God’s Faithfulness Experienced In Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
[…] pursues relief through compulsions, which are repetitive behaviors, rituals or mental exercises self designed to bring relief from the distress that is created by […]
Living the Dying Life
[…] fork-in-the-road turning point. It is a lifestyle—a daily putting to death of self. Decades after Jesus He took up His own cross, Peter wrote, […]
Ministering to Those with Brain Injuries
[…] 16, it says, “So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away…” That’s specific right there. Our body is decaying. […]
Helping the Discouraged
[…] right to the heart of it when he wrote, “Discouragement is principally self-occupation.” Now as a person who has wrestled with a discouragement on […]
Fear in Pandemics
Truth in Love 251
[…] heart attitude underlying both responses. Both of these have a sense of self-preservation. With a cavalier attitude, we want to preserve what we think […]
Helping Suspicious People
Truth in Love 194
[…] disposition as sinful people, to always be cautious and trying to be self-protective over ourselves when things happen. Who were some of the people […]
The Bible and the Problem of Hair Pulling
Truth in Love 130
[…] want to go out in social context because of how they look; self-image problems. It promotes secrecy avoiding social activities and interference at work […]
Teaching Counselees to Pray
Truth in Love 295
[…] I continue to grow in this habitual pattern of making use of self–control, adding to my self–control perseverance, because then I add to my […]
Sexual Struggles in Marriage
[…] conflict and disunity. Too often sex becomes an expression of our own self-serving desires instead of our self-sacrificial love. Too often sex illustrates a […]
When Your Spouse Doesn’t Want to Have Sex
Truth in Love 95
[…] so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self–control” (1 Corinthians 7:5). In other words, couples that do not enjoy […]
Unique Challenges in Counseling the Disordered Eater
[…] as a virtuous pursuit, but they mask an idolization of the body, self, and approval of others that can be spiritually dangerous. Diet culture […]
Schizophrenic Unicorn – Part 2
Truth in Love 467
[…] are soul issues that require either the Holy Spirit’s work, whether it’s self–control or giving wisdom that allows us to get through what we […]