Sometimes, the closer we are to others, the easier it is to confuse what we believe is best for them and what is actually best for them.

Intercessory prayer harnesses the power of God to release His grace and mercy in a world that is desperate for meaning and hope.

Belief in luck is an untenable position. It forces us to live our lives by superstition and the unpredictability of chance.

Committing to a new way of living can be an unsettling thing. But what choice is there when the old way makes us miserable and frustrated.

Adversity and affliction shake up our lives so we are forced to re-evaluate the choices we have made and the values we espouse.

We are often faced with events in life that cause us to reevaluate the choices we have made and values we espouse.

We are so buried in our own opinions that we can no longer envision the world functioning correctly unless it adheres to our principles.

It is the knowledge we bring to our conversations and relationships, and how we choose to use it, that perpetuates conflict.

Here are five (5) suggestions on moving towards a resolution when our correctness brings us into conflict with others.

Our knowledge is at its most effective when it is guided by love for others.

Believing we are right is not the same thing as being right. Our correctness can be like beauty in the eye of the beholder.

Our motivations, coupled with the constraints of our filters, mean that how and what we learn can often be very restrictive endeavors.

Our excessive data consumption has produced an unwanted side effect. It has spawned a generation of Know-It-Alls.

God's denials are not negatives. They are opportunities for us to dive deeper into our relationship with our Heavenly Father.

God's refusal to give us what we want reveals His priority to save our lives.

God's refusal to give us what we want reinforces His creativity to expand our possibilities.

God’s refusal to give us what we want reinforces His sovereignty to direct our lives.

God is just as attractive when He chooses to deny us the things we want as when He decides to grant them.

Never limit the effectiveness of prayer to what was received. There's always more to our relationship with God than what He gives us.

Limiting our understanding of prayer's effectiveness to getting what we asked for fails to appreciate the depth of its purpose.