Gen 2:25 Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was…
WHAT IS SHAME? Shame, guilt, and condemnation are similar in that they all have to do with sin, but different in degree, duration, and scope. Shame is an intense feeling of angst that makes you wish you could evaporate; extreme humiliation and remorse; a despairing of life from abject embarrassment. Guilt is realizing you have…
Philippian 2 2 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit,if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do…
In my Christian Counseling courses, there was one thing in common with every type of hurting person. They are EXHAUSTED. They expend all of their time, effort, money and relationships on trying to meet their own needs, and it fails every time. As physical, emotional, mental and spiritual exhaustion sets in, hopelessness starts to rear…
Easter or The Resurrection really doesn’t have any meaning in our own private lives if Christ has not risen with us. If He is not OUR Savior and Redeemer, if we do not believe He is God in the flesh – crucified, dead, buried and raised to life again, if we have not received the…
Is God Mad At Me? What people think and feel about God’s disappointment and anger at them: “God is punishing me.” Some people may believe that when they have problems in life it is because God is angry with them for some past sin. I have heard people say things like, “I had…
Brokenness Would anyone like to share what God has shown them about themselves during this first week of fasting? Fasting results in the awareness of our brokenness. As we remove from our lives the things we use to cover up our pain or to feed our gnawing, endless desire for pleasure, or distract…
Self-Control: The Culminating Grace Gift Galatians 5:13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a]; rather, serve one another humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[b] 15 If you…
Why you can’t be loved What are some of the reasons you’ve told yourself why someone didn’t love you? Autism in Love There were 4 people studied in the movie. One older gentleman with severe autism who could not express himself well. He understood his abilities and limitations and accepted them and…
Luke 2 New International Version (NIV) The Birth of Jesus 2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from…