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Not the Jesus, a Jesus, someone called Jesus, but MY Jesus. My Jesus because He is mine. I co-own the relationship. I feel a deep personal connection to and protection of Him. Mine, like an object of extreme personal value and importance. Mine because the relationship is unique and like no other. Mine because you are secure in that the feeling is mutual. Mine because the knowledge of who He is to you brings you joy, and peace and hope and thankfulness. My Jesus because you lo

God takes the spiritual welfare of vulnerable people so seriously that He issues one of the strongest warnings in New Testament Scripture against anyone who would damage their faith. This is one of the strongest warnings Jesus ever gives. In Matthew 18:6 (parallel appears in Mark 9:42 and Luke 17:2.) Jesus says: "But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned

Midlife crisis is a period, often occurring between ages 40–60, when people start questioning their identity, achievements, relationships, career, or life direction as a result of unmet expectations or changing values. "a series of painful nudges strung together by low-grade anxiety and depression, quiet desperation, and an insidious loss of control." It's what happens when who you thought you'd become crashes head-on into who you actually are (or yearn to be). When all those

What is it? Are you spiritually sick, I asked myself, having no idea really what that might mean or entail. Yet, I know what Spiritually Healthy means and looks like, so it's Spiritual Sickness just the opposite? Spiritually Healthy people are Of sound mind Peaceful Mature Stable emotionally Relationally warm Wise Lovers of God Disciplined Generous of Spirit Humble Growing in knowledge of truth Leaders Obedience to the Word Sensitive to the Holy Spirit Pliable in God's hands.

Be willing to take the Crown off... Book of Esther 4:16. Queen Esther said this (with much to lose). These weren't the words of a person with nothing left to lose. These are the words of someone who had recently gained much status and power and yet when challenged and asked, was still willing to open her hand and let it all go, including her very life. She counted the cost. the Hebrew is: וְכַאֲשֶׁר אָבַדְתִּי אָבָדְתִּיve-ka'asher avadti avadti Literally: "And if I am lost,

Is this true? An execution device. A device of public humiliation, suffering, and death? Is this what he's asking us to accept? Matthew 16.24-26 reads 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Bible says "fear no evil" but I do. The Bible never presents evil as imaginary or harmless. In Proverbs, fearing God is repeatedly connected with: hating evil, turning away from evil, avoiding evil. but not fearing it. At the same time, Scripture repeatedly warns against becoming dominated by fear: Why? Because fear can begin ruling identity, behavior, and perception. Unhealthy fear produces: anxiety, hypervigilance, control, avoidance, obsession, hopelessness. The Bible hold

Shame is an emotion produced when a person feels fundamentally flawed, unworthy, exposed, rejected, or “less than” in the eyes of others, themselves, or God. Simple distinction Guilt “I did something bad.” Shame “I am bad.” Guilt focuses on behavior. Shame focuses on the self. What shame feels like Shame often involves: exposure, humiliation, inadequacy, rejection, defectiveness, worthlessness, fear of being truly seen, fear of not belonging. People experiencing shame may thi

Sound like you? It feels like me. In Genesis 4:12, God tells Cain: “You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.” Cain replies (Genesis 4:13–14): “My punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” The Hebrew idea carries the sense of being a fugitive, wanderer, drifter, or one without settled rest. Cain's punishment was not mer