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April 25, 2024

Hope for Scrupulosity Strugglers (Religious OCD)

If you battle with obsessive-compulsive struggles in how you relate to God, the Bible and Christian living, you are not alone. Many influential people have had this battle and many in the church today struggle with scrupulosity or religious OCD. You are not alone in this battle. There is hope. Sometimes we can think that […]
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Published on April 25, 2024 17:50

April 17, 2024

The Struggle of Religious OCD | Scrupulosity

Are obsessive-compulsive when it comes to your spiritual life? Is it possible that scrupulosity may be influencing how you relate to God and how you live out your Christian walk? Today I want to get into the subject of scrupulosity or religious OCD–the battle that takes place when obsessive-compulsive struggles invade your faith walk. I […]
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Published on April 17, 2024 16:40

April 16, 2024

Do You Have a Quick Fix Mentality with Your Mental Health?

Are you chasing a quick fix mindset? In our struggle with mental and emotional health, we can put a lot of pressure on ourselves to hurry up, “fix” ourselves and fix ourselves quickly. “Fix it. Fix it quickly. Hurry up! Get me to the solution in the fastest way possible.” The problem is that mental, […]
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Published on April 16, 2024 11:49

April 10, 2024

Confusion About Obedience and Disobedience

Obedience is an important precept taught in Scripture, but many believers struggle with it being burdensome, confusing and even at times tormenting. In my own experience, obedience and disobedience were distorted and gave fuel for anxiety, guilt and a heavy ladened spiritual life. As I have embraced my own healing journey, I’ve seen first hand […]
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Published on April 10, 2024 14:42

March 26, 2024

What is Grace? Part 11: The Journey from Condemnation to Grace (Romans 7 to 8)

I want to take you on a journey–one that has changed my life in profound ways and has broken so many chains of condemnation that I have carried in my life. This journey involves one from condemnation into grace. Allow me to take you on this journey by teaching you line by line the words […]
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Published on March 26, 2024 13:27

March 21, 2024

The Power of COMPASSIONATE GRACE for Mental Health

Your mental health journey will experience so much more fruit when you come to experience and practice compassionte grace. These two areas will revolutionize how you relate to God, yourself and the world around you. It will transform how you relate to your mental health struggles, but compassionate grace is something that we need to […]
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Published on March 21, 2024 12:13

March 19, 2024

What is Grace? Part 10: Grace vs Condemnation

In learning about the beauty of God’s grace, we have to discern the influence of condemnation that seeks to interfere. In working with Christians over the decades, it has been clear to me that what many consider to be God speaking or a direction given by God is actually the voice of condemnation. It’s the […]
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Published on March 19, 2024 17:13

March 12, 2024

The Christian, Mental Health and Medication

Should I just go on medication? Is medication wrong for a Christian? I feel like I am struggling with my mental health, is medication going to help cure me? These are common questions that arise when people find their mood, their thought-life and emotions out of control or challenging to manage. In a world where […]
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Published on March 12, 2024 16:53

March 6, 2024

What is Grace? Part 09: Grace vs Performance and Perfectionism

To understand the power of grace, you’ll need to understand how it contrasts with performance and perfectionism. Most would say this is really about grace vs law, which is true. But we don’t often see how law impacts us today. When most believers think of LAW, they often think of sacrifices, OT ceremonies and an […]
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Published on March 06, 2024 17:11

February 28, 2024

Biblical Mental Health Profile: Timothy

Join me as I take a journey in looking at mental, emotional and relationship health in the life of Timothy, a young leader in the church, who Paul mentored and fathered in the faith. In this broadcast, I will navigate through the books of 1 and 2 Timothy and observe some of the struggles Timothy […]
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Published on February 28, 2024 14:13