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November 16, 2023
What is Grace? Part 6: A Real and Powerful Marriage
What does it look like ot have God’s grace have a work in our marriage? Marriage, as designed by God, calls us into a journey of learning to love and experience the beauty of this union. Yet we are also set within a spiritual war that seeks to erode the life our of marriages. In […]
What is Grace? Part 6: Grace in Marriage
What does it look like ot have God’s grace have a work in our marriage? Marriage, as designed by God, calls us into a journey of learning to love and experience the beauty of this union. Yet we are also set within a spiritual war that seeks to erode the life our of marriages. In […]
November 14, 2023
OCD and Confusion Over DENIAL
The subject of denial is often a place of confusion for those who battle obsessive compulsive issues. Those who battle OCD are often in denial of the issues of their heart that need tending to. It takes time to realize the problem is not the problem. Yet their obsession convinces them that the topic or […]
November 10, 2023
What Starving Compulsions Has Done for My Life
In working through obsessive compulsive struggles, starving the compulsion can be really challenging, but its a neccesary aspect of the healing journey. But there are great blessings in the journey when we learn to stop feeding compulsive behavior and tune into the new freedom that is available. In this broadcast, I want to share with […]
November 7, 2023
What is Grace? Part 5: Grace Transforms Relationships
When the grace of Jesus Christ has an impact in your heart and life, one of the biggest areas it will show up is in HOW WE DO RELATIONSHIPS. Grace will transform how we perceive others, how we talk to them and how we talk about others. Living in grace sets the stage for people […]
November 2, 2023
OCD, Fear, Control and Exposure Therapy
I want to address a question about exposure therapy to bring out how to work through control issues and the fear that drives control. OCD is rooted in control issues, which are driven by fear. Letting go of control is essential for facing fears and experiencing greater freedom. Exposure therapy, where individuals confront their fears […]
October 31, 2023
12 Insights About Your OCD Control Issues
If you struggle with OCD, you will need to realize that intense control is a major factor that needs to be addressed. With OCD, you live in such a way that you need to maintain a high level of control, with your thoughts, your environment and even your relationships. These control issues keep us in […]
October 26, 2023
What is Grace? Part 4: The Power of Grace and Peace
The apostles were immersed in the power of grace, to the extent that it permeated everything they wrote and expressed. They proclaimed the power of grace to keep us rooted in grace, to the point they expressed a specific phrase repeatedly. If there was a sentance repeated over and over again in the Scriptures, wouldn’t […]
October 19, 2023
What is Grace? Part 3: Grace in the Old Testament
When we consider the word grace, we often reference the New Testament, especially Paul’s writings on grace. But the usage of the word grace is actually all throughout the Bible, even in the Old Testament. When we consider the Old Testament, many think of law, judgment and an intense standard of living that cannot be […]
October 17, 2023
Working Through Control Issues
Are you aware that control issues may be hindering your mental health journey? The influence of control becomes place in our lives where we exert extensive effort, pressure, power or force to manipulate a situation or people. We can even have control issues with our own thoughts that send us into pressurized tailspins. I took […]
