Offering women a biblical solution for inner healing
by Aliene
Emotions are part of what makes us human, but when they become so strong that they blind us from making wise decisions, it can cause emotion commotion.
Discover five steps to handle emotional strongholds in today’s podcast so that you can remain steadfast in your purpose.
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by Aliene
Forgiveness does not mean you automatically trust the person. Forgiveness is releasing your offender to God.
Want more? Today’s podcast is an audio message taken from Dream Builder. This six-week study on Joseph and the Patriarchs, written by Aliene Thompson, is a part of the Nourish Bible Study Series.
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by Aliene
On this week’s podcast, we talk about what it is to avoid negative self-fulfilling prophecies and how to put God’s truth into practice rather than anxiety. It’s hard to not speak our anxieties aloud. It’s even harder to cast out anxiety altogether, but when we constantly imagine and talk about the worst-case scenarios, we’re inviting fear into places it has no right to be present in.
Dr. Michelle Bengtson watched this very thing happen in her own life, what she feared most kept happening until she recognized the cycle and the pattern. If you want to see more of Dr. Bengtson’s work, you can visit her website and find information about her newest book, Breaking Anxiety’s Grip. We invite you to settle in and start taking back your mind and giving it to God. If you want to get in touch with Michelle herself, you can find her Facebook page to join her community by clicking here.
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by Aliene
We live in a society inundated in anxiety and have come to accept it-we’ve given up the fight against it and instead have begun allowing our lives to be run by fear and doubt. We do not have to accept anxiety as our portion, we can bring our fear to the Lord and let him teach us truth.
Dr. Michelle Bengtson is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist, speaker, and award-winning author of “Hope Prevails: Insights from a Doctor’s Personal Journey Through Depression,” the “Hope Prevails Bible Study” and “Breaking Anxiety’s Grip: How to Reclaim the Peace God Promises.”
If you want to take the next step in your mental health journey, Michelle’s website, https://www.DrMichelleBengtson.com is where you can find all of her books and updates on the upcoming release of “Breaking Anxiety’s Grip: How to Reclaim the Peace God Promises.” If you would like to get in touch with Michelle herself, you can become a member of her Facebook Group to join in on the conversation about freedom from anxiety.
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by Aliene
Vision is God’s provision to pull you out of the past and push you forward. When you live in regret you remain chained to what you can’t change.
Want more? Today’s podcast is an audio message taken from Dream Builder. This six-week study on Joseph and the Patriarchs written by Aliene Thompson is a part of the Nourish Bible Study Series.
To discover more about the Nourish Bible Study Series, download the FREE chapters, watch corresponding videos or find out about resources available for small group leaders, click HERE.
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by Aliene
Are you feeling bogged down today by the pressure to earn love through perfection?
Amy Elaine is on today’s podcast to tell us about finding freedom from the pursuit of perfection by pursuing the heart of Father instead.
Amy is an inspirational speaker, host of Real Victory Radio, and a gifted teacher. Her ministry is devoted to helping women with heart-shattered lives become whole again in Christ. We invite you to check out Amy’s website, and subscribe to her blog to receive free resources on going “From Fear to Freedom” with free download material on living a victorious life!
To find these resources go to: https://amyelaine.com
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by Aliene
You made it! Today we close out our Sweet Sixteen Series with the final chapter in the gospel of Mark. I am so glad you took this journey with us and pray you were blessed as you pondered over the life of Jesus.
What is so fascinating about chapter sixteen is that Mark’s ending is not neat and tidy. Not only are there tricky aspects within the text to reconcile, but there is a “longer ending” and a “shorter ending” depending on which translation you read.
Difficult Bible passages can create confusion if our faith rests in understanding every Bible passage instead of a Living Savior. Our minds are drawn to clarity and away from confusion.
This human reality is why we embrace a good movie or book with a neat and tidy ending. Happily-ever-after, all is well with our soul.
However, the gospel of Mark was not a make-believe story – it is the real eye witness account of the life of Jesus as he left the perfection of heaven to walk in a broken world.
Life is not a neat and tidy story. For every woman, we all have aspects of our life that are loose ends we don’t understand. Our difficulties may cause confusion, and we might draw away from living the abundant life and settle on the shore of uncertainty. But it is in our loose ends that Jesus writes his story of redemption.
Our lives are the very parchment paper upon which Jesus continues to write his story.
And your testimony matters. Your real-life authentic story matters! Because sharing your eyewitness account to your experience, with Jesus is the best way to evangelize. No one can argue with a changed life.
The end of the gospel of Mark is not the end of Jesus’s story. It lives on through you as you share the good news.
“And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone”(Mark 16:15).
How did Jesus impact your life through the gospel of Mark during our Sweet Sixteen study?
Let Mark’s ending be your beginning – as if Mark is passing the pen to you. Who will you “go and tell” about Jesus?
“You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. 15 No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house” (Matthew 5:14-15).
May the Perfect Love of Jesus give you the courage to shine by sharing with others how he has changed your life. ONWARD!
Nourish Scripture: Mark 16
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Blog written by Aliene Thompson. Aliene Thompson is the founder of Treasured Ministries and the Author of the Nourish Bible Study Series. © 2019 Treasured Ministries.
by Aliene
Words wound. But because the damage happens on a soul level where we can’t see the scar, this hurt is often left untreated – and those words will continue to haunt us bringing the fruit of insecurity, worry, and fear. But you were made for more. You can find healing. Ironically, while it was words that wounded you – it is words that will heal you.
In today’s Podcast, we talk about the power of speaking truth.
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