John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for…
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Most of you know that when a victim of an abuser (RASN = reviler, abuser, sociopath, narcissist) tells someone about the abuse she (or he) is experiencing, they often meet with disbelief. They are dismissed as over reacting to things that surely are not as bad as all of that.…
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 MoreBut a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, and with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet. (Acts 5:1-2) I want to warn everyone about…
Read MoreWhen I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. (1 Corinthians 13:11) The Apostle Paul in the verse cited above did not have narcissists in mind. He was describing,…
Read More1Peter 1:6-7 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, (7) so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and…
Read MoreIsa 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. If you are a Christian, then you know that this passage from…
Read More"I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will…
Read MorePsa 92:1-4 A Psalm, a Song for the Sabbath day. It is good to give thanks to the LORD And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; (2) To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night, (3) With the ten-stringed lute and with the…
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