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9 Outside-The-Box Ways To De-Stress
Everybody experiences stress from time to time. It’s part of life, and it’s natural to feel anxious. However, if your stress becomes overwhelming, or you find yourself constantly worrying about issues in your life, you may be suffering from anxiety or depression. Fortunately, there are ways to calm your mind and bring yourself back to the center. Below are nine outside-the-box ways to de-stress — they may help you unwind faster and more effectively than anything else. 1. Try Mantra Meditation Repeating a mantra during meditation can help bring your focus back when your mind begins to wander. If you’re new to mantra meditation, invest in a guided recording —…
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Who Is The Holy Spirit And How Does He Work In A Believers Life?
In May 2019, when I decided to surrender my life to God, something incredible happened days later, leading me to where I am today. When I think back to what happened, it reminds me of what happened to Jesus Christ after His baptism. Matthew 3:16 says, As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. Here, I want to emphasize the Spirit of God, which is the Holy Spirit coming on Jesus Christ – The same thing happened to me when I fully surrendered my life to God.…
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How To Heal From Childhood Trauma Caused By Emotionally Detached Parents
Unfortunately, most homes lack the essence of love and warmth which causes childhood trauma. Love and warmth is the emotional connection a human being needs to grow and thrive in a healthy way. About 75% of adults have grown up in a home that lacked adequate emotional support. This reason is why there is a high demand for therapy and counseling. The Home Needs A Complete Family Unit God is very serious about the family unit; unfortunately, that same family unit is what the enemy seeks to destroy. That is why most families break apart; mainly, the home is a single-parent home with the father nowhere to be found, and this…
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Essential Steps To Take To Help You Overcome Insecurity
Insecurity: Having insecurity means you do not have confidence in yourself or something. It also means you have low self-esteem. God does not want His children to have insecurity – that spirit is not from Him. The Bible tells us that God created us in His image in Genesis 1:27, and also God said that everything He has created is good. “God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.” Genesis 1:31 NIV God said everything He created was good, and this includes you and me. How Does Insecurity Set In Some of us are raised in households where parents never…
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How To Overcome Anxiety
Anxiety is the feeling of worry or nervousness about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. What Causes Anxiety? Anxiety can manifest itself as a defense mechanism from past emotional trauma. Work or school stress. Change in living arrangements. New marriage Verbal abuse Physical abuse Finances The wrong thing to tell someone with ongoing anxiety is to say to them to accept it and move on with life. Anxiety is a crippling mental condition that can significantly impact all areas of your life, and God does not desire for His children to live life with anxiety. The Bible says, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer…
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Fasting The Right Way – Isaiah 58 Teaches Us How To Fast
Isaiah was a prophet of God in the days when the Israelites lived in their promised land. So God passed His messages through Him to His people. And Isaiah 58 was one of those messages God gave about the right way to fast. God told Isaiah to tell the Israelites about their rebellion and sin. In those days, the Israelites were living apart from the Will of God. Here is what God said – God says, day after day, the Israelites seek Him out; they seem eager to know His way as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of Him. God…
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6 Ways To Overcome Constant Worry And Anxiety And Live A Fruitful Life (Matthew 6:25-34)
When we read the Bible, it talks a lot about worry and anxiety and how not to let it affect us. So let’s look at a couple of Bible Verses that states this. Philippians 4:6-7 NIV Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Matthew 6:34 NIV Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. These two Bible verses tell us not to be anxious…
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11 Powerful Bible Verses About Worry To Pray Over Yourself Daily
Are you worried, tired, and overwhelmed? To tell you the truth, the Christian life is not smooth sailing, it comes with its ups and downs, But God has promised us that when we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, He will always be with us. The Lord knows that we live in a fallen world, and with spiritual battles waging around us, we will feel down and have to worry from time to time. We are children of God, and we can not allow worry, stress, and anxiety to win over us; God has given us the tactics to overcome worry, it is why God has given…
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A Christian’s Perspective On Mental Ill-Health
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (John 10:10 NIV) The enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I hear in the news of many people committing suicide, from pastors to young children, which is not supposed to happen. Mental health illness is real, and it is not a respecter for persons. Anyone can suffer from mental ill-health. Often, people suffer from mental ill-health in silence, and they don’t reach out to anyone out of shame in most cases. What Is Mental Ill-Health? Mental ill-health issues affect a person’s thinking, feeling, behavior, and…
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What Are The Keys To Spiritual Growth
In this blog post, I will talk about how to grow spiritually as a child of God. In our physical world, we take care of and maintain our physical body with food. In the same manner, we ought to take care of our spiritual bodies. Let’s chew over this analogy (No pun intended) When we eat, we chew over our food, and when the food enters our body, it extracts nutrients from the food. If you have mashed potatoes with steak and vegetables, your body will benefit from the carbohydrates, protein, and vitamins. But, say you eat, and your body cannot extract the nutrients from your food, you might end…
