Rick Thomas | Your Daily Drive

In the counseling world, there is a lot made of a person’s past. Thinking about your past narrative can be a good thing. Your history is important because God was in your past. (cf. Jeremiah 1:5; Ephesians 1:3-11).

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Knowing God and experiencing God can be two radically different things. This autobiographical short story briefly walks through the worst day of my life. The day I met God in the crucible of suffering.

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The clearest picture in the New Testament of what a marriage should look like is Christ and the Church. If you want to know how you should think and behave in your marriage, think about Christ and the Church, and imitate them. If you say you can't or offer excuses, you will downgrade God and marginalize His power in your life.

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When the intimacy you have with your idols replaces the intimacy you should have with others, you're walking on the precipice of sin's black hole. This reflective article is not about any individual but a composite of twenty years of counseling people who found their satisfaction through "god-replacements."

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There is an intrinsic nature of bitterness. The bitter person is like someone with a cup of poison. Each time she thinks about her problems she takes a sip.

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If you are angry with someone, you will fracture the relationship. The angry heart is a desiring heart that chooses anger to manipulate to get something.

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The soul is a basket word with many parts like the body, which is why when you're bringing care to your spouse, you want to ask the right soul question.

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Every husband will sin against his wife. Every husband is called to lead his wife. He must lead while understanding he will sin against her. Reconcile that.

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When your heart is not into being obedient, you need to be obedient anyway to get your heart in the right place. Sometimes obedience is a great way to change what's going on inside of you.

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I’ve counseled many spouses who refused to fix their marriage problems. Instead, they chose marriage replacements. Here are ten common marriage substitutes.

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