Reaching Hurting Women Ministries
A Contemplative Christian Outreach for Women™
Step Out In Faith! Virtue: a valued principle of good moral behavior; a holy habit Vice: a practice of wrongdoing, essentially corruption of the virtue; an unholy habit.Faith: the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen. (Heb.11:1)Fear: false evidence appearing real.Whether we believe in God or not, we use faith everyday. You put your …
“Step by step, I’m walking on water to a land no man can see.” Bryan Duncan Step Three: We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God. Because Step 3 is so critical, we must check our progress on the previous steps. If we haven’t done the work of Step …
I’m honored to have my newest friend in ministry, Julie Sibert guest blogging today. I know you will be blessed with her encouraging words as we continue this month’s focus on hope. I spoke recently at a conference where we addressed the “seasons of marriage.” Fortunately, I was involved in the planning of the conference, so …
We started the first week of the year working Step One. Next, I shared a review of my new favorite book. And in week three we started our series Virtues-n-Vices with the topic of Honesty. This week we begin a series of posts called Healing Hurts with the focus today on Denial. Denial: is a defense mechanism in which a person, faced with an uncomfortable …
Last year I was privileged to take a wonderful class called Christian Virtue. What a joy it was to be with a group of ladies all wanting to be more virtuous for the Lord. While praying for the direction of my blog, God impressed me to begin sharing what I learned in that class. This year I …
Think Differently Live Differently ~ Keys to a Life of Freedomby @BobHampThinking Differently Press 2010252 pp I can’t think of a better way to start this new year than to review the book I’ve placed at the top of my recommended reading list! In 2008, my husband, Bill, and I were blessed with the opportunity …
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We admitted we were powerless over our dependencies–that our life had become unmanageable. In October 2004, in a last ditch effort to deal with my addiction, my husband, Bill, asked me to go with him to a couples seminar. Dr. Doug Weiss from Heart to Heart Counseling Center in Colorado Springs was to be speaking …
This time of year there’s a lot of talk about New Year’s Resolutions. Some people take them seriously–others not so much. With the traditional resolution route we are depending on our own discipline and will power to make changes occur. By speaking declarations based on God’s Word we are depending on His power and strength …
Lust is our warning that danger is ahead. In today’s media-driven, pornography-accepting world, you don’t hear much about lust. Most people won’t admit they do it, much less admit they have a problem with it. When I was an active sex addict lust ruled my life. It didn’t matter what sparked it… once the idea …
December… the perfect month to focus on Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. We are all recovering from something: hurts, habits or hang-ups. And if we’re recovering, that means someone helped …