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Change! By Carol Wagstaff Groen and Phillip Lee The Oxford American Dictionary defines change as to make or become different; to pass from one form or phase into another. Certainly, for any individual the greatest change is to become a Christian and know that your destination has been changed from hell to heaven; to become born-again. While Scripture and an abundance of secular literature provide evidence that homosexuality, though deeply ingrained and even habitually practiced, can be overcome both as…

Suicide Prevention Information Reposted by permission – Written by Anthony MartinPosted in Helpful Resources last updated on September 27, 2019 Suicidal Behavior Suicide causes immeasurable pain, suffering, and loss to individuals, families, and communities nationwide. On average, 112 Americans die by suicide each day. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15-24 year olds and more than 9.4 million adults in the United States had serious thoughts of suicide within the past 12 months. But suicide is preventable, so it’s important to…

Was thinking this morning about the words “muddle / wallow” and their action words “muddling / wallowing”.The dictionary definition is:  mud·dle – verb: muddling  bring into a disordered or confusing state. synonyms: confuse, mix up, jumble (up), disarrange, disorganize, disorder, disturb, mess up“you’ve muddled things up” confuse (a person or their thoughts). synonyms: bewilder, confuse, bemuse, perplex, puzzle, baffle, mystify “she became muddled”  busy oneself in a confused and ineffective way. God reminded me when Paul and Silas were thrown into prison.  (Acts 16:16-40)   Now I’m far from being a “Paul” but I sure know the feeling when it…

“I gave up too soon.” A few years ago I was helping out with our church’s ‘feed the homeless’ outreach. When all the meals had been served a lady walked up and asked for a second helping of food. A minute before the chef took that tray away that had some of the food on it. She looked and said, ‘Oh well’, then passed by. A few minutes later the chef returned with a bit more food. I called out…

Breaking Strongholds ‘Breaking the Power’ Liberty Savard ISBN 0-88270-699-3 ‘The Bondage Breaker’ Dr. Neil T. Anderson ISBN 0-89081-787-1 ‘Released from Bondage’ Dr. Neil T. Anderson ISBN 1-85424-216-4 ‘Shattering Your Strongholds’ Liberty Savard ISBN 0-88270-713-2 Counseling – General ‘Introduction to Psychology & Counseling – |Christian Perspectives & Applications’ Paul D. Meirer, M.D.; Frank B. Minirth, M.D.; and Frank Wichern, Ph.D. ISBN 0-8010-6128-8 ‘Restoring the Christian Soul’ Leanne Payne ISBN 0-85476-300-7 ‘Listening Prayer’ Leanne Payne ISBN 0-85476-558-1 ‘Walls of My Heart’ Dr.…

One of the important realizations I’ve had in my healing journey is that I have legitimate needs which, for some reason, were not met in my formative years. This coupled with the experiences of abuse and plain-old broken ways of thinking and being has given rise to my neediness, confusion and stinking thinking. I came to the conclusion it’s very important that we learn to distinguish between the legitimate needs related to our sexuality and our emotions and the false…

Getting to the place where we are sick and tired of being sick and tired…hum, that’s when we are ready to nail our control, desires, stinking thinking to the Cross…and let them die there. The only reason why we become or continue to be conflicted is that we want our cake and eat it too…you know what I mean? We want the truth to be – “we CAN serve two masters”. And after a while of that battle,..however long it…