Good Christians know they “should” read their Bibles. For many, it is a daunting task as though they read, they may not understand, so the words don’t have a place to land. They tend to depend on devotionals instead. While devotionals are a great supplemental tool, they should never take the place of your personal […]
Kingdom Living
Daily CONNECT to Holy Spirit Prayer
Ephesians 5:18 says, ‘Be filled with the Holy Spirit.” To live a spirit filled life it is important to intentionally connect to the Holy Spirit every morning for fresh wine of the Spirit. Yesterday is gone and tomorrow will wait. You need a fresh infilling every new day…multiple times a day. We connect to Holy […]
STOP to Connect to God
If you are in Big Emotion and your mind is spinning with chaotic thoughts, STOP is a DBT skill to develop tolerance to stress. In Faith infused DBT, Christian believers STOP to Connect to God to work with the body He made, hear the soul He designed, and access their spirit where He lives. 1) […]
Power of the Secret Place
I feel like sometimes I forget in the midst of the whirlwind the power we have in the secret place. We are told that when we pray, go to our room and shut the door to talk to our Father who hears us in secret but rewards us openly (Mat. 6:6). As Believers in […]
I am offended. Now WHAT? – Part 1
When my kids were about 4 and 5, I was trying to teach them about offenses. I was always a big “like as” teacher. So, I told them offenses were like “hot rocks.” The quicker you let it go, the less damage it will do to your hand. Well, after a rather intense day of […]
Closing the Gaps in my Heart
How do I reconcile what I know to be true and what I feel? How do I resolve the conflict of connecting what I “should believe” and what I “really believe”? At what point is there a merge between the facts and the perception of the facts? How do I get past the illogical paradox of […]