Expectations and Goals

Many experts suggest that one of the most frequent causes of high anxiety is unhealthy expectations.  Setting self-expectations too high can cause you to be unable to cope when you don’t or can...

Happiness as a Goal

Contrary to modern-day word of faith teachers. God chief concern is not to make us happy. On the contrary, our happiness is often at cross purposes to God’s hand on our lives. He wants us to be ...

Put a Helmet On

Helmet of Salvation A helmet is worn for protection, specifically to protect the brain. The Word mentions the Helmet of Salvation three times. I think we need first and foremost to understand that God...

Guide vs Rescue

This is another article in my series about stress and anxiety. In this article, I would like to address what we as parents, teachers, and leaders can do to help with our children’s stress. Discl...

Avoid Avoidance

This is not a self-help thing As we look for biblical principles to serve as practical tools to help us with anxiety, let us remember the three things needed for growth that Jesus taught in the parabl...

Freedom to Fail

As we continue to look at anxiety and stress. We can all become very caught up in the fear of failure.  Give yourself permission to fail.  That doesn’t mean we fail on purpose. And of course, ...

Set A Guard

Set a guard! (Philippians 4:6-7) This is one of those passages in the Bible that I have read thousands of times and that I have preached hundreds of times and that I know by heart and yet (as so often...

Take a Breath

Take a Breath Breathing is a Practical Tool for Anxiety (and it’s biblical) I am sure someone in your life has given you the advice when you were over stressing about something to stop and take ...

Worried About Anxiety?

Anxiety is supposed to be a good thing. When crossing a street you should feel anxious. It heightens the senses and makes you alert. It is uncomfortable on purpose. It is there to motivate you to take...

Little gods are false gods.

gods “little g” “God intends us to be gods. The great awakening that needs to come to all our hearts, and that has come so gradually to the world, is that there is a God-power and a ...