Genesis 4:7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it. There are underlying reasons – pain, hurt or anger, for emotional turmoil. Addressing the symptoms will not fix the...
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19 September 2024 – Emotional Wellness – Part 4
2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Fear is the survival instinct programmed in our nervous system in order to keep us safe. However, fear becomes harmful when it makes us more cautious than we should be. Threatening...
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18 September 2024 – Emotional Wellness – Part 3
John 21:3 Simon Peter said, “I’m going fishing.” “We’ll come, too,” they all said. So they went out in the boat, but they caught nothing all night. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts” – Winston Churchill. Failure is part of success. Failure identifies our weakness and...
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17 September 2024 – Emotional Wellness – Part 2
1 Samuel 30:6 David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God. Emotionally strong relationships are built with transparent communication, empathy, trust, affection, care, respect and healthy boundaries. Loneliness and isolation...
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16 September 2024 – Emotional Wellness – Part 1
2 Samuel 12:21 His (David’s) attendants asked him, “Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!” Emotional wellness as defined by psychologists is “the ability to successfully handle life’s stresses and adapt to change and difficult times.” Emotional wellness gives...
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15 September 2024 – Questions – Part 7
Genesis 3:9 The LORD God called out to the man and asked, “Where are you?” When the Lord God asks us a question, it is not the case that He does not know the answer. It is a rhetorical question to make us realize our limitations, inhibitions and impudence. Jesus asked 307 questions in the...
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14 September 2024 – Questions – Part 6
John 18:38 “What is truth?” retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, “I find no basis for a charge against him. Objective questions reveal facts and help us to determine right from wrong, true from false. Jesus answered the crude or confused questions with objective questions. Objective...
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13 September 2024 – Questions– Part 5
Luke 1:34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” Reasoning and logical questions aid in intuitive and critical thinking. It helps with problem-solving to understand the pros and cons and arrive at a factual, medical or logical conclusion. Reasoning is essential in every area of our life. An Individual’s...
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12 September 2024 – Questions – Part 4
John 14:5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” Doubtful questions arise in a discombobulated mind. Doubt is the confusion of the mind between what you believe and the reality you see and witness. The gap between the truth and facts causes stress...
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11 September 2024 – Questions – Part 3
Mark 9:28 After Jesus had gone indoors, His disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” The difference between private questions and personal questions is that private information is something that is not for public access like your financial account numbers, bank balances, passwords etc. Personal information includes our personal details like our...