Here are some ways to confront a friend without becoming confrontational.

I don’t know about you but an argument is a hard thing for me. What’s hard about it? STOPPING IT.

Here are a three things to know about regaining your confidence after a colossal failure.

Just thinking about it should radically change our lives.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THE LORD AND GIVE HIM GLORY FOR A SUDDEN TURNAROUND IN MY BODY. He deserves all the glory.

Everyone is talking about the “last days.” Many are “bunkered” and “hunkered.”

People live with pain. Emotional pain can be greater than physical pain.

Only God can make “two” separate, independent, people into “one.” It’s a miracle when it happens.

Here are 5 ways grace will immeasurably affect you.

Is escaping always the best answer to your problem?

Instantly, my mind heard, “The spirit of division.”

Are you looking a mountain in the face? Does it feel impossible?

You CAN recover. Christ is your identity. No one has the power to change your identity. Try these methods to recover from “identity assassination”

Lesson:  “If you can learn to wait on God you can learn to wait on people

It’s not easy to see God’s side of your problem.He sees the END; you see the BEGINNING.  Hesees the TRUTH; you see the FACTS.

Try these four key secrets that brought those miners through and will deliver you as well:

1. Don’t blame God.

2. Find an encourager.

3. Breathe…and sing

4. “Trust.”

RESTORATION.  I love that word.  It speaks of hope, of past mistakes being made up for. 

God is a God of restoration.  He doesn’t ignore failure.  He gives us the courage to face failure and defeat what defeated us.

Try these ideas about restoring your past failures: 

Betrayal is as old as humankind.  A strong alliance or partnership is suddenly dissolved.  Close, intimate friends are wounded.  Cynicism sets in as it seems “no one can be trusted.”

There’s hope after betrayal. 

We’ve all been there (including me) and I can help you with a few perspectives:

An insult is a hard thing to handle.  Our pride, position, and even personhood is attacked.  We all tend to automatically lash out in retaliation.

How do you resist the urge to “fight fire with fire?” 

Here are some thoughts to help you calm down and let God fight your battles:

I am not a great snow skier. I recall a time I slid down a mountain and was only stopped when I hit a snow fence and “face-planted” on the other side of it!

Snow skiing is “slightly downhill and out of control.”  Kind of like TEMPTATION. 

Sin is a slippery slope. 

HOW CAN YOU PUT ON THE BRAKES WHEN YOU ARE ABOUT TO SLIDE OFF THE MOUNTAIN?