. She encourages wives with practical ideas on how to employ biblical principles in their marriages. (Part 1 of 2)
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Experiencing a Fulfilled Marriage (Part 2 of 2)
?Our marriage was totally dead!? In a dynamic message of marital restoration, Patricia Ashley shares her testimony of a painful five years with her husband, Vernon, and how the Lord worked a miracle in their hearts when they joined hands to pray for a friend. She encourages wives with practical ideas on how to employ biblical principles in their marriages. (Part 2 of 2)
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Speaking Your Adopted Child?s Love Language
Adoption brings unique joys and challenges. Parents and children often experience emotional distress, trauma, and disappointment. You can?t compensate for what your children have lost. But through the lens of the Five Love Languages, adoptive mom and counselor Dr. Laurel Shaler wants to help you experience love and support for your family. She highlights specific ways that she loves her children ? and how you can too!
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Kids: You Gotta Love 'Em!
The parenting years can be an intense season of life, but Kenn Kington has an unique coping strategy: Laugh! Kenn shares hilarious stories about the antics of his three children, plus some humorous moments involving his wife Heather. Above all else, Kenn encourages us to thank God for our families.
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Discovering Your Spiritual Temperament (Part 2 of 2)
Gary Thomas has identified 9 ?pathways? or spiritual temperaments in which we experience God best. Some people who feel most connected to God in nature, others love celebratory worship. And some experience God by caring for others. Gary emphasizes we can learn and grow spiritually from these different temperaments.
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Discovering Your Spiritual Temperament (Part 1 of 2)
Gary Thomas has identified 9 ?pathways? or spiritual temperaments in which we experience God best. Some people who feel most connected to God in nature, others love celebratory worship. And some experience God by caring for others. Gary emphasizes we can learn and grow spiritually from these different temperaments.
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Conveying God?s Love Through Discipline (Part 2 of 2)
In a discussion based on their book Discipline That Connects With a Child's Heart, Jim and Lynne Jackson offer parents biblically-based practical advice for disciplining their children with grace and love. (Part 2 of 2)
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Conveying God?s Love Through Discipline (Part 1 of 2)
In a discussion based on their book Discipline That Connects With a Child's Heart, Jim and Lynne Jackson offer parents biblically-based practical advice for disciplining their children with grace and love. (Part 1 of 2)
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Filling Your Marriage With Joy
In a discussion based on their book The 4 Habits of Joy-Filled Marriages, Dr. Marcus Warner and Pastor Chris Coursey offer practical guidance for how a husband and wife can work together to experience greater joy in their relationship.
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Nurturing Your Child?s Purpose and Passion
Cyndie Claypool de Neve offers some tools you need to build up your child in healthy, positive ways, so they can become strong, functional adults. She?ll help you learn to steer clear from fear-based parenting so you can encourage your children to find their confidence and worth in God.
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Unveiling Preborn Life: Powerful Insights from a Medical Doctor
Dr. Bill Lile provides compelling and practical information about the dangers of abortion and the value of preborn life. He highlights the rights of every preborn baby as a patient, the risks associated with the abortion pill, the overwhelming success and benefits of Abortion Pill Reversal. He encourages listeners to create a culture of life, supporting pregnancy centers and Focus on the Family pro-life efforts.
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Finding Hope for Your Desperate Marriage (Part 2 of 2)
Dr. Gary Chapman discusses reality living, busting some of the myths of marriage such as people cannot change and unhappy marriages are hopeless. He suggests that while you?re not able to change your spouse, you can change your own behavior which could positively influence your spouse.
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Finding Hope for Your Desperate Marriage (Part 1 of 2)
Dr. Gary Chapman discusses reality living, busting some of the myths of marriage such as people cannot change and unhappy marriages are hopeless. He suggests that while you?re not able to change your spouse, you can change your own behavior which could positively influence your spouse.
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Overcoming Busyness to Focus on God and Family
Family advocate Katharine Hill makes a strong case for the importance of resisting our modern world?s ?busy is better? mindset. She will encourage you to embrace the qualities of a lion, calm yet incredibly powerful, rather than being trapped in the role of a scurrying ant.
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Sharing God?s Light Through Art
Award-winning artist Morgan Weistling was once an agnostic who believed that art was his god. Today, he shares his inspiring testimony of how he became a Christian who now knows his artistic talent is a gift from God, and he will share that talent with listeners in a way you won't want to miss.
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Making Daily Choices to Love Your Spouse
Ron and Deb DeArmond discuss the importance of being intentional when it comes to loving your spouse, and offer practical suggestions for how you can do so in a conversation based on Ron?s book I Choose You Today: 31 Choices to Make Love Last.
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When Trust is Hard: Overcoming Betrayal and Broken Relationships (Part 2 of 2)
Connecting with another person is a unique and special blessing. And when you come to know that person and rely on them, you place trust in them. So what do you do when that trust is shattered? Lysa TerKeurst shares her personal stories of her divorce and friendships lost due to broken trust. She?ll help you learn how to have healthy and godly perspectives about trust and relationships so you can get on a path toward healing.
