I attend a church where I teach the Bible. My eldest daughter is an English teacher who lives a disorderly life involving alcohol and relationships with different men.... She spends her weekends in bars. Because I am a teacher like she is, others won’t accept my counsel, pointing out instead that I like to correct [...]
Ever since I quit my job as a police officer, I’ve wanted to serve God, but I haven’t had the willpower to surrender my life to Him. I want God to help me give up worldly things. Dear Friend, We commend you for sincerely considering what life is like without God, and for your desire [...]
My husband drinks too much and doesn’t come home. Because of all this, our two sons moved out and only our daughter still lives with us. She once talked with him about his problem, just as I have, but he does all right for a while and then slips back into the same pattern, always [...]
My wife and I have been married for four years. The first years were full of happiness and love, but doubts and distrust started to arise on her part toward me—questioning if I’ve been intimate with another woman.... I have spoken to her heart in hand, and have even begged her on my knees to [...]
Seventeen years ago, I had a romantic relationship with the father of my daughter, but after being with him for a while, I found out he was married. By then, I was already pregnant, and it was hard to leave him. Years later, I accepted Christ as my Savior. I’ve tried to break up with [...]
We are a family of five siblings and our father and mother. She has been a good mother.... About a month and a half ago, my father started drinking. As a consequence, he was beaten and almost killed, and now he is very angry. He mistreats my mother and says that we, his children, are [...]
I married a man who is not a follower of Jesus Christ.... He sometimes goes to church with me, but he doesn’t like me going very often.... As a matter of fact, I believe it’s because he always wants to control me, since he also doesn’t like it when I visit my parents or go [...]
I’ve been divorced for ten years. I was left with three daughters, whom I raised with great dedication and effort, taking them to church ever since they were little.... Three years ago, my oldest daughter earned a scholarship to study in a city far from me. I’ve supported her in everything, and she’s done very [...]
For the past nine years, I’ve been carrying a hidden sin that has brought me serious consequences over the past four months. I’ve spent $28,000 on pornographic websites, and now I have that debt.... I’ve repented many times.... I feel terrible, and I truly want to quit this addiction and stop sinning. Dear Friend, The [...]
I’ve been living with my partner for over two years, after almost four years of being in a relationship. And even though we have plans to continue sharing our lives with our children—one of his and two of mine—I can’t accept that his commitments to his ex-wife and daughter come before us..... I’ve brought it [...]
