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Category Archives: Spiritual Detox
Four servants of God who battled fierce despair
Four servants of God. Each one reached an extremely low point in life. All of them felt that life was no longer worth living. Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Assurance, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Call to ministry, Character, Childhood trauma, Christian life, Comfort, Complaceny, Conceit, Conflict, Contentment, Crisis, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Divine Lottery, Doubt, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Emotions, Encouragement, Failure, Faith, Fear, feeling hopeless, Freedom, God's Patience, God's Heart, God's Love, Grace, Gratitude, Grieving, Hope?, Kindness, Leadership, Life of a pastor, Loss, marriage problems, Meaning of life, Mercy, Middle life, Mind Renewal, Nihilism, Pain, Pastors, personal, Praise, Prayer, purpose, Questioning God, Repentance, Sadness, Seeking God, Selfishness, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Suicide, Temptation, Trials, Truth, Victory, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom, Worship
Tagged burn out, Despair, Discouraged, feeling lost, helpless, hopeless, loss of perspective, spiritual exhaustion, Suicide
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7 resources for spiritual maturity
Spiritual growth requires looking ahead and looking back. Continue reading
Posted in Change, Character, Christian life, Church growth, Counseling, Following Christ, Gospel-centered, Grace, Holy Spirit, Hope?, Image of God, Judgment seat of Christ, Mission statement, New Christian, New Creation, Parenting, Pastors, Personal devotions, Purity, Quiet Time, Salvation, Sanctification, Scripture, Spirit filled, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual disciplines, Spiritual growth, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Trials, Victory, Walking with God, Will of God
Tagged how to grow as a christian, Maturity, Resources for spiritual growth, spiritual growth
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The unexpected ways of God
We easily drift into a discouraged and disillusioned state when we misunderstand the ways of God Newton described here. Continue reading
6 step detox plan for a painful past
A disrupted or dysfunctional 18-year factor can badly distort your self-perception and damage future relationships. God calls us to sober (and humble) judgment in how we view ourselves. Continue reading
Hunility exalts the heart
God’s kingdom is always ready to challenge the desires that preoccupy everyone (Matthew 6:32). God is always calling us away from lesser desires to draw us to more noble and lasting passions. Continue reading
Does grace lead to responsibility?
“Mercy is not effectively received unless it is shown, for God’s mercy transforms. If God’s mercy does not take root in the heart, it is not experienced. Forgiveness not shown is forgiveness not known.” Continue reading
Nothing wasted
After each of the following Scriptures, make a list of the purposes accomplished through suffering. Then talk to God about what you learned. Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Anxiety, Broken Relationships, Christian life, Christian worldview, Comfort, Defeat?, Discouragement, Encouragement, Faith, Grieving, Loss, Mind Renewal, Pain, Problem of evil, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual growth, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Trials
Tagged God's comfort, Hardships, purpose of suffering, Suffering
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Most important spiritual lesson
I am continually relearning this truth about my total dependence on God. Continue reading
Posted in Assurance, Failure, Faith, God's power, God's Will, Humility, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual growth, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Truth
Tagged Faith, Trusting God
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A command with a powerful promise
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is well-known for its twelve step program to help free people from the controlling power of alcohol. In the steps, you’ll discover themes that appear prominently in the first two. Step #1 – We admitted we were … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcohol addiction, Christian life, Counseling, Drug addiction, God's power, God's Will, Holy Spirit, Religion-not the answer, Spirit filled, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual growth, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Walking with God
Tagged AA, Addiction, Alcohol, hard to live the Christian life, hat does it mean to walk by the Spirit? Victory over sin, Sin
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