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When Trust is Hard: Overcoming Betrayal and Broken Relationships (Part 1 of 2)
Connecting with another person is a unique and special blessing. And when you come to know that person and rely on them, you place trust in them. So what do you do when that trust is shattered? Lysa TerKeurst shares her personal stories of her divorce and friendships lost due to broken trust. She?ll help you learn how to have healthy and godly perspectives about trust and relationships so you can get on a path toward healing.
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Shouting the Worth of Every Person
Heather Avis shares her motivational story of adopting three children ? two with Down syndrome ? as an encouragement for listeners to consider what they can do to advocate for the God-given value of those who are often overlooked or neglected by society.
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Equipping Your Child to Be On Fire For Jesus (Part 2 of 2)
Mom of four Janel Breitenstein identifies some spiritual life skills your child needs to become a disciple who is ?on fire? for Jesus. She explores concepts like prayer, studying God?s Word, worship, self-control, service, and resilience. You?ll get an idea of some solid spiritual foundations and ways you can nurture those in your child?s life.
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Equipping Your Child to Be On Fire For Jesus (Part 1 of 2)
Mom of four Janel Breitenstein identifies some spiritual life skills your child needs to become a disciple who is ?on fire? for Jesus. She explores concepts like prayer, studying God?s Word, worship, self-control, service, and resilience. You?ll get an idea of some solid spiritual foundations and ways you can nurture those in your child?s life.
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How to Guard Your Marriage from Temptation (Part 2 of 2)
Jerry Jenkins shares about the ways he safeguards his marriage and preserves his connection with his wife. Hear about his ?Hedges,? or rules to avoid falling into temptation, and how to build your own.
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How to Guard Your Marriage from Temptation (Part 1 of 2)
Jerry Jenkins shares about the ways he safeguards his marriage and preserves his connection with his wife. Hear about his ?Hedges,? or rules to avoid falling into temptation, and how to build your own.
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Understanding the Importance of Voting
Voting in the United States is an incredible privilege that should never be taken for granted. John Stonestreet and Tim Goeglein discuss the critical importance of being informed on the issues and participating in the election process. They urge Christians to prayerfully consider the issues and candidates important to them, to vote their values and engage others in civil discussions about the things that matter most.
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Experiencing True Intimacy with Your Spouse (Part 2 of 2)
In this lighthearted workshop, Gary and Barb Rosberg explain how couples can enjoy more sexual intimacy by tuning in to each other?s needs, like affirmation for women and responsiveness for men. In the second half of the message, the Rosbergs discuss the importance of spiritual intimacy for couples, and demonstrate ?conversational prayer? on stage.
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Experiencing True Intimacy with Your Spouse (Part 1 of 2)
In this lighthearted workshop, Gary and Barb Rosberg explain how couples can enjoy more sexual intimacy by tuning in to each other?s needs, like affirmation for women and responsiveness for men. In the second half of the message, the Rosbergs discuss the importance of spiritual intimacy for couples, and demonstrate ?conversational prayer? on stage.
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Supporting Your Kids When Life is Tough (Part 2 of 2)
Psychologist and best-selling author Dr. Kevin Leman offers parents practical advice for helping their kids process, learn from and rise above life's difficult challenges.
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Supporting Your Kids When Life is Tough (Part 1 of 2)
Psychologist and best-selling author Dr. Kevin Leman offers parents practical advice for helping their kids process, learn from and rise above life's difficult challenges.
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Remembering the Hope of Heaven
Pastor John Burke returns to offer encouragement as he shares hope-filled stories from people who have had near-death experiences and received a glimpse of the beautiful destination that awaits followers of Christ. John and Jim Daly's wife, Jean, inspire listeners to imagine heaven and hold on to the hope of eternal life promised by God.
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The Value of A Life Worth Living
"What is a life worth living?" Joni answers this question for a young victim of Lou Gehrig's disease, and explains how each one of our 24-hour days can impact 1,000 years of eternity. You?ll never forget this unique perspective on the value of every human life.
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Living Out Your Christian Faith in Public Service
Jim Daly sits down with the Speaker of the U.S. House, Mike Johnson, to discuss his personal family story and Christian faith, pro-life and family policy issues, our nation?s great history and heritage, and the importance of civil engagement with political opponents on divisive issues.
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Standing Firm for Christ in a Postmodern World (Part 2 of 2)
Dr. Erwin Lutzer brings his wealth of knowledge to inform you about the culture?s rejection of God, and how the church should respond. He gives a summary of the philosophies that have overtaken the secular world and are even creeping into the church. Hear his encouragement to stand fast for the Lord. (Part 2 of 2)
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Standing Firm for Christ in a Postmodern World (Part 1 of 2)
Dr. Erwin Lutzer brings his wealth of knowledge to inform you about the culture?s rejection of God, and how the church should respond. He gives a summary of the philosophies that have overtaken the secular world and are even creeping into the church. Hear his encouragement to stand fast for the Lord.
