Everyone deserves a healthy relationship.  When relationship problems come up where one person continually takes advantage of the other persons, it’s time to set boundaries.  Saying prayers to God will help you when you  need to apply “tough love” to set boundaries in difficult relationships.  Here is a prayer for you. How to Do This…

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Here are some tips and ideas on how to pray for teens. 1.  Don’t  try to be God.  Instead be a praying parent. No parenting course will teach you how to save your child’s soul.  No set of rules will keep a teenager from disobeying.  And when things fall apart, all the counseling in the…

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As a pastor and pastoral counselor I have used this marriage re-dedication prayer form in both pre- marriage counseling and in marriage counseling. Sometimes couples who have no “problems’ have come to me requesting a way to regain the “ spiritual spark” of their marriage.  Other times, marriage partners have experienced times of deep hurt, especially…

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Here’s a short, simple daily prayer I say on my morning prayer walk about my relationship with my husband: Lord, help me to love, honor and respect him and help us to communicate well with each other.  Amen.  

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