Rethinking Accountability: A Proactive and Healing Approach Part 2
We live in a world full of stress, hurt, and things that were not meant to be. Regardless of our particular struggles, we all develop ways of dealing with stress and pain in our life — often through unhealthy choices. As I shared in my last blog post, I developed a number of compulsive behaviors […]
Rethinking Accountability: A Proactive and Healing Approach Part 1
Have you, as I have, experienced reactive and unhealthy accountability in your life? Have you found yourself hiding your struggles, or only sharing your unhealthy choices after you returned to them? Were you then shamed by others after you finally mustered up the courage to open up? In this post I address the difference between “accountability” […]
Self-Image: See Yourself as God Sees You
Welcome to another post in our new year-long blog series, “Journey Together,” where we answer questions about God, relationships, and life! Hi there! We’re Jennifer Davis and Anne Clark. Having the opportunity to work with Josh McDowell, we’ve learned just how important self-image is. Josh says it affects every relationship in our lives. For that […]
Your Identity: Are You a “Worthless Sinner”?
For most of my life I believed I was a worthless sinner, only tolerated by God because of Jesus’ work on the cross. Sure, I “knew” that God loved me, but I believed that I was still a “wretch” with minimal value. Throughout my years in ministry, I’ve known many missionaries, college students, men, and […]
Live in the Light: See Yourself As God Sees You
Ladies, in this series exploring our true identity, let’s look at whether you’re shining the proper light on your portrait, the self-image you carry around inside your head. Your TRUE identity comes from one single source: what God says about you. God has declared that He sees YOU as eternally lovable, and eternally valuable! Why, then, do […]
Mistaken Identity: See Yourself as God Sees You
Ladies, in our series exploring our true identity, let’s look at whether you’re walking around with a mistaken identity. If you’re basing your self-identity and self-worth on the three cultural myths we covered last week, that you’re viewing yourself entirely incorrectly. Though you might not be aware of it, you are carting around a personal identification photo with […]
Personal Identity: See Yourself as God Sees You
Ladies, in this first blog post in our series exploring our true identity, we have to ask: How do you see yourself? As God sees you — or as the world sees you? Are you basing your personal identity on your job title? Your marital status? Your dress size? The car you drive? The volume […]