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Getting on the Same Page Financially in Marriage
Crown Financial Ministries CEO Chuck Bentley and his wife, Ann, share seven key principles for achieving financial and spiritual unity in marriage.
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A Lighthearted Look at Wedded Bliss
Why do you have to renew your driver?s license every few years, but not your marriage license? John Branyan explores the joys and challenges of married life, and explains the differences in how husbands and wives communicate. He closes with a heart-warming look at his great-grandparents? lifelong love affair.
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Understanding and Overcoming Trauma (Part 2 of 2)
Dr. Gregory Jantz identifies the impact trauma cam have ? disabling emotions, distressing the body, disrupting the brain, diminishing relationships, damaging the soul and derailing dreams. He offers steps toward healing and wholeness including forgiving those who hurt us, grieving our losses, resetting the brain, reconnecting with trustworthy people, and more. (Part 2 of 2)
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Understanding and Overcoming Trauma (Part 1 of 2)
Dr. Gregory Jantz identifies the impact trauma cam have ? disabling emotions, distressing the body, disrupting the brain, diminishing relationships, damaging the soul and derailing dreams. He offers steps toward healing and wholeness including forgiving those who hurt us, grieving our losses, resetting the brain, reconnecting with trustworthy people, and more. (Part 1 of 2)
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Helping Your Child Deal With Bullies
Best-selling author Nancy Rue, who has written extensively about the subject of bullying, offers hope and practical suggestions to parents who are seeking to prevent their child from being bullied.
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Finding Peace in Your Everyday Life
In one moment, Kay Wyma?s perspective was transformed. She decided to spend the next 30 days focusing on thankfulness, kindness, and mercy. What transpired was more powerful than Kay had ever imagined, and at the end of the ?peace project,? her faith and family life were stronger than ever.
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Making Lasting Memories with Your Grandkids
Susan Yates is a grandmother who wanted her grandchildren to love God and love each other. How can you love someone well if you don?t know them? Thus, ?Cousin Camp? was born ? growing every year from just five grandkids to 21! Yates has a gift for creating fun, faith-filled family events. She seeks to help others build intentional gatherings with their own unique family.
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Dealing with Emotional Disconnection in Marriage
It?s not uncommon for men to struggle with emotional intimacy in marriage and other relationships. Jim Turner, a former pastor, was one of those men, until his wife left him, and a friend challenged him to take a closer look at himself. He thought love was all about doing things, checking off the right boxes. After allowing godly men - and his children - to speak into his life, Jim experienced a dramatic transformation. Jim is remarried and has learned to experience life more fully and be relational in all his connections. Through this conversation, men and women will find help and encouragement in their marriage.
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Godly Rhythms to Help You Live Life to the Full (Part 2 of 2)
Are you living life on empty? Licensed counselor Debra Fileta highlights ways to ?fill up? physically, emotionally, and spiritually. In a 6-part process that Debra calls ?Soul Care,? she goes through the life and rhythms of Jesus to discover how we can care for our souls. Instead of living unsatisfied, we can experience renewed energy, purpose, and strength to serve others like never before! (Part 2 of 2)
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Godly Rhythms to Help You Live Life to the Full (Part 1 of 2)
Are you living life on empty? Licensed counselor Debra Fileta highlights ways to ?fill up? physically, emotionally, and spiritually. In a 6-part process that Debra calls ?Soul Care,? she goes through the life and rhythms of Jesus to discover how we can care for our souls. Instead of living unsatisfied, we can experience renewed energy, purpose, and strength to serve others like never before! (Part 1 of 2)
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Listening to the Heart of Your Kids
Becky Harling offers practical ways you can intentionally listen to your child. From learning to give her a voice to the importance of non-verbal communication to teaching him how to make wise decisions, you?ll see how listening is one of the most important components of parenting.
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Learning Your New Role as the Parent of an Adult Child
Once your child becomes an adult, your relationship will inevitably change. In this dynamic presentation, Dr. Jim Burns helps parents of adult children see how they can help, or hurt, this evolving relationship. As a parent transitions to the role of a coach, they can interact with their adult child in ways that minimize conflict and maximize godly influence.
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Living with Contagious Joy (Part 2 of 2)
Life is hard, but God is good. And author Brant Hansen reminds you that you can make a conscious effort to choose joy in your life. You can have joy because your hope is in Christ, and He holds the future. You?ll learn to laugh at yourself, serve others better, and practice gratitude, as you trust the One who gives eternal life. (Part 2 of 2)
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Living with Contagious Joy (Part 1 of 2)
Life is hard, but God is good. And author Brant Hansen reminds you that you can make a conscious effort to choose joy in your life. You can have joy because your hope is in Christ, and He holds the future. You?ll learn to laugh at yourself, serve others better, and practice gratitude, as you trust the One who gives eternal life. (Part 1 of 2)
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Dennis Quaid Honors Ronald Reagan with Heartfelt Tribute
Dennis Quaid joins Focus on the Family for an exclusive interview about his portrayal of Ronald Reagan in the upcoming film. The actor discusses his experience bringing the iconic president to life and shares insights into Reagan's faith and legacy.
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