For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge. (Proverbs 6:34) Jealousy can have a positive connotation - after all, The Lord Himself is a jealous God. Jealous for His people and jealous for the glory that belongs to Him alone. There is this…
Read MoreDo you replay conversations and interactions in your mind? Normal people do this quite typically - "I wonder if they understood what I meant? Perhaps I could have been more clear." Or "I'm not sure I really understood what they were trying to say." Such replays are not only normal,…
Read MoreI in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. (John 17:23) Not everyone has the privilege of growing up in a home where their parents truly loved them.…
Read MorePsalms 7:14 Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies. I listened to a very helpful podcast this week by Dr. Les Carter. He discussed narcissism as an addiction, comparing the narcissist to an addict. One point in particular which he made…
Read MoreJohn 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. If you will pardon the personal illustration, I would like to talk to you about how revilers, abusers, sociopaths, and narcissists STEAL not only from their targeted…
Read MoreOur brothers and sisters in Christ at graphicspaces.com have made several new posters that I will be hanging in our church building. You can buy them for yourself at their website. https://www.graphicspaces.com/collections/posters-christian/products/poster-christian-be-who-you-are-galations-2-20 Here is another one: https://www.graphicspaces.com/collections/posters-christian/products/poster-humbling-the-proud-daniel-4-37 And another: https://www.graphicspaces.com/collections/posters-christian/products/poster-enter-by-the-narrow-gate-matthew-7-13-14
Read MoreDESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS, AND THE PATH OF PEACE THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN.”(Romans 3:16-17) RASNs (revilers, abusers, sociopaths, narcissists) are like a tornado. You no doubt have seen the path of a tornado in the news media or perhaps even in person. You can see where it…
Read MoreDeuteronomy 27:24 ‘Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ It takes a long time for us to wake up to the existence and nature of narcissistic abuse. RASNs as I call them (revilers, abusers, sociopaths, narcissists), operate in darkness and secrecy…
Read MoreWhen they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's companions in travel.(Acts 19:28-29) Paul's experience at Ephesus…
Read MorePsalms 109:1-5 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Be not silent, O God of my praise! (2) For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. (3) They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. (4) In return for…
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