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The Elephant in the Marriage
All too many married couples strive to find their “happily ever after” and instead are left struggling just to survive marriage because they are unaware of how their incomplete and inaccurate perspectives form faulty perceptions that they hold to more tightly than truth and reality. The Elephant in the Marriage opens couples’ eyes to this destructive cycle, equip them with strategies to establish healthier relationship patterns, and teach them how to leverage accurate perceptions to enjoy a thriving marriage relationship.
The Elephant in the Marriage is now available online, or ask for it wherever books are sold.
Continue reading “The Elephant in the Marriage”What Will It Cost You
We all face challenges in life. We all have barriers or walls that stand in the way of us getting from where we are to where we want to be. Jim and Elisabeth Elliot were one of five couples who responded to God’s call to evangelize the Huaorani people of Ecuador, and one of the walls they faced was a language barrier and the fact that no one had successfully made contact with the Huaorani people and lived to tell about it. They went in to the jungle knowing that they may not come out alive, but, as Jim Elliot so famously penned, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” Jim, along with the four other missionary men, gave their lives January 8, 1956 at the hands of the very tribe that had come to share the Gospel with. Continue reading “What Will It Cost You”
Lost My Sucker
I’ve been traveling a bit more than usual as of late. Over the years I have done my fair share of traveling for vacations, mission’s trips and various speaking engagements, but in the past two weeks I have flown in or out of Chicago, Miami, Panama, Bolivia, Milwaukee, and Los Angeles. It was my most recent flight for a conference in southern California that provided an unexpected interaction that will not soon be forgotten. Continue reading “Lost My Sucker”
The Insanity of God
I will be forever grateful for a few things from this year’s 21-day fast. First of all, I will never forget the way my church embraced God’s calling to come together and fast. Men and women, boys and girls, of all ages, all walks of life, took a step of faith from their comfort zones and decided to fast from something in order to fast for something. I have heard stories of marriages reconciled, bodies healed, financial miracles, and deep and profound steps deeper in one’s faith and trust in God. There is truly something powerful that happens when we decrease the distractions and increase our time with God. Having a unified church family that was walking through this corporate journey in their own individual and personal way was beautiful and humbling to watch. Our church family will truly never be the same again. Continue reading “The Insanity of God”
The Difficulties of Unplugging on Vacation
It was well over a year ago that I first read the personnel manual of the church that had elected me to be their new lead pastor. It was not the first church that I had been called by God to lead, but it was the first that had gone out of their way to articulate such a generous vacation offer for their pastoral staff. All pastors, not just the lead pastor, would be given a tiered number of weeks off based upon their number of years in full time ministry to the Kingdom of God. My wife and I have been called to serve churches in Philadelphia, Central New Jersey, and for the past decade, three churches in the Baltimore-DC corridor, and with each new church that God had led us to the clock would reset as we would start over at day one. This was the first church that we walked into where we had already accumulated some vacation time to spare. Continue reading “The Difficulties of Unplugging on Vacation”
What is your favorite season?
What is your favorite season? What do you like best about it? Now let me ask you what season you look forward to the least? Why?
We all have our reasons for preferring one season over another, just as we may have our reasons for disliking aspects of one or more season. I have a favorite season much like most others, and there are some things that come along with some seasons that I don’t particularly enjoy. The one thing, though, that all four seasons share in common is that they were created by God. God doesn’t make mistakes, so each season has a purpose. Continue reading “What is your favorite season?”
Two Questions
There are only two questions you need to ask yourself; are you happy or are you unhappy?
If you are happy, then you have nothing to worry about.
If you are unhappy, there are two simple questions you need to ask yourself; will you be happy or will you stay unhappy?
If you’ll be happy, then you have nothing to worry about.
If you’ll still be unhappy, there are two simple questions you need to ask yourself; are you healthy or sick?
If you are healthy, then you have nothing to worry about.
If you are sick, there are two simple questions you need to ask yourself; will you get better or not?
If you’ll get better, then you have nothing to worry about
If not, then you have two simple questions you need to ask yourself; will you live or die?
If you’ll live, then you have nothing to worry about.
If you’ll die, you have two simple questions you need to ask yourself; will you go to heaven or will you go to hell?
If you’ll go to heaven, then you have nothing to worry about…
It sorts of puts it all into perspective, doesn’t it? There are a lot of things to worry about in life, but only a few things that truly matter. Continue reading “Two Questions”
Iron Sharpens Iron 2016
Welcome men from the 2016 Greater Philadelphia Iron Sharpens Iron and Pointman Ministries Conference! Click here to like Dr. Jason on Facebook to receive regular updates and resources even after the conference has ended. www.facebook.com/DrJasonKarampatsos/
Reap a Destiny
“Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson