Articles Posted in the Emotional Health Category

  • Maintaining Focus

    Has it ever been easier or more convenient than now for a believer to lose focus on God? If the apostle Paul found himself ‘greatly distressed’ that Athens was ‘full of idols’ (Acts 17:16), what…

  • Preach the Gospel to Yourself Daily

    Jim Phillis I was introduced to the practice of preaching the Gospel to myself daily 15 years ago in a sermon. My first thought was, ‘I can see how some people would really be helped…

  • Bad Coffee

    Steve Arterburn “Bear with each other and forgive grievances. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” – Colossians 3:13-14 Karin ruled her family with her explosive, irrational anger. Her children and grandchildren never knew what would…

  • Lessons from the Desert

    Ed Grant Recently I escaped with a number of other pastors to the Cafa Franciscan Spiritual Retreat Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. We were there to learn how to be quiet with God. You might think…

  • Marriage

    Steve Arterburn “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.” – Genesis 2:24 How can a stranger tell if two…

  • Transformed Grief

    Steve Arterburn “Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end.” – Isaiah 60:20 In 1835 Abe…