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Journey of Healing Pt. 9: Serving God
Podcast Topic: Serving God | It is possible to serve a ministry, program, or church without a real relationship with God. It's even possible to do good acts of charity without giving God a single thought. Many people who serve in a church would say they are "serving...
Journey of Healing Pt. 8: Time with God
<TIME WITH GOD - AUDIO> Podcast Topic: Time with God | As I continued my journey to overcome a lifetime of anxiety and depression, I found the most important thing I could do was spend time with God. That sounds easy, but in a culture that pulls your attention...
A Prayer for Memorial Day
Comforter and Councilor,1 We turn to you in our time of grief; our help comes from the Lord, maker of heaven and earth.2 Since the Civil War, we have set aside a day for remembrance, and our hearts are broken for the men and women who have been lost while serving our...
Journey of Healing Pt. 7: Evaluating Relationships
<EVALUATING OUR RELATIONSHIPS AUDIO> Podcast Topic: Evaluating My Relationships | A big part of letting God transform our lives is evaluating all our human relationships. As God heals us, we'll discover there are some people we need to learn how to forgive, and...
A Prayer for America (on the National Day of Prayer)
Father God, You are great and worthy of praise.1 I am grateful for the mercy you have conferred on the United States. You have promised to heal our land if we humble ourselves before You,2 and today we do so in a special day of prayer. I join with the President in...
Journey of Healing Pt. 6: Submitting to Change
Podcast Topic: SUBMITTING TO CHANGE If you've ever faced anxiety and depression like I did, you know one of the greatest struggles is our ability to look at external forces as an explanation for our pain rather than seeing what has to change in us. Actually, that's...
Journey of Healing Pt. 5: Examine and Confess
Podcast Topic: EXAMINE AND CONFESS As I began my journey out of anxiety and depression, I needed to become willing to let God help me examine my life. There were things about my character and my past I was incapable of understanding without His revelation. Once we...
Journey of Healing Pt. 3 & 4: Committing My Life and Will
Podcast Topic: COMMITTING MY LIFE AND WILL There was a time when my life was ruled by anxiety and depression. Everything in me—even the things I thought I enjoyed, was tainted by a need for something I couldn't find. I believed that Christ is the savior. I even knew...
Journey of Healing Pt.2 – I Matter to God
Podcast Topic: I MATTER TO GOD God having all the power in the universe means nothing to our healing if He doesn't care about us. How can we learn to trust God with our lives if we don't believe we matter to Him? In the first episode of our series on The Journey of...
Journey of Healing Pt.1 – Realize I’m Not God
Podcast Topic: REALIZE I'M NOT GOD. Some of you reading this title may say, "Obviously, I'm not God. I know that," but you may be surprised to learn that the way we live our lives often says otherwise. As a pastor, I've seen immense healing come through the...