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A Special Tribute to Mothers
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:58- NKJV
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A New Year of Change
With every new year I ponder on the prior year and remember the good and the bad but most importantly I examine whether or not I have grown spiritually or have I stayed stagnant in my walk with God or worse digressed.
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Dealing with the New Year as a New Season
“Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” NIV Read More...
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Remembering Father on Father's Day!
My father was a First Sergeant in the Marine Corps, serving in the Vietnam War. He came home with wounds and purple hearts to show for it. Read More...
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Dealing with Busyness
Luke 10:38-42
"Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus'* feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Read More...
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Dealing with Discouragement
Do you want to hear something funny? I started several months ago writing this article, “Dealing with Discouragement”, and every time I started to work on it, I would get discouraged and want to quit.
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Do You Struggle with Depression?
Statistics show that there is a high percentage now more than ever of people who get depressed every day in this country. The holidays are known to be when depression and suicide is at an all time high. There are so many reasons for depression and suicide and one article I believe would not be long enough. I wanted to encourage you if you or someone you know is struggling with depression you are not alone. There is hope and that there are many others who are going through the exact same thing. Read More...
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Dealing with Depression Part I
I don’t think that I could continue to write “How to Deal” articles without dealing with depression. I understand that no one wants to talk about this issue much less read about it but I felt I needed to address this for the simple fact that it is one of the most common issues world wide. I personally have experienced it and know plenty of people who also experience it on a daily basis so it is comforting to know that if you are experiencing depression you are definitely not alone. Read More...
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Dealing with Depression Part II
In part I, I addressed how to deal with depression spiritually with the main concept of believing that Christ lives in your heart by faith and is right there with you, helping you and giving you power and strength to keep moving forward and persevere through the trials. Read More...
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Dealing with Grief and Loss
There is a great confusion about what is considered grief and loss these days, unfortunately the miss-understanding of grief and loss leaves people feeling depressed, anxiety filled and alone and they don’t understand what’s happening to them. I remember when I lost my father six years ago, a month later I thought something was wrong with me because I couldn’t think straight, my thoughts were all jumbled and didn’t know what was going on. A friend of mine who also counsels explained to me that it was part of the grieving process and I was comforted to know I wasn’t losing my mind, at least not yet Read More...
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Dealing with Disappointment
I can share a personal experience with you to help you understand what disappointment can mean and also how it can affect you personally deeper than you know. A couple years ago when we were starting our new church plant in San Diego we promoted it, invited all of our family and friends and on that day we had over 100 people in attendance for our opening day church service. It was wonderful and turned out better than we could have expected. Read More...
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Dealing with Anxiety
Do you struggle with Anxiety? I want to encourage you that you are not alone. It is more common than people realize. First we want to look at what anxiety is before we can address how to deal with anxiety. A summarized definition of anxiety is: Having a uneasy, overwhelmed, apprehensive, fearful, concerned, and worrisome state of mind with the feeling of inadequacy to cope. Read More...
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Dealing -Un-Forgiveness & Bitterness
I don’t think there is one adult that hasn’t had to deal with this all too common issue, “Un-Forgiveness’. I myself have had to deal with this very thing many times in my own life and each time it was not easy. So what is un-forgiveness? Well, in order to understand what un-forgiveness is we have to understand what it isn’t. Read More...
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Dealing with Worry and Stress
Have you been worried or stressed over something that is starting to affect you in more ways than one? There are many reasons we can easily be stressed or worried such as our finances, our relationships, our work; you name it and the worse part is it never seems to go away. Read More...
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Dealing with Feelings of Inadequacy
As a Christian do you feel inadequate? Unless you are superman I can assume that everyone at one time or another feels inadequate in something. It has to be true because we are all gifted and talented in different areas but not everyone is perfect in all areas accept God. God made us unique and different and gave us unique talents, gifts, abilities and also he gave us unique families, backgrounds and experiences that make us who we are today. Read More...
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Do You Struggle with Anger?
I want to encourage you that if you or you know someone who struggles with anger there is hope. One of the main common issues people in general have is that we have these inner struggles that we feel we have to handle by ourselves either because of shame, guilt, fear etc. Read More...
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Dealing with Anger
The definition of anger is; an intense emotional state or feeling that is induced by displeasure. Anger is an emotion that we are born with. There isn’t anyone in the world that doesn’t experience anger. Even babies when they don’t get fed right away become angry. So the idea of becoming angry is not wrong or a sin. It’s how we handle our anger and where it stems from that makes all the difference. Read More...
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Dealing with Fear
When we think about fear we think of being frightened, scared and being afraid. Those are all feelings and emotions that we as people experience from time to time and are completely normal. We can go into a theatre and watch a scary movie and although in our conscience minds we know it’s not real, our emotions and feelings can get caught up in the story and become literally afraid and scared. Fear in itself is not wrong, even the bible talks about fearing the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and how we are to fear punishment and repent. It’s what that fear leads us to is what makes us or breaks us. Read More...
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Dealing with the Holiday Hoopla!
If you are like me the holidays can be a blessing but they also can be stressful, anxiety filled and very busy. As a CWAHM and Pastor’s Wife, I literally have to sit and try to remember all the things I need to do in preparing for family to come over, cleaning the house, take care of church business and our plans for Christmas Eve service, writing the menu for Christmas dinner, try to finish all my home business work, in between shopping, shopping and more shopping. Read More...
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