Justification: Exchanging Ledgers
THIRD IN MY CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER JOURNEY THROUGH ROBERT MCGEE’S BEST-SELLING BOOK, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNIFICANCE. If God loves who we truly are, then why do we preface His understanding of us with phrases such as “in God’s eyes we are righteous” or “forgiven” or “loved” or “pleasing” and so on? Are we trying to say that God…
Effects Of The Fear Of Failure
SECOND IN MY CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER JOURNEY THROUGH ROBERT MCGEE’S BEST-SELLING BOOK, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNIFICANCE. The fear of failure can affect our lives in many ways. Recognizing and confronting teh fear of failure in each of these experiences could result in dramatic changes in your life. Although we all will continue to experience the fear of failure…
The Performance Trap
FIRST IN MY CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER JOURNEY THROUGH ROBERT MCGEE’S BEST-SELLING BOOK, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNIFICANCE. Most of us are unaware of how thoroughly Satan has deceived us. He has led us blindly down a path of destruction, making us captives of our inability to meet our standards consistently and slaves of low self-esteem. Satan has shackled us…
Codependence Is Identity Dependence – Part 5
FiFTH IN A SERIES OF POSTINGS ON THIS TOPIC, TAKEN FROM MY BOOK, ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION: GOD TURNS OUR BROKEN PIECES INTO MASTERPIECES The 21st Century Codependent Author Melody Beattie, in her book The New Codependency, provides another meaningful glimpse into how codependency has adapted to an ever-changing world: Although second, third, and forth generation codependents…
Codependence Is Identity Dependence – Part 4
FOURTH IN A SERIES OF POSTINGS ON THIS TOPIC, TAKEN FROM MY BOOK, ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION: GOD TURNS OUR BROKEN PIECES INTO MASTERPIECES Classic Patterns of Codependence The “classic” codependency model has been well described by the organization Co-Dependents Anonymous, Inc., and is referred to as “Recovery Patterns of Codependence.” This organization has done an outstanding…
Codependence Is Identity Dependence – Part 3
THIRD IN A SERIES OF POSTINGS ON THIS TOPIC, TAKEN FROM MY BOOK, ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION: GOD TURNS OUR BROKEN PIECES INTO MASTERPIECES “First Generation” Codependence The concept of codependence in America first came on the scene following World War II. Amidst the post-war backdrop of victory, celebration, and abundance, many American families were experiencing something…