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...
by Jodie Stevens | Mar 5, 2017 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Forgiveness, Hope, Love |
It’s easy to judge others harshly for their sins, while soft peddling our own. I’ve carried around shame inflicted by condemners, and I’ve been a condemner a few times too! However, we were not given the authority to condemn. That’s Gods...
by Jodie Stevens | Mar 1, 2017 | Choices, Forgiveness, Hope, Love |
Match making sites are full of people searching for true love; the kind that’s unconditional. Casinos are packed with gamblers hoping to win millions without earning it. Advertisements are constantly promoting ‘free gift with purchase,’ or a ‘no cost consultation.’...
by Jodie Stevens | Feb 27, 2017 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Forgiveness, Hope, Love |
It wasn’t until I began exploring the topic of shame that I realized I’d felt unlovable most of my life. I wasn’t consciously aware of, it was just below the surface of everything I did; like trying to earn everyone’s approval, or not really...
by Jodie Stevens | Feb 24, 2017 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Forgiveness, Hope |
“Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God” (Hebrews 12:2). Even though he didn’t sin, Jesus felt shame when he...
