psychology
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Hearing Voices While Writing ‘Reflections’
Dear all, A few months ago, I asked the Lord to help me understand what exactly it is that people experience when they say they are hearing voices. This is because I felt I had never had this experience. I hear God talking to me on a daily basis, but this is an experience in Continue reading
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Emotional Abuse: It’s Complicated, but God Can Help
I was close to my mother. She passed away from cancer when I was in my early twenties. Her illness followed a period of great tension and conflict in her marriage to my father. I have often wondered about the connection between abuse and cancer. I have wondered whether my mother became ill because of Continue reading
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What’s the State of Your Heart? A Reflection
Good day all, I’ve noticed that the way a person acts towards me is a reflection of the state of their heart. People who have peace in themselves smile at me. People who are angry mutter and shake their heads. The truth is that everyone, including me, needs to find their fulfilment in God, and Continue reading
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Self-Love Is Not Arrogance
Dear friends, I still struggle with insecurities from my past. After I became a Christian, I was so worried about thinking arrogant thoughts that I would catch, control, and suppress my thoughts whenever I anticipated they could be egotistical or arrogant. God, in His goodness, has been helping me with this. He has been teaching Continue reading
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Perspective
I keep an ‘encouragement’ note on my phone and look at it whenever I’m struggling in life. It has about a dozen items on it, each one offering a different reminder that I hope will shift my perspective a little and make me feel a little brighter. It’s interesting to consider how important perspective is Continue reading
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