Tag: Pain
Friday, September 20, 2019
Forget About it!
| 1:17 MIN READ | Have you ever noticed how often you hear the admonition, “Don’t forget …!” We have lots of “don’t forget’s” in our lives. “Don’t forget your keys! Don’t forget your phone! Don’t forget to take out the trash! Don’t forget to brush your teeth! Don’t forget… Don’t forget… Don’t forget…!” On […]
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Are You Hurting?
Human hurt happens in many ways. We are hurt by the evil and meanness of people, misunderstandings and misperceptions with people, disappointed expectations with people and circumstances, losses in life and deferred or denied dreams.
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Attitudes That Lift You Above Your Limits
| 1:22 MIN READ | Human history has left a record of men and women, in both the limelight and obscurity, who made their world a better place! The Bible tells about two of these history changers –– Mordecai and Esther. They were used by God to rescue the Jews from destruction at a critical […]
Monday, March 11, 2019
The Potential In Your Pain
| 2:06 MIN READ | Someone once said, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!” Perhaps the adage can more accurately be stated, “What doesn’t kill you, CAN make you stronger!” The possibility is there, but the choice is ours. Problems, pain, and limitations provide us with potential character-building fertilizer if we respond the right […]
Thursday, February 14, 2019
My pain will not restrict the development of my potential!
| 1:47 MIN READ | Faith is a powerful force. It’s a quality that lives in us and is expressed through the way we live and the words we speak. It’s something that needs to be nurtured and grown within us. Speaking words of faith are one way to increase faith and put it to […]
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Healing Your Hurts
| 1:17 min read | When was the last time your feelings were hurt by someone? Maybe it was a curse word, a harsh look or bad behavior by someone, but the result was pain—heart pain. We feel wounded on the inside. And the more we think about the situation the more intense our emotions […]
Friday, July 20, 2018
Grace that Restores
| 55 sec read | There are times when the problems and pressures of life bring us to a point of brokenness. Because we live in a broken world, and we’re broken ourselves, we need God’s restorative grace. Here are some things that break us: 1. Bad decisions—Bad decisions can set our life on a […]
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Healing Grace Part 2
| 1:18 min read | How do we experience God’s healing grace? It’s one thing to theoretically believe in healing, and another to believe that healing can happen in your life. We’ll never reach out to receive God’s healing grace unless we truly believe that Jesus made healing possible. Through the ministry of Jesus, it’s […]
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
How To Pray For Others
| 1:37 min read | A Beginner’s Guide to Prayer: How To Pray For Others Every week people ask me to pray for them. Sometimes these requests for prayer are very specific. They might be a health or financial situation a person is dealing with. It could be a challenge at work, or a difficulty […]
Friday, May 18, 2018
Forgive First
1:58 min read | “You hurt me!” This is a common statement in relationships. If it’s not spoken, it’s most certainly felt. Serious problems in relationships can almost always be traced to one common root—hurt. When our feelings get hurt, when we feel rejected, judged, disrespected, unloved, or are treated harshly or unkindly, our souls […]