Why is it the people who need the most help… won’t take it? Norman Maclean (A River Runs Through It)
Who’s that person in your life who needs to change?
Perhaps a boss bullies and controls or fosters chaos through indecisiveness. Maybe a coworker refuses to communicate or a friend follows a self-destructive path. Possibly a child breaks your heart with obviously bad decisions or a spouse drifts silently away.
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Understanding Verbal Abuse and Anger
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Learn how to identify when professional counseling is needed.
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Is an important relationship broken? Learn important principles on how to rebuild it in a godly manner.
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have you or a loved one been affected by violence? Learn why it happens and how to overcome its ramifications.
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You can Experience a Transformed Life! Learn how using Biblical principles.
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1. That I can control my emotions.
2. That I can control someone else’s emotions or actions or thoughts.
3. That I deserve:
. . .to get something good.
. . .to get something bad.
. . .to be punished for mistakes.
. . .to be rewarded for perfection.
. . .to be rewarded for good behavior, intentions, thoughts, feelings, whatever.
4. That I can “make” sense out of anything. (“Making” sense is not the same as “discovering” sense.)
5. That I am responsible for
. . .for outcomes.
. . .for other people’s feelings, thoughts or actions.
6. That I am not responsible for my own actions��that it is all someone else’s fault.
7. That my feelings have to be acted on. (e.g., when I’m afraid, I should attack or flee.)
To “let go” does not mean to stop caring;
it means I can’t do it for someone else.
To “let go” is not to cut myself off;
it is the realisation that I can’t control another.
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The ultimate measure of a person is not where one stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where one stands in times of challenge and controversy. ~Martin Luther King
Have you ever thought you were too weak to help?
It’s easy to imagine someone who’s better qualified, tempting to believe that your personal failures render you useless. We all want to conceal our dirty laundry, but followers of Christ must remember that we’re called to serve where we are and to offer ourselves in that service. We’re all gifted so we can offer those gifts in service to others.
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