He did not know until years later that his mother had been praying for him every day since he had left home. Through a life caught up in the world, the peaks and valleys she was not even aware of, and through months of no contact, she simply prayed.

Some of the most powerful feedback I have received over the years of ministry has been around ...read on

Count your blessings. Sometimes they are obvious – A milestone realized; a child being born; a move into a new level of relationship with a son or daughter; an anniversary. And sometimes they are not as obvious – A job loss; a child in an unhealthy relationship; an addiction; a bad health diagnosis.

At times we have no idea what the Lord may be up to but ...read on

Are you blessed? Of course you are. My question here is more specific - Were you blessed by your dad? I talk often about blessing children, but to bless a child, a dad must be blessed. As I say in the Dads Armor study and our retreats, a man must first be a son before he can be a father.

An informal survey conducted over the last twenty-plus years of ministry suggests about 3% of men ...read on