by chrisgoins | Dec 14, 2023 | Christian Life, Devotional, Personal Growth
Suffering, loss, pain, heartbreak…they’re all part of life in this broken, messed up world. Somehow, incredibly, the most significant and meaningful lessons I’ve learned in life were born out of my most painful losses. That doesn’t mean that every loss has instantly...
by chrisgoins | Dec 12, 2023 | Christian Life, Devotional, Health and Fitness, Personal Growth, Uncategorized
“Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” —Philippians 4:7 NLT In the Bible, peace isn’t the absence of problems. It’s the presence of a person. Peace isn’t...
by chrisgoins | Dec 8, 2023 | Christian Life, Health and Fitness, Personal Growth
Psalm 71 contains the prayer of a guy who was getting older. He could feel it. He wasn’t quite as strong, fast and agile as he once was (v 9). The Psalm gives us an honest, vulnerable look at some of the fears and insecurities many feel every time the calendar...
by chrisgoins | Dec 5, 2023 | Christian Life, Devotional, Health and Fitness, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Uncategorized
“Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” —3 John 1:2 NKJ John’s prayer for his friend, Gaius, is God’s HEART for YOU — that you experience a life marked by… HOLINESS and WHOLENESS, spiritual, emotional and...
by chrisgoins | Dec 1, 2023 | Marriage and Family, Personal Growth
When Janet and I went through the greatest marriage crisis of our life, my counselor would often quote to me the lyrics of a famous Don McClean song. “They would not listen. They did not know how.Perhaps they’ll listen now.”—Don McClean, Vincent [2] Dr. Michael...
by chrisgoins | Aug 15, 2023 | Christian Life, Jesus, Mental Health, Music, Personal Growth
Over the past few days one song has taken the nation by storm. The song? Rich Men North of Richmond Oliver Anthony Written and performed by a blue-collar man who worked 12-hour shifts six days a week in a factory in North Carolina. Like all of us, Oliver Anthony is a...
