All of us have felt anger and probably continue to feel anger when we are hurt, abused or wronged. There is no doubt that we need to look at this very powerful and potentially deadly emotion and learn how we can deal with it in our lives. The scriptures speak clearly in regard to this…
“Distress or uneasiness of mind caused by apprehension of danger or misfortune” is the traditional definition of the state of anxiety. In psychiatry, it is defined as a state of apprehension and psychic tension found in most forms of mental disorder. As I have worked with many people who have anxiety, either chronic or dependent…
For their rock is not our Rockas even our enemies concede.Their vine comes from the vine of Sodomand from the fields of Gomorrah.Their grapes are filled with poisonand their clusters with bitterness.Their wine is the venom of serpents,The deadly poison of cobras.Deuteronomy 32:31-33 He who is full loathes honey.But to the hungry even what isbitter…
Criticism is the act of passing severe judgment or of censuring someone or finding fault. There is, of course, constructive criticism, which is intended to upbuild and strengthen by pointing out places that need improvement or work, to give realistic judgment of someone’s work or character so hidden faults can be revealed and cleared up….
Disappoint: 1. To fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of a person. 2. To defeat the fulfillment of hopes and plans; to thwart; frustrate. Failure – defeat – frustration. These words hit very hot spots in the emotions of people dealing with homosexual problems and relationship addiction. In speaking to one man recently, I…
Fear is one of the first emotions a child experiences, but how that fear is dealt with makes all the difference. In my early childhood and beyond fear was a daily fact of life, being used and encouraged many ways. Superstition (the belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, of the ominous significance…
In dealing with the problem of homosexuality, there is no “hotter” word than loneliness. It begins to create dejection within a person because he or she feels so alone and without someone to be with. This is rooted in years of feeling rejected, left out and abandoned. Many times the addictive reaction to this word…
It seems strange but true that this ministry will celebrate 25 years of work to set the captive free in June of this year, and this is the first article I have written on lust. It was inspired by God through the hearing of a man at the Apologetics Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, say…
Perversity is a state of being willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired, contrary. It was refreshing to see in my dictionary which was published in 1967, one meaning of perversion which read: “any of various means of attaining sexual gratification that are widely regarded as being abnormal, especially…
Resistance to or defiance of any authority, control or tradition. This is the definition found in my Random House Dictionary of the word rebellion. It is a word that is difficult to deal with in the context of homosexual ministry in that the person feels he or she did not choose this sin and therefore…