Dana lived with fear for the majority of her life. Her history includes abuse, trauma, alcoholism and more. But God had a different reality for her. She began her healing journey, which included coming into faith in Christ in her mid 30's, she realized that He had written another story for her, with the final outcome being freedom! Dana shares today in hopes of encouraging others to know that they too, can heal and overcome their past. If you or someone you know is gripped with fear, and needs freedom, please listen in and share this episode.

Find Dana's Book at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. "Ballerina in the Box: One woman's triumphant journey from generational bondage to a freedom-filled future"

We are wrapping up our series on Gender identity and kids. Today I'll share more stats, quotes and helpful tips to remember. Let's remember, most of all, as Christians, we have the God of hope on our side. He knows all and He created our kids to be alive for 'such a time as this'. I am praying that we all become equipped to help them live out their God given purposes and true identity.

God's commodity for thriving in life began in the Garden of Eden and included the boundary lines of gender, not to restrict us, but to give us true freedom and subsequently, our world could thrive. The big questions are: Who do you believe created mankind? Who do you believe knows what is best for mankind?

I talk about parents knowing what is best for their kids because they can understand more, anticipate what life will be like for them in the future and know pros and cons of choices. How much more then, would our Father know for us? Let's usher in peace for our children by trusting and believing what God our creator has said, and hold onto His healthy boundary lines for our kids, until they are able to do it for themselves.

Please rate, review and share this podcast so more people can hear and know the hope and healing that comes from sound psychology and Biblical truth. Let's be part of healing our world, one person at a time. Selah.

Resources:

GENSPECT: https://genspect.org/

Podcast: https://gender-a-wider-lens.captivate.fm/

Frank Turek: Correct, Not Politically Correct - Stand to Reason Podcast

https://www.str.org/broadcast

For female Detransitioners: https://www.rainbowredemptionproject.com/

Sex Change Regret website: https://sexchangeregret.com/

"Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters" by Abigail Shrier

"Correct, Not Politically Correct: About Same-Sex Marriage and Transgenderism" by Frank Turek

Today, I’m jumping on to give you a few tips and information that could help on this journey with your teens and kids. I’ll be wrapping up this episode series at the end of July. Please go back and listen to the other episodes if you haven’t had a chance. Like, share, and review so that more people can hear and know the healing and freedom that can come from good sound psychology and God‘s truth! Be part of healing, our world, one person at a time.

We continue in our series of gender ideology and children from a Grandparent's point of view. What are the concerns that Grandparents have and how can we positively make an impact in our grandkids lives? Why should we care about this issue at all? And how do we address it in a productive way?

One of my favorite preacher friends is back with us:)! Lisa unabashedly, in humility, speaks Truth in love. And that's what we are going to do today. I've asked her back (check her out on episode #11) to chat with me about the Bible and gender. She gives us a crash course on the Biblical worldview regarding gender, and then we discuss the day's issues.

Listen in as we wrestle with the rise of gender identity confusion/dysphoria. We look at how the church addresses these issues redemptively and where the church may be missing the mark. Some of the questions we ponder are: How does a Biblical worldview help us navigate what the world is calling normal? How can we help? How do we have redemptive conversations? What difference can you and I make?

The tagline for this Podcast is "Helping a hurting world one person at a time." So, please, please, please (as Lisa would say), helps us spread the word by hitting the like button, forwarding the episode to your friends, commenting, or giving a review. In doing so, this allows the message to go far and wide. You can do this one thing today to make a difference for our youth. Let's spread Hope and Healing that comes from Biblical truth and sound psychology! Soli Deo Gloria.

Resources:

"No Reason to Hide", Erwin Lutzer

"The Secular Creed", by Rebecca McLaughlin

"Gay Girl, Good God", Jackie Hill Perry, www.jackiehillperry.com

"Five Lies of our Anti-Christian Age", Rosaria Butterfield. (coming in September 2023)

For female detransitioners: https://www.rainbowredemptionproject.com/

Tips for Redemptive Conversations:

1. Listen, listen, listen

2. Ask clarifying questions. i.e. Where did you learn that? Who are you allowing to define you? What defines you? How do you feel about that? I don't know what that term means, can you explain it?

3. Address their feelings and emotions. Affirm them AND let them know they don't define them. Feelings are not their identity.

4. Lovingly point them to Jesus and HIs love for them. They are already defined and have an identity in Him. And He purposely made them male or female.They are just as God intends them to be.

5. Deal with their wrong thinking. (thinking that contradicts God's word).

6. Get the root of what their dysphoria or confusion is about. Search the internal. An external solution will not fix an internal problem. (it might give temporary relief, but cannot address the root issues).

7. Ask to pray for them. "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13

DO ALL IN LOVE and give Hope that is in Christ. We ALL can be made new creations through Him.