GPS Road Deserts | Why do I feel so lost and alone?

How connecting with God and getting a new perspective can heal your heart, release you from depression, and get you moving to a healthier you.In this article, we'll talk about two things you can do to get healthier emotionally and spiritually. Connect your GPS by moving and Update your GPS Maps by getting...

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Short Story: The Treasure Room

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matthew 6:21 It's true, where you spend your money is an indication of what you value. This is why Tithe (money) is the number one indicator of whether you Trust God (heart issue). What if we turned this verse around for a moment? What if we imagined that the treasure is your heart? For where your heart is, there will be your deepest...

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4 Keys to understanding painful emotions and how to process them to facilitate healing.

When are Painful Emotions caused Real Trauma and when are they caused by a LieWhen you feel hurt, sad, lonely, depressed, angry, fearful, infatuated, love, happiness, giddiness...These are emotions.Since "negative" or painful emotions are the ones that cause of the most problems, I will be focusing on those here.As I wrote about negative thoughts, filters, and triggers in An open letter for #Depression......

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An open letter for #Depression... Wanting to quit!

So you wish you were dead... or something like that.Or you wish you were never born, or you wouldn't mind an accident that took you out, or you just don't feel like you want to keep going... Maybe you are saying things like:I quitI don't want to play anymoreI can't do this anymoreIt's just so hardI'm...

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I am at my best when I... A tool to create daily habits that create victory one decision at a time.

Building a daily habit is a huge part of living successfully and also imperative when fighting depression.Creating a list of simple, practical things you can do each day to feed your inner spiritual/emotional/physical health and then posting it in places you can see will go a long way to helping you develop good healthy habits.Keep in mind, these are intentions. If you don't do all of them, don't...

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A Text Message (SMS) From God to You

A Text Message (SMS) From God to YouThis tool is designed to help you practice hearing from God... One word from God can change your life forever.Here's how it works:Start by getting a pad of paper and a pen (or you can do it electronically in OneNote or Evernote... but there's something about handwriting that helps you stay out of your head and in tune with your heart).Write each of these statements...

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Book Reflection: Understanding Scripture

Understanding Scripture - Buy NowReview: Understanding ScriptureThis is a review of the text, Understanding Scripture (Grudem, Collins, & Schreiner, 2012). The authors provide the backdrop for making their case:To profit from Scripture, one must take the right posture. At one extreme, the skeptic questions and judges whatever he/she reads. At the other, the overconfident believer, convinced...

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Book Reflection: Saving the Bible from Ourselves

Saving the Bible from Ourselves - Buy NowReview: Saving the BibleThis is a review of the text, Saving the Bible from Ourselves (Paauw, 2016). Paauw begins by diagnosing a strongly felt problem throughout the Church in Western Culture. He summarizes it as follows:“But we are also assured that even if we spend only a few minutes in the morning, we’re sure to find the spiritual gem to get us through....

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Book Reflection: Elements of a Christian Worldview

Elements of a Christian Worldview - Buy NowThis is a reflection of the text Elements of a Christian Worldview (Palmer, 1998, 2013). Rather than a single text devoted to the topic by the mind of one man, Palmer takes on a journey as a tour guide by editing together the essays of multiple authors on various topics as they relate to a Christian Worldview. From the history and shaping of Worldview as...

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Book Reflection: Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

Mere Christianity - Buy NowThis is a reflection paper of the text Mere Christianity (Lewis, 1952, 1980). The content was first delivered as radio broadcast material between 1942-1944 by Clive Staples “CS” Lewis. Lewis then gathered the materials and published them as three sperate works, later combining and editing the text that became Mere Christianity. With the mind of a scholar and the mouth of...

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Final Paper: A Christian Worldview | Be Still & Be Led

A Christian Worldview | Be Still & Be Led “It takes a good theologian to help you misunderstand the Bible.” Jesse (Duplantis, Unknown) We discussed many individual topics within the Christian Worldview course. The texts, Elements of a Christian Worldview (Palmer, 1998, 2013) and Mere Christianity (Lewis, 1952, 1980) forced us to look at things like sex and sexuality; politics, the place of...

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