Category: Facing Life
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Other People Don’t Decide Your Value
There are few pains more personal than rejection. It hurts when strangers reject you.It hurts when family and friends reject you.It hurts when people who share your confession, your language, and your history reject you. And when that happens, the temptation is obvious. You begin to wonder whether their rejection says something final about you.…
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How to Stop Worrying: Trusting the God Who Cares for You
You’re anxious, because you think it hangs on you. You look at the future, the money, the diagnosis, the conflict, the people who might hurt you, the problems you cannot fix, and you feel as though you are the one who has to deal with it. And if you don’t deal with it, who will?…
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People’s Opinions Don’t Define You (The Prayer of Jabez)
Other people have incredible power over things that matter to you. They can physically hurt your body. They can discourage and distract your soul from looking at Jesus. They can steal and take your possessions. And they can also slander and libel you to destroy your reputation. I’ve spent a lot of time reading Luther’s…
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Do I Have a Drinking Problem?
Across Manchester and Greater Manchester “alcohol related deaths are higher than the national average.” If you’re reading this page, you’re probably worried about yourself, or someone you know. You may have asked Google or ChatGPT for help. Here’s the thing: However much you drink, alcohol isn’t your primary problem. It’s your false solution. It’s a…
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God Directs Your Path—Without Dictating It
The Christian comedian Adrian Plass once wrote a story about a man who was convinced God wanted him to move to the Middle East. Why? Because he was praying for guidance, and every time he opened the Bible it mysteriously mentioned the land of Israel. Plass’ writings are full of humorous moments like this, which…
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God’s Not Waiting to Vent
God is not frustrated with you, waiting to vent. He doesn’t have mountains of pent up anger and frustration. If you come to him, he doesn’t need to unload on you before you can both be square. Other people in your life are like that. And—at least to some extent—you are like that. Human beings…
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I Don’t Feel Good Enough
Everything around you, and inside you, is screaming that you have to measure up. You need to meet a certain standard. You need to achieve something. They are all wrong. Those voices either crush you because you fail, or turn you into a proud, self-righteous person. Neither leads anywhere good. So, those voices aren’t just…
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You Can’t Clear Your Name
You can’t clear your name. But you don’t need to. We live under constant evaluation from others. Socially. Online. At work. In fact, 79% of UK workers experience workplace stress regularly. And 1 in 4 of us feel stressed more days in a month than not. A major aspect of workplace pressure is caused by…
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That Heaviness Feels True. It Isn’t.
Some days feel heavy.Everything feels bad—or just flat and pointless.Even small things feel pointless or too much to bear. And in those moments, it doesn’t just feel bad—it feels true. It isn’t. One in five adults in Manchester struggle with their mental health. That matters, because people and their experiences matter. But it also tells…
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You Should Worry (If It’s On You)
If everything depends on you—then you should worry. It means every decision you make today must be perfectly calculated.You must account for every outcome.You must calibrate to set up the perfect consequences. There is no technique that can be taught to remove this pressure. Sure, there are many books, blogs, videos that will help you…