It seemed like all we could think about…all we could talk about…was how badly we had been hurt by someone who was supposed to be our pastor, our shepherd. We kept turning over and over in our minds what he had said. What we had said. What we should have said. What zinger we should […]
The Cure for Worry!
Joy & Happiness Thinking Pitfalls Tough TimesDon’t worry about anything. Well, that’s easier said than done, isn’t it? There is so much to worry about right now! Just look around. A lot of people have lost their jobs, their businesses. They are feeling hopeless and see no end to this horrible pandemic. Many are sick. Some have died. So how can […]
God’s Guide for Parents
Anger Issues Relationship SkillsGloria’s father was abusive and mean. She recalls that as a child, her only emotion toward her father was fear. Today, as a forty-year-old woman, she still has trouble believing God could possibly want good for her. That He can truly be trusted. As a parent, and especially as a father, you teach your children […]
Kids Have Flags Too!
Anger Issues Relationship SkillsPart 4: The Flags of the Spirit by Harold and Bette Gillogly Being filled with God’s Spirit is for kids too! They don’t have to wait ‘til they’re 21 to experience the incredible joy of having the Spirit of God fill them up. They can choose to live in Green Flag territory instead of the […]
Submission and Headship: The Deep End of the Pool
Joy & Happiness Relationship SkillsPart 3: The Flags of the Spirit by Harold and Bette Gillogly We promised you in our last blog that with this one we were going to jump into the deep end of the pool! So here we go! Ephesians 5:22-24 is a continuation of Paul’s teaching about how we can tell if we are […]
The Flag We’d Rather Not Talk About
Joy & Happiness Persevering LovePart 2, The Flags of the Spirit by Harold and Bette Gillogly Red Flag – Stop! Something is wrong! Green Flag – You are going in the right direction. It’s safe to keep going! These are the Flags we’ve been finding as we’ve journeyed through Ephesians, chapter 5, for as verse 15 warns us: “Be […]
The Flags of the Spirit
Joy & Happiness Relationship SkillsIf you’re smart, when you see a red flag, you immediately stop and find out what it’s all about, because something’s wrong. But when you see a green flag, that tells you you’re on the right track, so you keep going. It makes complete sense that we begin our series on the Flags of the […]
Forgiveness – The Key to Peace
Anger Issues Relationship SkillsBy Harold and Bette Gillogly Feelings of forgiveness do not happen in a vacuum. We don’t wake up one morning and say, “I’m not going to feel resentment toward that person who hurt me anymore.” Shazam! Nope. Doesn’t happen that way. Our emotions change as we change our behavior. We can’t simply say. We have […]
God Says, “Forgive Like Me”
Anger Issues Relationship SkillsBy Harold and Bette Gillogly We talked about the first kind of forgiveness in our last two blogs: “to cancel a debt, to pardon.” Today we’re going to explore the second kind, and we want to warn you, this one is harder than the first. The second kind of forgiveness means “to relinquish resentment against […]
Forgiveness and Consequences
Anger Issues Relationship SkillsBy Harold and Bette Gillogly Forgiving someone – that is canceling their debt and pardoning their guilt – doesn’t always mean we can save them from the consequences of their offences. Here’s an example of what we’re talking about: One afternoon, our high school daughter came to us crying. She had skipped school that day […]