Intentional Living
Many people find the word ‘simplicity’ a turn off, mainly because there may be a push for ‘less stuff’ or ‘do less.’ However, that is not my focus.
Simplicity and Peace
It is this slaving to the external world, to the expectations of society, to damaged and damaging concepts of success that we must throw off in order to achieve peace.
Anxiety in Evidence: Avoidance
I don’t think it is a surprise that avoidance is a flashing red light indicating that we are anxious about something.
Anxiety in Evidence: Anger, Part 2
Prayerful consideration behind anger and openly speaking truthfully of my fears has lifted me out of the paralysis of fear.
Anxiety in Evidence: Anger
Peter has got to be one of my favorite Bible guys. He made every mistake (read: sin) possible and Jesus loved him and accepted him all the same.
Anxiety in Evidence: Stress
Jesus made choices for his own well-being and achieved everything without hurry, but rather with attention and care of the moment.
Anxiety in Evidence: Shame
We need only bring things to the Light, to Christ, and He makes things new and sets us free. anxiety and Christ: Shame need not follow us
Anxiety in Evidence: Comparisons
That is the trap of comparison – we think ‘better’, and we forget that really, we should think ‘different.’ Christ created us not to be compared, but to be unique.
Courage, Not Fear - 2 Timothy 1:6-7
In those cases where we do things that are contrary to what we ‘normally’ do or things that we think would be better, that is the Spirit at work in us, the Spirit of Self-control.
Coronavirus Fear: Fighting back with scripture
But we have seen panic and anxiety around the globe, disinfectant and face masks flying off the shelves. There are many, many people with the what-ifs that are not just a stream of worry but have created rapids and waterfalls of worry. God is bigger than our fear.
Speak Truth
So, it in the Spirit that we have the self-discipline necessary to capture these thought patterns and subject them to Christ. Speak truth in the face of anxiety.
At the Center of Worry
When we are the center of our world, it easy to see why we would worry. God works best when he is at the center of our lives, of our thoughts, of our concern.
Anxiety is a Spiritual Battle
His word, scripture, will secure us to stand firm against fear, anxiety, worry and concern, which all fall away in the face of His love. Anxiety is a spiritual battle.
Persevering in Broken Relationships
When we walk in these broken relationships in a broken world, these can be the words that lend us hope. How do I go on when he or she won’t change? How do I go on when they won’t repent?
Do I have to reconcile after forgiveness?
There is an ache in the lack of reconciliation, because we were made to love. We were made for fellowship. I don’t think I can reconcile, do I have to? What does the Bible say about reconciliation?