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“We do not regret the past or wish to shut the door on it.” This promise isn’t about pretending the past didn’t hurt or ignoring the pain it causes. This promise is about letting God redeem it. Regret keeps us chained, and denial keeps us hiding. But when we place our story in God’s hands,…
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Breaking Free is Possible: Co-dependency isn’t simply “caring too much for others or enabling wrong behavior”. Co-dependency it’s a form of bondage that quietly drains your emotional, spiritual, and even physical and sociological health and life. It’s when your identity, worth, and peace are tied to someone else’s joy, approval, mood, or stability (in any…
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Garrisoned by God We live in a world where anxiety comes knocking daily, and sometimes pounding on the door with demands. Worries about tomorrow and fears over what’s out of our control. Daily we are reminded of what’s working and what’s not, even if what isn’t it’s not something we can change. The unrelenting pressure…
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We usually think of freedom as the absence of rules. But real freedom is reflected through the power to choose what’s right, and exert control over that temptation that makes us go after what feels good. Galatians 5:1 says, “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.” But many Christians still walk around…
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“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” — Jeremiah 17:9 There’s a Spiritual and Emotional Cost of the Chase: We’ve all been there. From craving what we know isn’t good for our bodies, chasing after someone who clearly doesn’t want to be caught, to dreaming about a lifestyle…
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Narcissism and the Lost Self: Understand the Void Narcissism is one of those words that gets tossed around a lot these days— and many times misused. The word Narcissist has become a kind of shorthand for anyone who displays any kind of self-centeredness behavior, opposition, is emotionally unavailable, or difficult to deal with whether this…
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Healing the Deepest Wounds and Breaking Free from Shame, Guilt, and Self-Sabotage “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” — Ephesians 4:32 Forgiveness is simple in theory, difficult in practice, and nearly impossible when the wound goes soul-deep. When trust has been betrayed, innocence has been stolen,…
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Aligning our thoughts with the truth “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Romans 12:2 There is a battlefield that many believers will never physically get see, yet its effects are felt and take be physically evident, daily. It’s the battlefield of the mind. Long before…
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Decisions and Actions: What It Means to Choose and Stand by Our Choice Every decision we make has the power to open a door and close another. Some decisions are small, but we make them everyday, on what to eat, what to wear, whether to hit snooze or jump out of bed. Others feel like…
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What We Do, Why It Matters, and Where Does Faith Fit When we face intense pressure like an urgent deadline, a personal crisis, a spiritual challenge, or the need to make a decision we all act in ways shaped by ingrained habits, already known coping mechanisms, and core beliefs. Why we respond the ways we…
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