Yesterday Ended: Healing the Traumas of Life

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text  All too often due to fatigue and stress we seek to turn our brains off. We want to veg. We don't want to think about everything that's going on and we need something healthy to occupy our minds. All too often we fall to things that don't build us up. What are you doing to be reenergized? What are you doing for yourself...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text If you're considering  listening to this podcast you're seeking some sort of healing from a trauma. There are incidents in our lives that endeavor to scar us. Challenges that in a moment turn us about, sometimes as much as 180°. But as I have lived out the last weeks and months I am challenged on a daily basis with the daily...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Watching professional athletes or professional musicians or professional anything is amazing because they make it look easy. Those who have trained in their field faithfully for many years have acquired skills that make us amateurs feel and look silly trying to attempt what they do. I can't do that! But what is it that we can do?...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Life is challenging and can produce traumas. Jesus warned us that if we live in the world we would suffer tribulation or mental pressure. He then went on to say be a good cheer I have overcome the world. We are designed to be Overcomers. We are designed to be conformed to the image of God's son and be victorious. We are designed...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Are you stuck in a rut? Does some thing have a hold of you and won't let you move forward? Or are you holding on to something and refuse to let go? Sir Isaac newton was one of the first to write about the laws of motion. the first law is, an object will not change its motion unless a force acts on it. What force will it take for...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text It can be seen throughout all history that most people want to fit into a family, a workforce, a team, a culture, a society. People have gone to great extremes to be in the in crowd. Some people wear the skin of the chameleon so that they can blend in anywhere they go. The unfortunate part of that is that their inner soul can become c...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Every day it seems there is a new challenge to be faced. A new obstacle to maneuver around. There is a constant battle to cling to hope in a world that is broken. How do we maintain hope in darkness? How do we hold on to peace in chaos? How can we find rest in turmoil? How can we have Joy in loss? To look at the world with only my eye...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text All journeys starts with a beginning point. Where you start from makes a huge difference in the outcome of the journey. To begin a journey towards Los Angeles believing you are in Kansas when in reality you're in New York will not have the expected outcome. You'll get halfway there thinking you should be arriving but still h...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Finding time to rest for most people is a challenge. Few people can afford to take long or frequent  vacations. Some people can hardly take a weekend off at times. And as for each and every day we also have so many demands that we are forced to make choices that leave us with little time to rest. Learning to rest, to be still and be a...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Life and death are in the power of the tongue and so are sales. Advertisers use words to entice us to buy their products. Advertisers aren’t evil just real clever at getting us to remember their products and eventually getting us to try them. People in Third World countries who never hear advertising literally don't know what the...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text There is a profound psychological challenge that many people face today and that is having an identity crisis. There are many ways it can manifest. For most of us it's a simple challenge of seeing the good within us and not focusing on the bad. The bad can be experiences of trauma and failure and disappointment. But identity cris...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text There are many voices vying for our attention. We are in a constant barrage of advertising that endeavors to draw us into their way of thinking. There are hundreds if not thousands of channels that we can surf via the web or TV all wanting us to turn towards them.  But worse than the voices that are around us are the voices that are w...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Are you a self-made person? And if you are what qualified you to make yourself into who you are? and let me ask you how’s that working for you? You may have wealth. You may have worldly success. You may have recognition. But what is the real quality of your life? Do you have peace in your life? Do you have joy in your life? Are you li...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Have you ever found yourself in a place and wonder how you got there? Why have I turned this direction? Why am I walking this way? You find yourself in a state of unbelief. Both of how you came to that place and also how to get out. In today's episode I want to explore our mindset and how it dictates the outcomes of our lives. Do...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text There is an amazing moment in life when you recognize that you are in a relationship. That moment on tell a friend or announce on Facebook with a click, “in a relationship” is so joyful because you know you are loved. To know that you are loved is uplifting to say the least. Your whole life changes because you are no longer alone. As...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text There are times when we can get stuck in a rut. The bad thing about ruts as the analogy goes, a rut is a grave with the ends kicked out. Not a good place to be. I live in California not too far from the beach. At times when I'm standing on the edge of the waves if I stand still for a period of time the waves will wash the sand aw...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text There are some clubs or organizations around the world that have very exclusive membership requirements. If someone who doesn't meet those requirements tries to enter in o such a place they will be stopped and asked, who do you think you are, you're not a member. Membership has its advantages and perks. Sometimes you need to...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text We have all known the joy of victory and unfortunately we’ve also known the icky, yucky feeling of defeat. What do we do on those days where we haven’t done it right? How do we move forward when we feel like we’re stuck in it real deep? Have you ever had, one of those days, where things just didn’t work? And now you’re stuck in a funk...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text A lot has passed since I began this podcast a year ago. Hopefully, we have all grown in our walk with the Lord and in understanding who we are before him. To recognize our core identity as his beloved children in whom he is well pleased is paramount to the victory over our past. We live from his love, not to his love. I have endeavore...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text In this last short episode of season one I take time to consider what has been accomplished in 2021. For many years I felt the tugging on my heart from the Lord to be more proactive with my poetry. To write and somehow present it to the body of Christ. That process went through many variations until I was shown that a podcast was the...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text I cannot count the times I have been walking through a room staring at some thing in front of me a short distance ahead and bumped into something. I have stubbed my toe, run my shoulder into a bookshelf, encountered numerous door jams and the edges of various tables. to tell you the truth I'm not a clumsy person. But sometimes we...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text What identity card do you carry in your wallet? Does it tell you that you are righteous? What identity do you live by? Who do you think you are? According to 2 Corinthians 5.17 you are a new creation. Old things are passed away behold all things have become new. Is that the case in your life? Have you been able to relinquish the old a...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Memories can be a blessing or they can be a curse. They can remind us of victories or they can remind us of defeats. Being able to revisit a harsh memory and not be pained is a sign of healing. Many people have scars on their bodies but those scars do not produce pain. They can point to a moment in time but they no longer hold the tra...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Have you ever wanted a second chance at some thing. There are times when our first attempt falls short and we want a do over, we want a backspace button on our mouth or our actions. Sometimes we go through the days of our life in a daze being half asleep. We are so besieged by the things of life that little HOPE remains. Things of our...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text What do a wind that can break rocks, an earthquake and a fire have in common? These three noisy elements were presented to the prophet Elijah when he was trying to hide in a cave. Elijah was tired of the unbelief of the children of Israel and their evil intent upon him. He was left alone and they pursued him to take his life. After th...