Deprivation And The Gratitude Principle
SECOND IN A SERIES As children, many of us were deprived And we have carried that mindset into adulthood. Depravation creates deprived thinking. Deprived thinking perpetuates deprivation.The grratitude principle will move us from deprivation to gratitude in our lives. Deprivation and the gratitude principle. Many of us know how easy it is to fall into…
Gratitude: Affirming The Good Things In Life
FIRST IN A SERIES In my next several postings I’ll be summarizing a wonderful book that was suggested to me by one of my long-time clients. The book is entitled Gratitude: Affirming The Good Things In Life, by Melody Beattie. It has been such a blessing to me, I wanted to share excerpts from it…
Authentic Forgiveness
A Process for Applying Mercy and Forgiveness Talking about forgiving people is one thing. Fcing those sins on an individual basis – and fully connecting with the emotions, the damage, and the consequences – is entirely different. Most of us inappropriately deal with the way others have hurt us. We don’t understand the significance or…
Grieving What We’ve Lost
While forgiveness allows us the opportunity to remove the toxins of an injustice committed against us, we must also deal with those wounds that stem from neglect in our early lives. What people didn’t or couldn’t do for us can create just as much (if not more) shame as those violations that were perpetrated against…
A Teen’s Surrendered Life
By guest authorKAYLA WRIGHTLicensed Christian CounselorSpecialist in Christian Counseling for TeensLife Training Christian Counseling Although Jesus became my Lord and Savior at the age of seven, I specifically remember the time in adulthood when I made the decision to live a surrendered life in Christ. I was 19, and my pastor at the time, Jon…
Beauty From Ashes #3
The renewing of our souls will extend no further than our honest acknowledgement of our inner brokenness. PART 3 IN A SERIES The Imprisoned Most of us probably never put much thought into the difference between a captive and a prisoner. A captive is held captive due to no fault or wrongdoing on their part,…