There are lies and limiting beliefs. Lies want you to agree with them so they can warp your identity, and what you believe about God's. They’ll have you keep arguing with them, endlessly and exhaustively battling them in your own strength. Limiting beliefs are worse in a way, because though they’re also lies, they contain …
Setting Free is Getting Free
You're usually pretty good at shoving the pain down, but sometimes it still gets to you. If you dwell on it for too long, it gets overwhelming. The part of you that was hurt—offended, dishonored, rejected, used—feels stuck there. It's as though a piece of your soul got broken off and tethered to that moment. …
Renewed Every Morning
I know it may seem like every direction you turn, there's something evil trying to out–evil some other evil. Tragedy, suffering, cruelty, fear, despair, pain, and insecurity can start to overwhelm how you perceive and relate to the world. The more they take over how you think and feel, the more of them you see, …
Jesus Said You Could Sleep In
"Peace. Be still" (Mark 4:39). When the disciples woke Jesus because they were scared of the storm, he was upset with them—not because they had tried to calm the storm and failed, but because they had put their trust only in what Jesus could do for them, instead of what they could do in him. …
The Way Out
When you feel down, it's easy to let negative thoughts pull you deeper into the dark. You let circumstances control your emotions, constantly compare yourself to others, and continuously rehearse and punish your own failures and mistakes. Your God–given identity starts to slip away as bitter people, unresolved situations, and self–pity shape your reality. Remember …
