After angrily raising my voice at one of my children, I stopped and took a deep breath, realizing that I needed to apologize for how I just responded. In a kind, calm voice I said, “I am so sorry for yelling at you, do you forgive me?” Directly staring into my eyes, my child responded
Sometimes you want something so much: to start a family, to get that new job, to buy that house… but you are struggling with being patient. Your thoughts are consumed by wondering whether God has this for you. You may have started to feel bitter and angry toward God in your impatience. If this sounds
Are you suffering right now and wondering why? You keep trying to figure it out in your head, and to be honest you are finding yourself angry with God: bitter, resentful and even comparing yourself to other people. Maybe you’re wondering why you have it so hard and they don’t. I can understand this completely
Do you go to church regularly, read your Bible, and pray… but still feel like you’re lacking maturity with God? You want to go deeper with him but honestly you don’t know how to at this point. This spiritual practices list can give you ways to have the deeper relationship with God you are looking
When going through difficult times, it’s hard not to focus on yourself. What is going to happen to me? What am I going to do? These questions can weigh heavy on your heart. But when you put on the mind of Christ, everything changes. Doing this allows you to endure hardship well, knowing there is
Are you feeling burdened, weary, heavy hearted and needing rest? Jesus can help you and wants to walk with you in whatever you are going through. He loves you so much and sees you. He understands how you are feeling and experienced feeling this way too. Learning how to surrender to God completely is how
It was a few months out from the death of my father, when out on a date with my husband, shopping for shirts, I came across one that looked just like one of my dad’s. My overwhelming sorrow over losing him came back to me, fresh as if it had just happened. The joy of
Does Christmas feel hard this year? You may be putting on a brave face for others, but inside you feel sorrowful, lonely, or maybe even depressed because of the circumstances in your life. However, you can find Christmas hope this year despite what you are going through. God sees your pain. He sees how hard
Instead of asking yourself what pleases God, do you instead feel like you are trapped in a cycle of seeking the approval of others? When someone is mad at you or doesn’t like you, it can tear you up inside; getting them to like you again is all you can think about. Your happiness depends
Are you striving to be perfect in all things? Your job, parenthood, your role as a spouse or friend? Being a Christian? This is extremely exhausting and the weight is so cumbersome. I know… because this is something that I have struggled with for years. If you are saying this is you too, you are
My goal is to help and equip Christians like you to live for Jesus by following Matthew 22:37-39: to love God and love people, and within this we need to learn how to love ourselves as God does.
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