Moody Radio

There is often a great divide between teens and parents. Don't let your differences keep you from loving your teen.

On this special Moody Presents program, and before we get back to Dr. Rick Melson's Seeking to Serve message we wanted you to get to know Dr. Melson, newly appointed 11th president of the Moody Bible Institute.   Then a continued study of Matthew 20 and what it means to be a leader like Jesus, with humility.

As your spouse is preparing for deployment, ask them if there are some specific things you can do to make them feel loved.

If you're a single and feel like you're excluded from functions at your church, take the initiative to develop friendships with married church members. Attend as many functions as you can that don't exclude singles.

It's a given that you'll become angry with your spouse at some point in your marriage. Why, because they might not have lived up to your expectations. The first step in processing anger is to admit that you are angry.

It's easy to love someone who's lovely, but not so easy when they are unlovely. Jesus said we are to love and bless our enemies.

It's normal for couples to have issues that come up when they get married. Finances is often one of them. Talk about it! Consider holding a weekly conference together in which each of you brings up one item for discussion. That will present the opportunity to bring up issues that concern you the most.

What can you do when you speak your spouse's love language but you don't feel loved in return? If you make simple requests to your spouse, you'll be teaching them your love language.

Living together before marriage is never a good idea. Statistics show that when people choose to live together before marriage, they're marriage is much more likely to fail.