What do you do when the cares of this world come between you and the love of your life? Chadwick and Jalana met on the campus of Oral Roberts University in 1991. “I was drawn to him because of his passion for the Lord,” Jalana shared. After ministering as friends during their years at ORU, they married. Their first 7 years of marriage brought two beautiful children while serving together in ministry as associate pastors in the church. The pressures of life began to build by their 12th year of marriage. Jalana lost her father to cancer, Chad was laid…

Ken Boa It’s that time of year again when the stores are filled with everything pink and red and covered in hearts. Ideas of romance surround us and leave us with one haunting question: Am I loved? We do desperate things for human love. After all, the world defines us by our beauty and our performance. We long for a sense of significance by adhering to these ideals. Everything in our culture tells us that we are alone and that we must search for someone to fill us up. But what happens when that someone fails us? What about when…

Tim Burns Turning to the right channel Like turning to the right channel, God speaks to individuals who are ready and prepared to listen. A friend once put it this way: A Christ follower who builds the following four habits in his life will be in a good place to hear from God. First, Christians should build relationships with other Christians. This doesn’t mean excluding those who are not of the same faith from your circle of friends. Rather, a believer in Christ who makes close friends out of those with the same priorities finds it easier to live a faith…