by Jodie Stevens | Apr 13, 2017 | Choices, Hope, Love |
“Tell the people of Jerusalem, Look your king is coming to you. He is humble, riding on a donkey-riding on a donkey’s colt” (Matthew 21:5). What happens when God’s will doesn’t line up with ours? It’s tempting to give up isn’t...
by Jodie Stevens | Apr 3, 2017 | Boundaries, Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety, Humor |
“Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept safe” (Proverbs 29:25). The fear of man has tripped me up in more ways than I can count. One of the biggest problems it’s caused me is a lot of confusion and difficulty in...
by Jodie Stevens | Mar 27, 2017 | Happiness, Hope |
“You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You remain; And they will all grow old like a garment; Like a cloak You will fold them up, And they will be changed. But You are the same,...
by Jodie Stevens | Mar 15, 2017 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety, Happiness, Hope |
I used to experience deep feelings of emptiness. I could be in a room full of people and still feel alone. Somewhere along the line I had created a shell, a ‘false front’ I wanted people to see instead of the real me. In a radio interview on Focus on the Family I...
by Jodie Stevens | Mar 12, 2017 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Happiness, Hope, Love |
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death (2 Corinthians 7:10). Psychology today defines guilt as: a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, etc., whether real or imagined. Shame...