....I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of. John 10:10 (MSG) "Found my dream house, moved in last week". 'Found my dream job, moving to Colorado in 3 days." Comments made to me in the last few days. They caught me by surprise, activated my fearful emotions. I began to feel not valued and unimportant. Am I living my dream? The distraction of the desire to accumulating material things or to live in a beautiful place consumed my ... Read More about My Morning Reflections
Have Compassion for Depression
The brain fog was settling in again! Molly was familiar with the out of control experience of depression. The change in appetite, the struggle to engage with life, low energy, fuzzy thoughts and the sleep deprived nights with constant negative thoughts, it was a difficult storm to bear. Those negative ruminating thoughts often turned to self deprecating loud voices. You are worthless, you are lazy, you do not belong, you are not good enough, just a failure....on and on they would plague her ... Read More about Have Compassion for Depression
My Morning Reflections
The fireworks for freedom exploding in the sky, gave me pause to think of the spiritual freedom I have in Christ. (I Corinthians 1:30) I now have freedom from what? Life in the world can inflict wounds and create fears that can begin to define my identity and impact my reactions in life. Reactions that are selfish, protective and life degrading to others. (Galatians 5:19-21) I am free of those reactions when I turn and embrace my adoption as a child of God (Romans 8:15) I have a new ... Read More about My Morning Reflections
My Morning Reflections
Are there giants in your promise land? Anytime we launch out of our comfort zone, we will find giants. The giants of fear of failure and doubts of being worthy. To shrink the giants we must remember God has begun a great work in you. (Philippians 1:6) He will continue that good work so we can persevere with confidence, receiving our strength and wisdom from the "stream" of God's Spirit and love. “But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and ... Read More about My Morning Reflections
How Defensive Behavior can Damage Relationships
For you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds. 10 Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. 11 In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile,[c]circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized,[d] slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us. 12 Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, ... Read More about How Defensive Behavior can Damage Relationships
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