Faith Columns

You thought gambling was fun until the day you couldn’t stop.  Or, you know it’s wrong to cheat on your schoolwork, but you tell yourself you don’t have a choice. Or every day, you beg God to give you the strength not to sleep with your boyfriend – again. Or, you struggle with your temper…

“Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay and cost you more than you want to pay” (Author unknown). The gravity of our poor choices is huge. Romans 6:16 (ESV) helps us understand the seriousness of sin: “Do you not know that if you present…

I wish I could deal with wrong and sinful behavior as easily as I delete files from my computer. First, I’d click on “Select All.” Yikes! It’s a much bigger file than I thought. Then I’d hit “Delete.” Voila! All my bad and sinful habits are gone. Incredible! Alas, it doesn’t work this way. Therefore,…

It’s been another disappointing, unproductive day. Soon it will be bedtime, and you sorely wish you had done the day better.  Ignoring the grammatical incorrectness of that last sentence, isn’t this the way you feel, day after day when you’re stuck in a procrastination season? So discouraged that you’ve given up hope of redeeming the…

“I wish I was allowed to eat!” This was the constant thought that plagued me for years. It seemed so unfair that others were allowed to eat. But not me. Whose rules kept me so hungry? It definitely wasn’t God’s.  For years, I felt powerless to say no to the behavior associated with anorexia nervosa…

I can’t think of a more liberating feeling than telling Satan, “I’m breaking up with you! You won’t control me any longer, because I found somebody else!” Do you agree? Then why don’t we do it? Why do we take so long to end our relationship with Satan? Jesus’ death on the cross makes it possible…

Are you tired of holding your breath, hoping your choices won’t catch up with you, scared someone will find out about your messed-up life? When everything feels as if it’s coming apart, do you find yourself wondering, “Why did I let it go this far?” Sometimes, we can reverse course in time to avoid being…

How is your Christian walk going? Do you represent Christ well?  How well do you control your thoughts? Do you show honor to your spouse, your pesky neighbor – or that slow driver? Every hour – every minute – we delay in recognizing and repenting of whatever sin we’re guilty of, we move further away…

Are you in a good place in your relationship with your spouse, children, siblings and neighbors? Or do you make poor choices that affect these relationships?  Are these same bad decisions affecting your relationship with God?  Why do we give in to these behaviors, even when we wish we didn’t? Is it because we don’t…

Have years of depression caused you to believe God no longer has a purpose for you? Are you convinced your dreams of success will never come true? Do you fear you’ll never have healthy relationships again? I’ve been there. So depressed that I couldn’t possibly envision God using me as a blogger and newspaper columnist….