“Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God” John 1:12 NIV Turning Toward Our Identity in Christ As we learn to confront shame, we are given the opportunity to disengage its power. The removal of shame is both a process […]
What to Do When Others Fail Us So, what happens when we fulfill our responsibilities to others, but they don’t fulfill theirs? If we are the recipients of a violation, we can set boundaries to protect ourselves from the violation recurring. But we can’t change the other person’s heart. Rather than attempting to balance an […]
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, that we learned about early in this book. What people didn’t or couldn’t do for us can create just as much (if not more) […]
When we get in touch with the heart of God, we discover that His methods of operation are entirely different from our own ways (see Isaiah 55:8-9). In fact, God tells us in His word that we are actually to get revenge on our enemies by showing them love and forgiving them. God calls us […]
When considering a serious inventory of our sin, if we find ourselves saying, “I’m not that bad compared to…” there is a major barrier in our lives that will inhibit our further growth and freedom. Simply put, we won’t receive the remedy if we can’t see that a problem exists. Many times, we fool ourselves […]
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 NIV Introduction Shame is a tool the enemy uses in the believer’s life that robs us of the freedom and power God intended us to have. If our lives are […]
It’s More Than Just “Getting Over It” Dealing with painful emotions can be the most difficult challenge we face in our healing journey. Simply “getting over them” (as some may have told us to do) is difficult, if not impossible. True Christ-centered healing begins with learning how to stabilize our emotions and submitting them to […]
Abused? Or Abuser? Two people participate in acts of violation: a victim (the abused) and a perpetrator (the abuser). The Victim The person on the receiving end of abusive behaviors is the victim. The victim is prone to be captured by the message the actual abuse sends. Essentially, in being the recipient of an act […]
Introduction God is in the business of making broken things whole. It is through the life of His spirit that we are brought back to wholeness. Nothing that has occurred in our past is allowed to have sovereign reign in our life when we summon the God of the universe for assistance. Those parts of […]
Soul Wounds Will Become Scars Parenting is hard work. If you’re a parent, you already know that. And sometimes parents get things wrong. Even very wrong. If we can recognize our father and mother for who they are, and not dwell on who we’d like them to be (past or present), we can move toward […]