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Managing your teen’s phone use starts with recognizing that phones aren’t just distractions — they’re a primary way teens connect, feel entertained and stay tied to their world. While excessive phone use can interrupt attention, reduce face-to-face relationships and fuel dopamine-driven habits, the technology isn’t going away. So, parents must lead intentionally. Setting age-appropriate boundaries, creating phone-free family times and clearly defining expectations help keep phones from replacing real relationships. Most importantly, parents must model healthy phone habits themselves and create meaningful, engaging connections that teens don’t feel the need to escape from.

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Some people are into trucks. The more power, the more capacity, the bigger, the better. Consider the Belaz 75710 mining truck. It weighs 750,000 pounds – empty. And its tires are 13 feet tall. There’s no comparison to consumer pickup trucks. Well today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie points out that there’s no comparison between our enemy and our God. God’s power and capabilities are infinite.

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Know what it's like when anger keeps flying, but nothing changes—because the real hurt stays hidden? Sarah and Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real) share the raw turning point of their own story, from conflict and defensiveness to expressing mutual need. Discover the unexpected secret that replaces weapons, opens ears, and invites real healing and presence in marriage.

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Marriage is about learning to love your spouse in the way they best understand love—their unique love language. Marriage experts Dr. Gary Chapman and Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott join forces to help you identify your spouse’s love language and become fluent in expressing love in meaningful, personalized ways. Together, they explore the subtle “dialects” within each love language and encourage you to be more intentional and authentic in how you love your spouse.

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How do you feel when you’ve tried everything you know, and your attempts to show love to your spouse just don’t seem to be making any difference at all? Or maybe you’re on the flip-side and you’re waiting for the day when your spouse finally does something that makes you feel like they really care. In this program, Chip talks about how to love in a way that actually connects.

How do you keep love alive?

• Ephesians 5:25-33
• Very rarely, do we take how Jesus loves the Church and use that as our model for how we are to love one another in marriage.
• Your marriage is not just about your PERSONAL fulfillment. -John 13:1-17, 33-35
• Other than the Church of Jesus Christ, your relationship with your mate is the single most powerful testimony of the reality of God.

Principles:

1. Love is not a FEELING.
2. Love is SERVING. -Philippians 2:3-4
3. Love must be RECEIVED.
4. Love is UNCONDITIONAL.

Practical Implications:

1. Love is a CHOICE.
2. Love MEETS the NEEDS of the one loved.
3. Love requires extreme HUMILITY and SECURITY.

Learn the five languages of love

• Words of affirmation
• Quality time
• Receiving gifts
• Acts of service
• Physical touch

Two clues as to what your love language is:

• What bothers you the most?
• What do you ask for the most?

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