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Worry: The Seed From Which Anxiety Grows
Worry is a pernicious pattern of negative thinking that takes a stranglehold on your life and can lead to serious and debilitating anxiety disorders, which are likely worry on steroids.
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Are You Focused on the “Never Enoughs”?
Happiness, satisfaction, and fulfillment are all words that are synonymous with contentment. Excessities promise to provide it. Yet excessities are firmly rooted in the if-then. They promise that if you give in to them, then you’ll be happy, satisfied, or fulfilled...
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Anxiety: Turning Subjectivity into Objectivity
Anxious people can become consumed with the helplessness they feel in a what-if world. In a what-if world, disasters wait around every corner.
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Giving Your Son Both Space and Time for His Emotions
Intense emotional expression can be accompanied by intense physical expression. By moving into the great outdoors, space is provided for that synergistic expression.
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Don’t Give Up on the Wonderful Person God Created
Your consistency in living a godly life is more important than a single past transgression. So, when you make a mistake, feel the anger, fear, or guilt, admit it, confess it, make amends, and move on — fast!
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Eating Disorders: Facing Your Addiction
You may be having ambivalent feelings toward your pit of addiction. It may not always look like a pit, and perhaps it hasn’t always seemed like a pit to you. Instead, it was a haven where pain couldn’t touch you. You thought that by going into this...
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Downsize Your Stuff
At a certain point in my life, I came to realize that I didn’t so much own my stuff as my stuff owned me. First of all, the more stuff I had, the more energy and effort I put into maintaining and housing the stuff. Second of all, the more stuff I wanted, the...
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Tech Options for Younger Children
When you’re exploring technology options for younger children, look for games and toys and gadgets that have the following characteristics: Are “Active, Hands-On, Engaging, and Empowering” (1) – The National Association for the Education of...
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Are Magazines Accelerating the Sexualization of Our Society?
We live in a culture saturated with sex, and there are some sources that may be affecting the lives and hearts of some unsuspecting Christians. It’s vital that we identify sources of sexualization in our culture in order to reduce the exposure for our own souls. ...
read moreAccepting the Gift of Patience
Patience is a gift from God. We want the gift of patience, but often our problem is that we’re not really thrilled with how it’s packaged. Patience comes wrapped inside trials and hardships. God’s gift of patience is one He expects you to unwrap and use. I believe one...
read moreCreating Spiritual Activities with Your Child
One of the most bonding activities you can do with your child is to jointly express your spiritual nature before God. In this area, especially, children can often end up the teacher. Jesus said in Matthew 19:14 that the kingdom of God belongs to children. Within their...
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Fruitful Foundations for Your Child
Unlike specific spiritual gifts given to individuals by God to accomplish a specific purpose, the fruits of the Spirit are meant for all. We can be confident, then, that we’re in complete agreement with God when we teach and model these spiritual characteristics. For...
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