Are you afraid of mice? Fears, shortcomings, weaknesses in any areas are vulnerabilities. Watch the news: politicians teach us that showing vulnerability invites attacks, or in their terms: “Weakness invites aggression.” But we can’t help the fact...

What happens when someone crosses your boundaries? Last week we learned to set up boundaries. Boundaries help us maintain self-respect, and we don’t want to lose that. So what should we do when boundaries are violated? Listen to find out how God can...

Do you see life as just a beautiful field waiting for you to come play? Unfortunately, our tendencies to slip and fall end up sprinkling that field with unexploded landmines. So how do we stay away from the landmines? How do we keep ourselves from...

What memories haunt you? Are they things you saw? you did? you heard? you said? Or were they things done to you? Memories have the power to create in us feelings of shame, of lust, and of being trapped. Satan loves to use our memories as weapons to...

What do you see when you look in the mirror? Not wrinkles or bad hair, but inside – what do you see? Who do we see? Do we see our roles? our careers? who we used to be? the person we hope no one else can see? God sees someone very different when He...

Do you fear spiritual warfare? Or do you wonder when the attacks will stop? Many of us don't win because we want our opponent to win - we kinda-sorta enjoy the temporary pleasures of sin. What attitude should we have to better face and win our...

Have you been let down? Or, tougher question: have you let others down? What do we do when God, others, or we ourselves don’t live up to our expectations? Let’s look at, and learn from, what one of Jesus’ relatives did when his expectations were...

What’s your biggest regret? Doesn’t it sometimes feel like we missed “Plan A” because we should have… or shouldn’t have… done something differently? And maybe it’s more than Plan A, maybe we feel like we’ve missed plans B, C, D, and a lot more. So...

What is it that makes parenting so tough? Our limitations are usually what make it difficult to bring up our children. So how do we get past our tempers, our lack of patience, knowledge, and understanding? How do we raise great children who will be...

Do you live in a jar? Body parts look right when they are part of a body. But take a part, separate it from the body, and put it in a jar, and it just looks “ear-y.” Jesus said we are His body, and each part serves a specific purpose. So how do we...