Becoming honest with yourself about who has injured you and what behaviors have risen out of these wounds allows you to begin shouldering the responsibility of making changes in your life. As you embark on the process of recovery, you may choose to address those who have offended you, or simply write a letter. Whether …
As you read more into this series on relationships killers, narcissism, and domestic violence, you have probably recognized yourself as a victim or a perp (or maybe both) in some of the paragraphs. Perhaps you are now feeling depressed, as if you are in a hopeless situation. All kinds of medications and natural remedies are …
Isaiah 39:4 (NKJV) “And he said, what have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.” Your body is your home; it is where you live; it is the place where you are safe, where …
Judges 4:20 ( NLT) “Stand in the doorway of the tent,” he told her. “If anybody comes and asks you if there is anyone here, say no.” Diabetes, heart disease, and cancer are the number one killers in our country today. They rob you of your resources, your energy, and your way of life; they …
Isaiah 38:7-8 (NLT) “And this is the sign from the Lord to prove that he will do as he promised: I will cause the sun’s shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz!” So, the shadow on the sundial moved backward ten steps. When King Hezekiah became sick unto death, he was …
Acts 2:8(ESV) And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? For years, the gospel of Jesus Christ had been thwarted because of a language barrier. But then, the Galilean men who were entrusted to spread His good news addressed an audience consisting of Greeks, Arabs, Egyptians, Cretes, Romans, …
Job 36:15(NIV) “But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer. For he gets their attention through adversity.” Pain is abundant in the world and in our lives. While I do not in any way wish to slap a reason on the things that happen to us, you have to admit that when …
Joshua 2:12-13 (BSB) “Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that …
Proverbs 23:23(KJV) “Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.” When I was a little girl, I would read the funny papers on Sundays. At that time, the cartoons were toward the back of the paper, along with the advertisements. I remember one particular week I saw an advertisement that …
Acts 2:13(GNT) But others made fun of the believers, saying, “These people are drunk!” Some time ago, I watched the funniest thing I have seen on TV in a long time. The Ellen Show had a young girl on. Ellen gave the girl a map, a phone book, and a rotary phone. It was hilarious …