Anxiety

KAYLA WRIGHTLicensed Christian CounselorSpecialist in Child & Adolescent TherapyLife Training Christian Counseling Through my years working with teens, I have noticed a few things that regularly come up in conversations of what disturbs their young hearts. While each individual’s story is uniquely theirs, there are common themes circulating throughout each one that are important to…

#31 IN MY SERIES OF POSTINGS DEDICATED TO SUMMARIZING A WONDERFUL BOOK ENTITLED “THE DUDE’S GUIDE TO MARRIAGE: TEN SKILLS EVERY HUSBAND MUST DEVELOP TO LOVE HIS WIFE WELL” BY DARRIN & AMIE PATRICK. A Rested Husband Is A Peaceful Husband Overwork and lack of rest are are attractive to men because they produce results. Even people…

KAYLA WRIGHTLicensed Christian CounselorSpecialist in Child & Adolescent TherapyLife Training Christian Counseling We live in a society where busyness is encouraged and leaving space in our schedule is frowned upon. When I hear verses like Psalm 46:10 and Exodus 14:14, rather than accept the peace these verses can give, I’m filled with restlessness at the…

“For the Word of God s alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires” Hebrews 4:12 NLT In an earlier article I reflected on a season in my early adult life when it felt as though…

#19 IN MY SERIES OF POSTINGS DEDICATED TO SUMMARIZING A WONDERFUL BOOK ENTITLED “THE DUDE’S GUIDE TO MARRIAGE: TEN SKILLS EVERY HUSBAND MUST DEVELOP TO LOVE HIS WIFE WELL” BY DARRIN & AMIE PATRICK.  “Get busy living or get busy dying.” “Red” Redding, The Shawshank Redemption Part of being alive is growing. At some point, usually in…

As God moves us from the brokenness of our past to a future filled with His wholeness and purpose, we will unquestionably experience times of uncertainty, anxiousness, and fear. Gifted author Lysa TerQuerst, in her amazing book entitled Uninvited, describes this season as “moving through the desperate in-between. Look at this incredible excerpt from Lysa’s…

#8 IN MY CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER JOURNEY THROUGH ROBERT MCGEE’S BEST-SELLING BOOK, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNIFICANCE. If we base our self-worth on the approval of others, then we are actually saying that our ability to please others is of greater value than Christ’s payment for us. We add nothing to our salvation. It is God who seeks us out,…

#1 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 in…

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 If we undervalue gentleness, or meekness, it’s likely because we misunderstand it. Perhaps we think of it as a sort of spinelessness or weakness, as if to be gentle or meek is to lie…

FIFTY IN MY TEACHING SERIES ON THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 Our world is full of people who cut in line, insult others, don’t open doors for old ladies, laugh at others’ misfortunes and…