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“You’ll never amount to anything.”  “How can you be so stupid?!” “You’re a loser just like your father.”  “What the hell is wrong with you??” “I’m so ugly, no one would ever want someone like me.” “I’m such a failure…” “It’s hopeless…I will never kick my addiction.” “I’ve gone too far now…God will never forgiveContinue reading “The Narrative of Deception”

The foundational assertion of this blog is that the human spirit is dead from one’s physical birth and must first be regenerated and born again by the life-giving, indwelling presence of God’s Holy Spirit through faith in Jesus Christ before true and lasting inner healing can begin.  Once this occurs, however, God’s Spirit can thenContinue reading “More From the Inner Healing Toolbox”

“Imagine there’s no heaven…it’s easy if you try…no hell below us…above us only sky…” So sang songwriter, former leader of the legendary band The Beatles, rock-and-roll guru, and peace activist John Lennon in the opening lines of his internationally-celebrated anthem Imagine from his 1971 album of the same name.  According to Lennon, the song was inspiredContinue reading “Imagine…”

In psychological terms, your identity consists of your internalized individual sense of self formed from a merger of your physical and soulish interpersonal characteristics with your sense of self-esteem and social station in the world.  A person with a healthy sense of identity has successfully integrated these elements into a fulfilling, blended whole that answersContinue reading “The Question of Character”

This post is devoted to providing specific concepts and principles for achieving inner healing from “The Inner Healing Toolbox.”  The concepts and principles mentioned here are merely preliminary, however, and are in no way exhaustive of all the concepts and principles that might be involved in the inner healing process.  But this is an excellentContinue reading “The Inner Healing Toolbox”

The average person likely thinks of himself or herself as having a soul with a mind as the center of thought, a heart as the center of emotion and a physical body in which to live and move about in the natural world.  While there is truth in this concept, a human being as depictedContinue reading “The Human Composite”

Regular readers of this blog know that a good many if not all of the posts appeal to readers to repent of their sins and commit their lives to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. The irreligious and unbelieving who read these posts likely respond, “Why does it always come down to religion?  Why is itContinue reading “Do You Know What He Has Done?”

Imagine that in the not-too-distant future, it is discovered that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has developed an amazing technology that enables the government to secretly scan the brains of targeted individuals and collect and store as digital files without their knowledge or permission their complete personal histories, memories and life experiences.  Further imagineContinue reading “The Big Reveal”

In the final stanza of his now famous 1875 poem Invictus, British poet William Ernest Henley (1849-1903) declared, “It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” The title of the poem which was added later byContinue reading “The Ship of the Soul”

God as our Heavenly Father lovingly created us in His own image so that we as His children might enjoy Him in a mutual relationship of unbroken love, joy, blessedness and peace.  But God wanted us to be more than just selfish pet-like creatures who only cling to Him for food and attention without trulyContinue reading “The Power of Choice”