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Joe Dallas February 28, 2013

Like Me. Please, Like Me

Every Thursday I’ll post an article having to do with either relational or emotional matters. Hope it helps. — Like Me. Please, Like Me The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. - Proverbs 29:25 I wonder how many things you would have done, said, or at least tried, if you hadn’t been so worried about what other people would think. The more I review my life, the madder I get at myself for letting someone else’s opinion carry so much weight. Over the years, there are too many things Continue Reading

Filed Under: Relational Matters Tagged With: Anger, Books, Damage, Fear, Friend, God, Help, Integrity, Jesus, John, Lord, Ministry, Needs, Paul, Peter, Self, Sin, Trust, Writing

Joe Dallas February 27, 2013

You’re Grounded!

Every Wednesday we’ll post something having to do with doctrine and purity. Hope it helps. — You’re Grounded! That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God. - Ephesians 3:17-19 There’s a large flowerpot in my backyard, perched a few yards from my lemon tree, both of which have Continue Reading

Filed Under: Doctrinal Matters Tagged With: Bible, Bitter, Christian, Church, Community, Corinth, Doctrine, Faith, Father, God, Heart, Help, Jesus, Lord, Love, Music, Needs, Paul, Prayer, Purity, Relationships, Repentance, Self, Sin, Spirit, Spiritual, The World, Wisdom

Joe Dallas February 26, 2013

The Feminine Mistake

Every Tuesday we’ll post something to do with strengthening marriages. Hope it helps. — The Feminine Mistake This year marks the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan’s groundbreaking The Feminine Mystique a landmark book which shaped and propelled the modern feminist movement. Today some of Friedan’s ideas would seem pretty tame, even to social conservatives like myself who see nothing wrong with women working, or opting not to marry, or choosing and pursuing careers. Nor have I ever found the idea of equal pay to be anything but reasonable Continue Reading

Filed Under: Marriage Matters Tagged With: Anniversary, Bless, Children, Culture, Family, Father, Friend, God, Help, High School, Honor, Love, Marriage, Mother, Music, Needs, Renee, Self, Sin, Truth, Wife, Writing

Joe Dallas February 25, 2013

A Doll’s Lesson

Jan Frank, a terrific author, speaker and therapist dealing with women’s issues, made a point decades ago during one of her presentations that I’ve never forgotten. Continue Reading

Filed Under: Keeping It Clean Tagged With: Behavior, Counselor, Doll, God, Help, Integrity, Lust, Needs, Paul, Prayer, Self, Sexual Integrity, Sin, Wisdom, Wounds

Joe Dallas February 22, 2013

A Weekend At The Movies: Some Recommendations

For my family the weekends usually include a speaking event, or a musical gig for my son’s band, a play featuring my oldest son’s beautiful girlfriend, or a good movie, whether at the local theater or on Turner Classic Movies. If the “movie” part applies to you as well, there’s some pretty good stuff in the theaters now. For what it’s worth, here are the current films my family and I have enjoyed the most: Continue Reading

Filed Under: A Cuppa Joe Tagged With: Argo, Bible, Bin Laden, Bless, Christian, Church, Crisis, Discussion, Family, Friend, Grace, Heart, Honor, Les Miserables, Lord, Love, Movie, Music, Son, Truth, Truths, Turner Classic Movies, Zero Dark Thirty

Joe Dallas February 21, 2013

The Dark Plunge

Every Thursday I’ll post an article having to do with either relational or emotional matters. Hope it helps. — The Dark Plunge “--- a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan sent to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure.” - I Corinthians 12: 7 I’ve wrestled with depression since I was a teenager. I mean real depression, mind you, not the occasional “blues”, moodiness, or sadness we all experience from time to time. Depression is to a blue mood what a migraine is to a headache, which is to say there’s no Continue Reading

Filed Under: Relational Matters Tagged With: Bless, Blessing, Corinth, Damage, Devotion, Family, Flesh, Grace, Health, Help, Los Angeles, Monster, Normal, Paul, Prayer, Recognize, Resist, Scandal, Self, Weak, Wife

Joe Dallas February 20, 2013

Treasured

Every Wednesday we’ll post something having to do with doctrine and purity. Hope it helps. — Treasured “How precious also are Your thoughts to me, oh God” - Psalm 139:17 Before making this declaration of God’s precious thoughts towards him, David first described how God knew him inside out, noting “You know my downsitting and my uprising, You know my thoughts afar off, You are acquainted with all my ways.” (Psalm 139: 2-3) In short, You know me as fully as You love me; You love me as completely as You know me. Majestic grace, Continue Reading

Filed Under: Doctrinal Matters Tagged With: Books, Children, David, Doctrine, Father, Friend, Friendship, God, Grace, Health, Heart, Help, Love, Purity, Self, Sin, Son, Truth, Weak

Joe Dallas February 19, 2013

To Love, Honor and Downton Abbey

Every Tuesday we’ll post something to do with strengthening marriages. Hope it helps. — To Love, Honor and Downton Abbey I’d been conked out for nearly an hour when Renee’s outraged cry jolted me upright. A scream in the house usually means there’s been an accident, and in this case it was severe. Matthew had just been hit by an oncoming truck en route from his wife and beautiful newborn son, leaving the estate’s financial affairs in question since he had been such a stabilizing influence, and adding untold pressure to Lady Cora and Continue Reading

Filed Under: Marriage Matters Tagged With: Affair, Art, Bitter, Bitterness, Death, Downton Abbey, Friend, Friendship, Grace, Help, Honor, Hurts, Job, Lord, Love, Marriage, Process, Recognize, Renee, Soldiers, Spouse, Wife

Joe Dallas February 18, 2013

Of Morsels and Birthrights

Every Monday we’ll post something about maintaining your sexual integrity. Hope it helps. — Of Morsels and Birthrights Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. - Hebrews 12: 16-17 I used to think Esau got a raw deal. He was a young man of the earth, skilled in hunting and physical prowess, while his Continue Reading

Filed Under: Keeping It Clean Tagged With: Bless, Blessing, Christian, Church, Death, Divine, Failure, Faith, Family, God, Grace, Gratification, Hell, Help, Integrity, Justice, Moral, Normal, Porn, Repentance, Resist, Self, Sexual Integrity, Sin, Son, Spirit, Spiritual, Struggles, Truth, Weak

Joe Dallas February 14, 2013

To My Wife, “Still Glad?” by Joe Dallas Poet Wanna-Be

To My Wife Still Glad? by Joe Dallas Poet Wanna-Be We faced the man and stood upright Me in a tux, you all in white The year was 1987 The place was packed, the music Heaven You showed, you glowed. But are you glad you did? He read the vows, then came the gaffe He said “Obey.” You choked and laughed. He said “Do you?” You paused. (You did!) I said “It’s not the time to kid.” So you said “yes”, and all the rest But now, confess. Are you still glad you did? A week in Maui came up next Amazing suite, fantastic (never mind) Back Continue Reading

Filed Under: A Cuppa Joe Tagged With: God, Heart, Love, Marriage, Ministry, Music, Poem, Poetry, Renee Dallas, Son, Valentine's Day, Wife

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Like Me. Please, Like Me

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The Feminine Mistake

A Doll’s Lesson

A Weekend At The Movies: Some Recommendations

The Dark Plunge

Treasured

To Love, Honor and Downton Abbey

Of Morsels and Birthrights

To My Wife, “Still Glad?” by Joe Dallas Poet Wanna-Be

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