Do you struggle with the injustice that seems to be rampant in our world? Do you find yourself wondering where God is and what He is doing? At times, it seems as though those who do wrong get blessed, and those who do right struggle. Perhaps it just doesn’t make sense to you. Has that…
Do you find yourself feeling discouraged and sad about things that are happening in the world around you? Those who seem to be living ungodly lives seem to prosper, while the godly seem to be struggling. Life seems upside down at times. Sometimes life just doesn’t seem to make sense. In Psalm 73, the psalmist,…
Need help controlling your emotions? Do you struggle with mastering your emotions? Do you find yourself getting overwhelmed by a flood of feelings? Here is a quick four-step method that will help you control the runaway emotions in your life. ______________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT JAMES AND LESSONS FOR LIFE Are you longing to find answers to the…
“Having no hope and without God in the world.” Ephesians 2:12b So many people have lost hope. Some believe that they never had hope. Others cannot seem to find a reason to hope again. Far too many Christians live under the clouds of discouragement, discontentment, and despair. They are dominated by pains from the past…
Overwhelmed? Feeling Helpless and Hopeless? What happens when you are overwhelmed by a power greater than yourself? All human efforts fail. You turn in on yourself. You feel helpless and hopeless, which leads to despair and fear. You need deliverance. Know this for certain: Jesus can deliver you! Mark 4:35-5:20 – Jesus Can Deliver You…
Feeling Rejected? So many people live their lives constantly feeling rejected by others. Sometimes that rejection is perceived. At other times that rejection is reality. How do you deal with rejection? How do you deal with accusations railed against you? When this happens, people oftentimes feel a loss of control. They question themselves. Many times…
Do You Believe Jesus is Capable and Caring? I was talking to a friend recently who was feeling extremely discouraged and dejected. They were feeling overwhelmed by the struggles and trials they were having to endure. They know intellectually that Jesus is sovereign and loving. Nevertheless, there is something deep within them that causes them…
Join us in November for a Thanksgiving Prayer Initiative entitled, “We Give Thanks.” During this month, we will be pondering, personalizing, praying, and practicing a verse a day to express gratitude and thankfulness to Our Great God and Savior. We will be posting the verses daily on our Facebook page, and you can get a…
In this video, we discuss the Three Tree illustration from the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF ) ministries. In this discussion, based on Jeremiah 17:5-9, we discuss the root and fruit principle. Jesus used the same illustration in Luke 6:43-45. __________________________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT JAMES AND LESSONS FOR LIFE Are you longing to find answers to…
How Can We STOP Emotional Spirals? Do you struggle with runaway emotions? Do your feelings seem to flood over you? Does it seem that you get ambushed with passions, feelings, and emotions that seem to come out of nowhere? Do you want to gain control? Well, there is a method that I use to manage…
When was the last time someone said thank you to you? When was the last time you said thank you to someone else? So many people today struggle with a lack of thankfulness and ingratitude. This leads to struggles with complaining, criticizing, and comparing. Gratitude and thankfulness provide a powerful remedy for these problems. This gratitude journal helps us to identify what we should be grateful for and what we do as a result of seeing life as a gift.
Do you struggle with applying the truth that you learn during your study of God’s word? This God’s grace prayer journal will allow you to focus on gratitude and live in contentment in life. The journal pages encourage you to observe what you are learning from the Bible text, evaluate how you have failed to live according to the truths stated, seek forgiveness, and develop godly plans for change.
Do you struggle with the lack of hope? Do you find yourself struggling with doubt and insecurity during times of great challenge? During those times, you need to find your rest and assurance in pondering, personalizing, praying, and practicing what God’s Word says. In the short devotional, spend time meditating and studying each of these passages. Write down whatever comes to mind in the spaces below. And let God speak to you.
One of the keys to growing in Christlikeness in our lives is to unearth and discover, and biblically evaluate our thinking patterns, speaking, and acting. This worksheet will help you be honest and specific about areas in your life that are not meeting biblical standards in thinking, speaking, and acting.
The God who began a good work in you will continue it through your lifetime and will finish it when we meet him face-to-face. God works for us, and God works in us. He enables us to become more like Christ every single day. This work is progressive and continual in this life. This worksheet helps us review and evaluate gains made during counseling and discipleship, show gratitude to God for what he has done, and develop plans for future growth and change.
There probably is not a day that goes by that we do not have some level of conflict with others. This worksheet helps us focus on the problem and not the person. It helps us evaluate how we have handled a dispute and how we should deal with it moving forward.
Do you ever struggle with doing a Bible study or journaling the key ideas from your reading? This Bible Study Note Sheet will encourage you to ponder and meditate on Scripture. Also, God’s Word is meant for you, so this worksheet will help you personalize what you are learning. It will also guide you in learning to pray God’s Word, and finally, it will encourage you to put into practice the principles and promises you find in reading the Word of God.
Anger is a significant issue for so many people. People often stuff or spew their anger, but very few learn to study their anger. This journal assignment will help you to do just that. It will help you understand, evaluate, and respond to your anger in better ways.
Do you ever find yourself getting overwhelmed with problems? Do you find yourself struggling with thinking clearly during a challenging situation? This four-step approach to rethinking a problem will help.
Problems can seem overwhelming. When we are in the midst of a significant crisis, many of us struggle with defining the problem and implementing helpful solutions. This worksheet helps us to identify three unbiblical and unproductive ways of handling problems. It also encourages us to destroy problems, not people, as we deal with issues in a biblical and God-honoring way.
