Emotions Can Lie
In tough times your emotions may go crazy. Emotions can lie. God tells the truth. As families hurt, finances sink, and fear creeps, have your emotions gone haywire? Sometimes emotions lie. God...
View ArticleOvercoming Crazy Addictions. . .God’s Way
Natalie* stared at mirror. “Ugh! I’m so fat. I hate myself,” she thought. She stepped on the scale. The numbers flashed 92. At five feet four inches tall, Natalie had all but stopped eating. Her...
View ArticleAre You THE MOM or a wimp?
Our culture tends toward two extremes on a continuum: either crass authoritarianism or wimp-dom. God calls you and me to be neither authoritarian nor permissive but authoritative in parenting. Yes,...
View ArticleFood Cravings: Should You Give In?
Did you make a New Year’s resolution to get in shape? Have the food cravings started? Should you give in? You’re stuck in traffic when all the sudden a food craving strikes. It comes quick. It comes...
View ArticleFEAR: The New Four-Letter Word
The fear of abandonment and its sister, the fear of rejection, strike at the heart of how God fashioned us women: relational. Here are two ways to defeat fear. FEAR. It’s the new four-letter word. It...
View ArticleThe S word: SUBMISSION! Should You?
Do submission and doormats go together? NO! God wants you to enjoy a healthy marriage. SUBMIT. Discuss this S word among friends, and you may hear snorts and see eyebrows rise. You know what they may...
View ArticleThe Upside of Problems
When a problem pops up, God is trying to get your attention. He wants to listen and to encounter Him today. Why? Because he cares. The other day my counselee (whom I’ll call Cheri) fell flat on her...
View ArticleGot a Sex-Stained Past? Find Healing!
Do you have a sex-stained past? Perhaps adultery (emotional or physical)? Or multiple partners during high school or college? An abortion? Pornography? Sexual abuse? Whatever your past, the good news...
View ArticleHandling your emotional triggers
“Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.” Don Marquis Perhaps you have wondered what is really going with you on when you feel like certain events or people push your buttons or pull...
View ArticleHow to Overcome Addiction
When you hurt, you sometimes look for relief. . .in a bottle. This relief, this pleasure plays peek-a-boo. You see it then it’s gone, obliterated. Kc Hutter, a Facebook friend and author of her memoir...
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