Our thoughts will translate into emotions that can drive us further away from God and the solution to our problems. So we capture the thoughts that are stressing us out, becoming aware of how…
We must learn to do these automatically, and the more we mature in Christ, the more we will. Lord knows I am still learning this myself, but when I get it right, wow what a beautiful difference this makes in my level of peace. This comes with growth, as we become more and more sensitive to the exact moment…
Small doses of stress is a good thing. The problems start happening when stress becomes chronic, when we are freaking out about every single thing, then it affects our…
Stress is actually a good thing for us, or our loving God would not allow it. Stress is meant to keep us both grounded and help us to grow up. Let me share with you a story about my Beckie that was an object lesson about this very thing….
As we said last week, the Cascade of Life begins with our beliefs, which then influence our thoughts. But then thoughts very quickly lead to emotions, and emotions can drive us towards self-LESS-ness OR self-ISH-ness, depending on…
Hi Friends,
Since these two Ripples are closely related, we are still transitioning from Affectionately Yours, which about marriage, to Balanced Parenting, which is obviously about parenting. So this week, here is “THE Talk” from a Biblical point of view….
Besides the fact that God says, “I love you,” and promises, “I will never leave you nor for sake you,” this one verse has been the most powerful thing in my life, and the peace it has given me is indescribable. What is that verse?…
