What does it mean spiritually for a stink bug to enter your house? During the colder spells stink bugs tend to find their way inside houses, to see a stink bug in your home indicates that you must spiritually embrace the quest for the meaning of your life. You might wonder why and you...
I like to think that the actual “drowning” is substituted for something else in life, for example, a job or relationship which does not seem to be going as planned and spiritually drowning. To see yourself drowning often indicates that you are emotionally challenged. This dream helps one ...
we are so starved from experiencing it regularly in our daily lives that we become emotionally and spiritually ill. One of the saddest sights you will ever see is a being who has been completely deprived of unconditional love – and we have all experienced it at some point. ...
Then I read Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz’s excellent bookJonah: A Social Justice Commentary.Rabbi Yanklowitz acknowledges the abrupt ending of the book of Jonah and suggests that, “We might write a fifth chapter entertaining the possibilities: does Jonah die, repent, return to Israel, or move...
I’m convinced that a biblical perspective is essential for our children to learn to spiritually, cognitively, and emotionally process the realities of this fallen world. This is an opportunity for Christian parents to disciple our kids within a biblical framework in which Jesus reigns and hope li...
But to all who are in Christ, the Father insists, “No, it’s just right, precisely what I paid for.” So let’s ask a helpful question at this point: What does it say about me (perhaps about you too) that I squirm with the way the Bible speaks about me as one of God’s ch...
That doesn’t mean all paths lead to God. It does mean that God designed your mind to be the door through which you enter the world of change. You can actually change your life by changing what you put into your mind. The power of the mind is so great that there is considerable con...
Just like the seed of God's Word that falls on shallow ground in the parable of the sower (Matthew 13:4–9), some people's commitment to faith falters when faced with testing. Many individuals have professed faith in Christ but later denied it when following Him became spiritually ...
This really just means ‘write down what’s most important to you in each area of your life. What goals would you like to accomplish mentally, physically, financially, spiritually, emotionally? For example: I want to make ‘x’ amount of dollars a month. That would be your value for your...
” (Luke 14:26). Lewis suggests that in that verse, the term “hate” does not mean the same disdain and animosity that we typically attribute to hate in today’s language. He says that, based on other uses of the word “hate” by God, the verse simply means to ...