Blocked, Stripped, Wooed – Hosea 2 Hosea 2 Before we step into this word, I want you to hear my heart. I don’t speak this message from a place of perfection as if I’ve “arrived”, as if I know it all and got all the answers, but from a...
Have you ever slept through your alarm and missed an important appointment? How did you feel when you realized what happened? Did you feel ashamed, frustrated, or angry? Did you wish you could go back in time and do things differently? Well, today I want to talk to you...
It can’t be that wrong, right? Is it really that big of a deal? Everybody does it. Does it really affect anyone else? I hope nobody finds out. I just can’t get a handle on this! Why me? What is wrong with me? I feel so disgusting and ashamed!...
Everyone is on the lookout for something. Some of us spend our entire life seeking to fill the God-shaped void in our hearts. We try to fill it with money, success, respect, independence, and pleasure, but we wind up emptying it more than we started. God has desired his people...
Are you sick and tired of the habitual sin in your life? Have you tried to fight and win against sin but feel like you just can’t break FREE from the annoying cycle of sin-confess-repent? Maybe your quest to mortify the habitual sins in your life have...
There are a lot of different counseling models out there and each one relates to the local church differently. Our relationship as a counseling center with local churches in our city is grounded in a couple of convictions. The first conviction is God has designed the local church...
God designed sex to be a reminder and picture of Jesus’ covenant relationship with His people. This is the primary purpose of sex. Understanding this explains why sex is so destructive outside the covenant of marriage and why we experience such shame and brokenness when we approach it selfishly...
The experience seems to vary for everyone. Some had times they were free from sexual immorality of all sorts for weeks, months, even years. But then came back to it. While others find themselves hopping in and out of one sexual immoral act or the other. There...
Every one of us has experienced fear at some point in our lives. Moreover, when Covid-19 struck the world, fear levels were through the roof. According to a nationwide poll conducted by USA TODAY and Ipsos, in just a month (between March 2020 and April 2020), fear levels regarding the...
Challenges are not fun as they slow up one’s progress and scatter plans that have been put in place. Then we wonder where we should start from. That position is not a good place to be. Challenges of life will stop us from seeing what God wants us to...
“You’re a Christian! You shouldn’t be depressed!” You may have heard this or something similar when you or somebody you love is suffering. This statement is not only misguided but completely incorrect. God never once promised that we would not face hardships and sorrow. He promises that...
It was the will and purpose of God from the beginning for us to live a blissful life. However, the suffering began when humanity willingly disobeyed God. As a result, creation waits in eager expectation for revealing of God’s children since God subjected it to the bondage of decay...
With the advancement of technology and increasing immorality in the 21st Century, addiction is a problem hooking many people into bondages challenging to break free. According to Addiction Center, close to 21 million Americans have an addiction problem. Yet, surprisingly, only 10% are undergoing treatment. With the effects of...