Worship God In The Midst of Storms
In times of great loss, pain, grief, and suffering, it is easy to get bitter and shake our fists at God because we are human, and our knowledge is limited! But God is omniscient — He is all-knowing. God knows the end from the beginning and His plans for us are for our good and […]
Shame Tells Us We Are Alone…
Shame causes us to retreat, to isolate, and to believe the lie that we are the only one struggling with a particular issue, thought, emotion, or sin. Shame tells us that we are alone, that there is something wrong with us that is unredeemable or unforgivable. In its darkest moments, shame attempts to undermine the […]
Wrong Ointment For Our Wounds…
I have found when I am wounded that my natural reaction is to become stronger. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? Like a wild animal, when we are pushed in a corner, we can fight, and come up swinging. Rather than running towards the only true Strength, we turn inward. The result almost always is sleepless nights, […]
Weeds Of Shame… Blaming and Hiding!
When we feel FALSE guilt, we tend to want to blame others or blame ourselves. If we blame others, we manifest a critical spirit. If we blame ourselves, we feel unworthy and don’t want others to see us as we are and we hide emotionally from others. The solution, embrace what Jesus did on the […]
We Pin Ourselves Down As Victims
Unlovable, unworthy, unredeemable, and the enemy uses SHAME to keep us there. Yet, the beauty of the Gospel is this: In Jesus, we are free to—and called to—step into a New Identity: Forgiven. Redeemed. Loved. New Creation. Child of God! “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the […]
Hello My Name Is Forgiven and Free
Hello, my name is Harsh. Hurtful. Unkind. Unwanted. Not enough. Rejected. Shame has a sneaky way of writing big, bold, imaginary words across our foreheads, naming us by the ways we’ve messed up, the ways others have hurt us, or circumstances we can’t change. Shame can move from a feeling of embarrassment, regret or fear […]
While I Know Intuitively That The Spirit of God Lives Inside of Me, Can Anyone Else This Mark?
Does my life point anyone to Jesus? That’s my prayer, but I need to take time to reflect and repent when it clearly does not. No heart change happens by my own striving but only because He is unfailingly patient, loving, and powerful enough to change this leper’s spots and melt this heart of stone. […]
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Your History Does Not Define Your Destiny!
Your History Does Not Define Your Destiny! Include the past in who you become instead of letting it define who you are. Overcoming a problem involves understanding where and how it originated. The only thing you can change about the past is how it affects the future. What you focus on is what will become […]
Don’t Allow The Diagnosis Define Your Destiny.
Attachments to a painful past make it difficult to do well in the present. Yesterday’s loss doesn’t have to control the way you see your future. Where you’ve been doesn’t have to define who you become. Include the past in who you become instead of letting it define who you are. Overcoming a problem involves […]
People Are Always Looking for Some Sign…
People are always looking for some sign. I wish God would tell me what he wants to do. I wish he would write it in the sky.” God is not going to write it in the sky, he’s already written it in a book! You won’t read His book, why in the world do you […]