“Be angry, but sin not.”Ephesians 4:26 First of all, I am not a licensed counselor. However, I come from a family with both bipolar and clinical depression, so I would be glad to share with you what I have learned and experienced. Almost all depression is a result of unresolved…
“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved,), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places…
“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” Romans 8:18 We usually think of physical suffering when we see this verse. But I believe that it includes all types of suffering including…
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” Ephesians 5:25 There are several examples throughout Scripture that make it clear that we are in partnership with God. Psalm 139:15 refers to God skillfully making a human being in the womb of a mother. He chose…
Things that we are not free from: Our emotions Our circumstances Our suffering Moral code of the New Testament Emotions: We are made in the image of God and He had emotions (anger, compassion, He wept, He loves, etc…) So emotions are not bad, but they need to be put…
We are free to… Have abundant life eternally and now! Hope! Love ourselves (God loves us so we are lovable!) Love God! Love others! – Now we are filled up and can pour out! Have joy! – Joy is always coupled in the Bible with being in the presence of…
At the cross we can find freedom from self, hopelessness, ignorance, pettiness, performance based love, and trying to conform to the expectations of others. It all starts with surrender. Mary gave into total surrender as God told her that she would bear a son out of wedlock: “Behold, the bondslave…
“You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor…” Psalm 69:19 “In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed. In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me Incline Your ear to me and save me. Be to me a rock of habitation to which…
At the cross we obtained freedom from the fear of death. “Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is the devil, and might free those…
At the cross we were set free. “It was for freedom that Christ set us fee; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 Great question to ponder and consider: What were you set free from and what were you set…