Evangelism – brings fear and guilt for many of us, I know it does for me. I know I should be more faithful to evangelize, after all, God commands it and people desperately need the good news. But I struggle. I don’t want to be pushy. And, yes, I’m much too concerned about what they [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Guilt'
God, the Great Evangelist
July 16th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: Acts 8:26-40 · Ethiopian · evangelism · fear · God initiates · God prepares · God's word · Guilt · Holy Spirit’s promptings · Phillip · relationships
Holidays – Joy or Stress
December 4th, 2009 No Comments
As we enter the Christmas holiday season there seems to be two, quite opposite, feelings that are evoked. For some, there is great excitement and joy. But for others, it is a time of stress and even depression. I’d like to focus on the latter response and look at some causes and how those of [...]
Tags: anger · boundaries · Christmas holiday · depression · duty · family duty · gifts · grace · Guilt · help others · holiday · Jesus · joy · loss of loved one · me focused · obligation · payment · stress
Dealing with things that didn’t work out
June 26th, 2009 No Comments
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everything worked like it as supposed to? If everything we try is a great success? If every test result is an “A+”? Yeh, right, like that is going to happen. So what do we do with these things that didn’t work out? Failures We can look at them as failures. [...]
Tags: character · condemnation · denial · failure · Father God · giving up · Guilt · Jesus · learning · success · wisdom
Rest – Why is it so hard?
May 16th, 2009 2 Comments
Ah Rest – so elusive, so needed, so wanted. I think this goes along with what I said about being task oriented. There is always more to do, more I should do, more I have to do or at least think I do. So taking time to rest, I mean really, truly rest, is hard. [...]
Tags: asking God · Guilt · hearing God · repentance · Rest · task driven
Challenges of the Task Oriented
April 25th, 2009 1 Comment
I tend to be a very task oriented person. Getting a task done can become almost an obsession. When I’ve promised to get something done, I’m driven to do it and feel guilty if it isn’t done as promised. Am I the only one with this problem? In case I’m not, let me share some [...]
Tags: challenge · consumed · contol · desire · Guilt · purpose · Relationship avoidance · task · task oriented