When you say abuse the vast majority of people focus on physical abuse; someone who has been battered, bruised, choked, or pushed around. Whether you are speaking of physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, or spiritual abuse, it is all violence against your body, soul, and spirit. The Bible warns us of the works of the flesh [...]
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The Five Tools That Help You Discern in Life: Part 5 “Critical Thinking”
The last tool in this series is Critical Thinking and Rational Reasoning. Most of you are familiar with these terms, but yet tools are needed to improve the application of ...
Jehovah-Rapha, Your God That Heals
It is through your faith in Jesus that you have been redeemed and are being set free from all that oppresses you. Invite God to search, sift, and purge you from all the wounds of your past. No one has escaped without physical, emotional, relational, or spiritual injuries, but God is on your side and [...]
The Five Tools That Help You Discern in Life: Part 5 “Critical Thinking”
The last tool in this series is Critical Thinking and Rational Reasoning. Most of you are familiar with these terms, but yet tools are needed to improve the application of them in your life. You may have been told in school that you needed to develop good critical thinking skills, but the vast majority of [...]
The Five Tools That Help You Discern in Life: Part 4 “Spiritual Radar”
The Five Tools That Help You Discern Part 4: Spiritual Radar Repeat after me: Physical Sensations, Emotions and Feelings, and Heart Condition Filter. Hopefully you have been working on these three tools to help you strengthen your thinking skills. This is now the fourth tool, and well, it’s a big one. They are all important, [...]
The Five Tools That Help You Discern in Life: Part 3 “My Heart”
The Five Tools That Help You Discern Part 3: My heart You have learned the first two tools out of five: Physical Sensations and Emotions and Feelings. The third tool might possibly be the most difficult for you to identify or admit to because it requires you to look at your past experiences and [...]
The Five Tools That Help You Discern In Life: Part 2 “That Emotional Feeling”
After learning the first tool used in discernment, you are one step closer to being able to differentiate between a distorted thought and an accurate thought. The second tool in the process is your Emotions or Feelings. We can all admit at some point in our lives that our emotions have gotten the best of [...]
The Five Tools That Help You Discern In Life: Part 1 “Let’s Get Physical”
This mini blog series is based on five tools that are crucial to successful discernment. When these five tools are used together in balance they help you determine whether your thought is rational and healthy, or distorted and irrational. We all know the difference between rationality and irrationality, but we don’t always know how to [...]
Overcome Family Holiday Challenges in 3 Steps
George Burns once said: “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family… in another city.” That statement is funny to some people, but very true to others. The season provides an opportunity to spend time with family at the holidays. To you that may be a joy and something to look forward to that [...]
From Betrayal to Healing
Life has challenges – what an understatement! There are challenges financially, in marriage, dating, parenting, and other relationships. You can have your hopes and dreams dashed and struggle with the resulting negative emotions. Life will have its ups and downs, but the way you deal with life situations will improve when you apply healthy thinking, life, [...]
Back to School Bullying Definition and Signs to Look For In Your Child (First Coast News Video Interview Attached)
Dr. Michele was recently interviewed by First Coast News on the subject of “Back to School bullying definition and signs to look for in your child”. Dr. Michele Fleming, says kids should work on standing up for themselves, even if it’s just internally. “You have to condemn the voices that are speaking against you. If [...]
