Category: stress
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Remember to encourage yourself
I don’t know who this is for…but maybe you are in a “God Gap” right in the middle of where you used to be and where you want to be. Are you waiting for a breakthrough in your family, marriage, employment, health, finances, ministry, or business? Maybe your usual sources of support are missing. Maybe…
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God, can we talk?!
OK now…please listen God! You got me up writing all these messages and feeling a lot of “aha” moments. Am I writing these messages for others…or is it really helping me! I think it’s both. The revelations and insights are helping me and making me feel some kinda way. Why didn’t I know these things…
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When “depression” really means something else
Have you noticed how the word “love” is often overused for all types of relationships? The following are words to be more specific in regards to that warm feeling of love… favor, like, partial, preference, relish, craving, crush, desire, infatuation, longing, lust, yearning, eagerness, enthusiasm, fervor, zeal. appreciation, esteem, estimation, regard, respect, adoration, adulation, I…
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When there is GOOD in GOOD BYE
↓Click arrow to listen to the audio message It’s hard to realize you got blind-sided, bamboozled, tricked, manipulated, or kicked in your heart by someone you trusted or that someone took your kindness for weakness, that you were ill-prepared to deal with dysfunctional, untrustworthy manipulators, abusers, or didn’t know how to cope with conflict. Its…
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What to do when SHIFT happens
The following is an excerpt from Jewel Diamond Taylor’s book “ShiFt Happens” Life can be a journey or a “trip” — Are you going to be a whiner or a winner in life? An African proverb teaches, “It rains on everyone’s roof.” The same thing can happen to two different people…
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21 Quotes to Get Through Tough Times
1. “When your personal storm comes, be so rooted in your faith that you stand like a palm tree…you bend, but you don’t break.” – Jewel Diamond Taylor 2. “Family and friends can be a tonic or toxic. You don’t have to give up on them. Just give them UP to God. Being a fixer…
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Live out loud
So I have shared this quick story from many podiums as a guest speaker. I want to share it with you now… One day a passenger in the back seat of a taxi kept asking his taxi driver questions. His taxi driver kept jumping and looking…
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Know when to say “no”
“Be careful. Like a fish caught in a net, you can become entangled in a toxic relationship, trying to support or fix someone else’s problems. Some people are more loyal and trapped in their story and identity of victimization more than they are open to experience healing, restoration, and peace. You may find yourself saying…
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Isolation and being alone can be addicting
“Loneliness and isolation are dangerous. They can be addicting. Once you get used to how peaceful it is, you can begin to dread and avoid dealing with people anymore. When you get upset, it is a set up for depression and isolation. I have had to pray and encourage myself many times out of the cave…