When was the last time you felt heard? Really heard? In this fast paced world of sound bites and snapshots, shutting out the noise of the world to come together can be challenging. Sherry and I are FamilyLife Mentors, having gone through the training offered on the website, and have since trained others as mentors. [Read On]
About Scott
Scott Jennings is the Pastor of Marriage and Family Life at The Bridge Church in Princeton & Goldsboro, NC. Serving as pastor, counselor, mentor and teacher, he shares God's truth, hope and vision boldly, encouraging men to step up into the role God has for them and couples to move toward oneness with God and each other.
Walk Free
May 3, 2013 by 2 Comments
Feeling guilty? Most of us do on some level. What is guilt? Guilt assumes a standard set by an authority has been violated. God tells us in Romans 3:10, 23 and 6:23 that we have ALL done things by nature and by choice that make us guilty before our God. When you walk through Psalm 38, it [Read On]
Dangers of Discontentment
April 22, 2013 by 7 Comments
Discontentment is one of the enemy’s favorite tools. Remember in Genesis 3? Satan approached the sinless woman in the perfect world God had created just for her and her husband. She had everything she could ever possibly need, but he convinced her by planting a seed of doubt that the one thing she couldn’t have (because God [Read On]
Loving Your Wife Well
April 15, 2013 by 4 Comments
I grew up on the water, on the coast of New England. If I wasn’t swimming in it, I was sailing or boating on it, or just walking along the shore. After spending so much time in boats and near the water, one thing I came to realize was that the slightest change in heading [Read On]
Five T’s for SUCCESS in Marriage
April 8, 2013 by 10 Comments
Perhaps you’re feeling a little distant from your spouse, there are five “T’s” which will lead you to (or back to) a level of intimacy that can only have been designed by God. Let’s talk about how the Five T’s are a formula for SUCCESS in marriage. Time: If you want to see what is [Read On]
Enjoy Your Cup of Compost!
March 22, 2013 by 4 Comments
Things are not always what they seem. A few months ago, we were visiting friends in Little Rock, Arkansas. I was up early, and I wanted…no, I needed a cup of coffee. A large, hot cup of caffeine-laced goodness to help shake off the fog of spending the entirety of the previous day in all manner of conveyances (planes, trains [Read On]
Battle Ready
March 8, 2013 by 2 Comments
Warfare. When we think about it, we usually think of a place “over there”: places like the middle east, Afghanistan, Iraq. In previous generations, those places had names like Vietnam, Korea, Europe, and the Philippines. When we talk about a spiritual battle, it is sometimes harder to envision, simply because the battle is primarily taking [Read On]
10 Questions to Ask Your Wife
February 15, 2013 by 2 Comments
Humility. It’s a word that’s about as popular today with men as the word submission is with women. However, any man who has tried to biblically lead his family for more than about fifteen minutes knows humility is an integral part of leadership. When it comes specifically to leading your wife, approaching her with humility can [Read On]
Water into Wine
February 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
When we learn how to love and experience love, we experience true joy. Marriage becomes a redemptive relationship when we learn that marriage is intended to be a source of joy. What a good God we have who blesses us with the joy of marriage! It’s supposed to be fun! That is God’s design. What was [Read On]
FRIDAY FIVE: The Five “T’s” of Destruction
February 8, 2013 by 3 Comments
God creates, Satan perverts. The Five T’s are the road that will bring you to intimacy beyond your wildest dreams with your spouse, as we mentioned in Five T’s for Success. Before marriage and outside of marriage, the Five T’s are like a road which leads up to and potentially over the proverbial “line”. The [Read On]
