Are obsessive-compulsive when it comes to your spiritual life? Is it possible that scrupulosity may be influencing how you relate to God and how you live out your Christian walk? Today I want to get into the subject of scrupulosity or religious OCD–the battle that takes place when obsessive-compulsive struggles invade your faith walk. I […]
Do You Have a Quick Fix Mentality with Your Mental Health?
Are you chasing a quick fix mindset? In our struggle with mental and emotional health, we can put a lot of pressure on ourselves to hurry up, “fix” ourselves and fix ourselves quickly. “Fix it. Fix it quickly. Hurry up! Get me to the solution in the fastest way possible.” The problem is that mental, […]
Confusion About Obedience and Disobedience
Obedience is an important precept taught in Scripture, but many believers struggle with it being burdensome, confusing and even at times tormenting. In my own experience, obedience and disobedience were distorted and gave fuel for anxiety, guilt and a heavy ladened spiritual life. As I have embraced my own healing journey, I’ve seen first hand […]
What is Grace? Part 11: The Journey from Condemnation to Grace (Romans 7 to 8)
I want to take you on a journey–one that has changed my life in profound ways and has broken so many chains of condemnation that I have carried in my life. This journey involves one from condemnation into grace. Allow me to take you on this journey by teaching you line by line the words […]
The Power of COMPASSIONATE GRACE for Mental Health
Your mental health journey will experience so much more fruit when you come to experience and practice compassionte grace. These two areas will revolutionize how you relate to God, yourself and the world around you. It will transform how you relate to your mental health struggles, but compassionate grace is something that we need to […]
What is Grace? Part 10: Grace vs Condemnation
In learning about the beauty of God’s grace, we have to discern the influence of condemnation that seeks to interfere. In working with Christians over the decades, it has been clear to me that what many consider to be God speaking or a direction given by God is actually the voice of condemnation. It’s the […]
The Christian, Mental Health and Medication
Should I just go on medication? Is medication wrong for a Christian? I feel like I am struggling with my mental health, is medication going to help cure me? These are common questions that arise when people find their mood, their thought-life and emotions out of control or challenging to manage. In a world where […]
What is Grace? Part 09: Grace vs Performance and Perfectionism
To understand the power of grace, you’ll need to understand how it contrasts with performance and perfectionism. Most would say this is really about grace vs law, which is true. But we don’t often see how law impacts us today. When most believers think of LAW, they often think of sacrifices, OT ceremonies and an […]
Biblical Mental Health Profile: Timothy
Join me as I take a journey in looking at mental, emotional and relationship health in the life of Timothy, a young leader in the church, who Paul mentored and fathered in the faith. In this broadcast, I will navigate through the books of 1 and 2 Timothy and observe some of the struggles Timothy […]
How to Stop Being a FIXER in Your Relationships
There are many who need this message: stop trying to fix people and let go of being the fixer. It’s hindering your journey, it is not improving your relationships, it’s wearing you out. Its fueling resentment, stress, weariness. And to top it off, it’s actually not letting God simply do the work He needs to […]