Little Things Matter
What’s your goal? To get closer to God? To gain freedom from an addiction? To lose weight? To become a better, kinder person? It’s nearly impossible to stay in one spot for very long. Either we’re moving toward our goal or we’re moving away from it. It totally depends on which direction our thoughts and…
Fear Not!
I was cleaning out some papers this morning and ran across a handwritten note containing the following thoughts: Fear is a bad habit that CAN be broken — choose trust not fear GOD did not give us the spirit of fear Fear is the PERCEPTION that everything is out of control COURAGE is fear that…
3 Steps to Finding Freedom from Shame
Shame is a burden that none of us need to carry. Working through the following steps will help eliminate the extensive effects of carrying shame. 1. ANALYZE THE SITUATION Step back from the problem that lead to the shame and view it in a different light—reframe it. Look at the external factors that contributed to…
Lost or just wandering?
“Not all those who wander are lost.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring It’s been an insane week . . . but we’re definitely not lost! We’ll be back SOON with those practical steps to help reverse the devastating spiral of shame’s destruction that we promised you earlier this week, before things…
Shame OFF you!
Shame is a common human reaction when we feel we have failed to meet society’s expectations or our own personal standards of behavior and achievement. Your current situation may have set off a torrent of internal talk that includes some of these common false beliefs: “It’s all my fault” “If anyone knew about this, they…
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