Some other helpful Scriptures that we can meditate on are found in 1 Peter 5:7 where it says that God wants us to cast all our cares on Him because He cares for us...

How do you react to the stress in your life? Some may use humor to cope by joking about it. Others cry...

When was the last time you had a day without stress? Someone once said that stress is...

Before exploring how to make healthy changes in our lives, let's look at what keeps us from changing especially when things or circumstances are beyond our control. Making a change can produce...

In all of these things, we need to consider how we are affected when we aren't able to be in control of a situation. We may become...

Coping with changes that come into our lives can be extremely difficult especially when we have to deal with things that we have no control over...

What does it mean to offer Jesus' Compassion to those around us? In the four Gospels, there are several instances where Jesus showed compassion to others. Jesus reached out to the...

The disciples came to Jesus to report on their teaching and what they had done. He knew they were weary, not even having the opportunity to eat, so Jesus...

The phrase, "He restores my soul" literally means, "He brings back my life". Throughout Scripture, when something is restored, it is...

There are many positive ways to keep relationships healthy. We will look at just a few...

If you made a list of the values you place on your relationships with others, what would be included on your list? You might record any or all of the following values:...

Now that we have defined some of the difficulties that might invade a relationship and cause it to go from healthy to unhealthy, we need to take a look behind the scenes. What could cause our relationships to become...

Let’s explore some of the difficulties that might occur in the relationships we develop with others...

God brings people into our lives and how we maintain those relationships is critical for...

In this month of February, our hearts are drawn toward LOVE! We have a certain holiday in the middle of the month that focuses our attention on relationships. There is a passage in the Bible that also promotes...

We are realistic that we have not arrived, we have the right God-focused attitude and we have gained an understanding of how our past connects with our present and realize this is a process. Now it is time to...

So, you have admitted that you haven’t arrived, you are working on having a God-focused attitude and now you need to...

Adjusting your attitude is another dimension of goal-setting and is truly difficult at times. Paul’s attitude was to ...

Paul is truly realistic about where he is in life. He admits that he has not already obtained “all this.” What is Paul referring to when he says “all this?”...

It’s that time of year when we think about setting goals for the New Year ahead. How to set them and what is involved in that process can sometimes seem overwhelming. When I think about a Biblical example of someone who had some goals in mind, I think of the apostle Paul...