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Holiday Gatherings? Blind Spots and Button Pushing.

What is this about? “And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26 ESV “When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.”-LaoContinue reading “Holiday Gatherings? Blind Spots and Button Pushing.”

Ease Off the Gas!

Quit abusing God’s beloved “If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever andContinue reading “Ease Off the Gas!”

Spiritual Breakdown

 “And Peter went out and wept bitterly. And the men that held Jesus mocked him and smote him.” Luke 22:61-62 “It’s not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it.” C.S. Lewis Peter, even after Jesus warned him, broke. He denied his savior three times before the cock crowed. This isContinue reading “Spiritual Breakdown”

Help the Hurting Through the Holidays

“The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,    a stronghold in times of trouble.Those who know your name trust in you,    for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.” Psalm 9:9-10 NIV “Trauma is perhaps the most avoided, ignored, belittled, denied, misunderstood, and untreated cause of human suffering.” Dr. Peter Levine There is no suchContinue reading “Help the Hurting Through the Holidays”

Love is Free But It Ain’t Cheap

“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” 1 Corinthians 13:1 NIV “If love is to be a blessing, not a misery, it must be for the only Beloved who will never pass away.”— C.S. Lewis, TheContinue reading “Love is Free But It Ain’t Cheap”

The Little Things

“A fool always loses his temper, But a wise person holds it back.” Proverbs 29:11 NASB “No matter what type of anger or frustration we have to struggle with, a clear picture of how our faith in God is the answer to anything we need to overcome.” – Carol Graham Small things don’t matter untilContinue reading “The Little Things”

We Are All Beginners at Something

“So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.” Galatians 6:9 NLT “Change is hard at the beginning, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” — Robin Sharma Why, oh why do we feel shame ifContinue reading “We Are All Beginners at Something”

Authenticity Means Being Vulnerable

“There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.” 1 John 4:18 NASB “To love at all is to be vulnerable, love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sureContinue reading “Authenticity Means Being Vulnerable”

Are You an Over Thinker?

Overthinking “Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.” Colossians 3:2 NLT “I think and think and think, I have thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.” – Jonathan Safran Foer If there’s anything I do more than anything, it’s overthinking. The belief that the moreContinue reading “Are You an Over Thinker?”

Read the Room

“For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.” James 3:2 ESV “The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.” – Oscar Wilde I’m the first to admit I stumble in what IContinue reading “Read the Room”