Do I Need More Self-Esteem?
Self-esteem became a buzz word a number of years ago. Most people have a low self-esteem, and it needs to be boosted. Even people who appear as boastful are actually hiding their low…
Read More Trusting God During the Hard Times
Trust is a funny thing. Our expectations are fickle, depending on the source of our trust. The word trust is a broken word today. Our trust is shaped by our experiences, by those we are…
Read More 4 Scriptures to Read When You’re Dealing with Lack of Assurance
I laid in my bed, staring at the hair-line cracks in the ceiling, with these thoughts tumbling in my mind: am I really a Christian? Does God still love me? Am I a child of God or a false convert? Sleep…
Read More 3 Things to Know When Battling Depression
In my experience, I’ve learned that depression is not something that can be easily “willed” away. It affects people in a variety of ways and, for me, it has been an incredibly frustrating and exhausting experience. In many…
Read More 3 Biblical Women Authors You Need to Read
We each have different authors who have positively impacted our walk with the Lord. It is a glorious thing that God chooses and equips different men and women to write edifying books for the Body of Christ. Currently, however, it seems it can be…
Read More Hope for the Girl with a Sexual Past
I previously believed I could never live a life of purity. It was bizarre to my mind which had yet to be renewed by Christ. Back then, I could have been named among Gomer and the adulterous woman (Hosea 1:2-3; John 8:3-11). I was a slave to sin who lacked the…
Read More God’s Sovereignty in Depression
Even in some of my otherwise happiest and fullest seasons of life, I have experienced plenty of days where I struggled to get out of bed or struggled to fall asleep because some impenetrable cloud of despondency had overtaken me. These moments have been dependable realities in my life since before I became a believer, and of course they take different shape now that I am…
Read More Combating Anxiety with Truth
Fear often reveals what we believe to be true about who God is. For instance, when we are anxious about the future, we are presuming God does not have our best interest in mind. Ed Welch says it perfectly, “Worriers are visionaries minus the optimism.” We often think…
Read More 6 Ways Scripture Helps Us Fight Anxiety
I must admit, it seems almost every day I see sisters in Christ expressing the anxiety they are experiencing. I have seen a rise in it the last few years, not only in my own life, but in those around me. Sometimes I am left wondering if the advances in technology are a huge…
Read More 3 Reasons to Rejoice in Suffering
Affliction is a subject I will never stop coming back to because I’ll never stop needing to be reminded of the reality of God and the Gospel in midst of pain that threatens to pull me under. Sometimes it feels like I have barely reached the end of a season like this before another one…
Read More How God Speaks Through Our Unfulfilled Longings
Our longings are not ends in and of themselves. Instead, they are indicators of where we have placed our affections and security. Longings manifest our humanity with a profound acuteness as they reveal our inherent need for something outside ourselves. Human longing has a divinely…
Read More 9 Reasons Why Jesus Understands What Life Is like for Us
Jesus does understand what life is like for each and every one us. What we are going through is nothing new to Him. He has been through it all. He doesn’t ask anything of us that He wasn’t willing to do Himself, and He promises to be with us every step of the way. Here are 9 reasons why…
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