If I could give you a medication that made it impossible for you to feel any pain, you would be foolish to take it. If you could step on a nail and it didn’t hurt or even worse, if it felt good to step on that nail, what would you do? You would certainly be […]
In Matthew 5 we are told to watch out for three things in regards to disapproving of another. 1. Take it all personally and jump to the conclusion that they are purposely doing things to hurt us and others and therefore as the righteous judge we have every right to be angry with them. “How […]
One of the interesting things I’ve noted over the years is how large projects often fail over simple choices by the “least” members of the group. Or by the “greater” members of the group failing to include these “least” into the work of the ministry. Yes it is healthy to see myself as the “least” […]
The sermon on the mount is full of wisdom and balance for weak people walking in an impossible world. So why does God say BE YE THEREFORE PERFECT! “How perfect, you ask?” AS PERFECT AS I AM PERFECT! He responds. Seems like a lot for a weak person to pull off. What is your personal […]
As human beings and as Christians, we are designed to be part of a group and we have three needs in terms of our relationship with our group. 1. We need to belong, to be wanted, accepted. We want the members of the group to be happy to see us and to identify us as […]
A blog reader writes: “My problem is, I form friendships but after a while my Christian friends decide that I am, in fact, too much of a burden because my depression never goes away (2.5 years of taking medication which all proved treatment-resistant and now I am out of medications to try.) I have lost […]
Boy, that title even rhymes! The Bible is full of bizarre suggestions, “Do the opposite of your natural inclination and it will work.” Such as: Choose to walk two miles when forced to walk one! When struck on one cheek, do not defend or counter-attack. Roll with it and try to find out where the […]
As I observe people in psychiatric help locations or, for that matter, everywhere, even in church, I see a lot of “hands that hang down”. It may be OK for the world to walk around with faces and bodies screaming, “poor me!” but I don’t feel that it pleases the Lord or reflects well on […]
Just what does a really healthy person experience in regards to delighting in their God-given design and the life He has given them? When I discharge people from the day hospital, I sometimes tell them that my goal for them is that, in a couple of years, they might wake up, sit on the edge […]
Do you struggle with low energy and secretly envy others with abundant ability to serve God, feeling that you are not as important, as pleasing to the Lord. A missionary had been raised in the mission field, was bilingual, and felt that her mission field was in the country where she was raised. She was […]
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