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Healing from Hurt

If you’ve experienced hurt, rejection, pain or anything that keeps you hostage to your past, you’re not alone. Women and men are having difficulty healing from pain, rejection, brokenness, untruths, loss, and other life events. There is help. There is hope. In my book, Broken Believer No More, I share my journey from brokenness to accepting God’s love for me, embracing forgiveness, and being completely open to healing. As a result of reading this book, you will understand the journey of healing and forgiving others as well as forgiving yourself. We are all worthy of living without the dramas from our past holding us in bondage.

“He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” Isaiah 40:29

You can purchase Broken Believer No More on the books tab of this website. I look forward to hearing from you after reading the book.

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Speak What God Says About You

Loving Yourself to Life involves knowing and BELIEVING what the Father thinks and desires for you. His thoughts are good towards you and not evil. Whenever you find yourself entertaining a negative thought seed placed in your mind, you have to combat it by speaking positive affirmations about yourself.

I am a firm believer of Proverbs 18:21– “The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.” Instead of negative self-talk, speak care and compassion, empowerment and motivation, and power and strength. More importantly, speak what God says about you. I like to speak God’s Word over me in first person.

  • I am the head (leader) and not the tail (follower). I am above and not beneath. Deuteronomy 28:13
  • I have God’s peace, and it surpasses all understanding. Philippians 4:7
  • I am more than a conqueror. Romans 8:37
  • I am holy and unblemished in God’s sight. Ephesians 1:4
  • My needs are met. Philippians 4:19
  • I can do all things through Christ because He gives me strength. Philippians 4:13
  • Although I have sinned, I have been forgiven and washed by Christ’s blood. Ephesians 1:7
  • I have a spirit of power, love, and a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7

The Word is filled with scriptures that describe who we are in Christ. We have to make sure to access His Word on a daily basis and study who God says we are in order to combat the negative thoughts that Satan consistently tries to plant in our minds.

What are some negative thoughts that you are plagued with concerning your self-image (inner and outer)?  Beside each of the negative thoughts, write down a scripture that is the complete opposite of the negative thought. The scriptures you find are promised to you if you embrace the promises and follow the commands of God. Receive love from Father to truly Love Yourself to Life!

Excerpt from “Love Yourself to Life” Author: Dr. Monica Debro

 

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Healing in an Action Word

Healing in a Action Word! We want God to heal us and must accept that it takes work to receive the healing. Often times people dread the time it takes to heal. We shouldn’t go to bed thinking about the pain, whether it is mental, physical, emotional, financial, or spiritual. We definitely should wake up thinking about pain. Instead, we should wake up rejoicing and thanking God for the healing process. There may be times when we are healing from one thing and we are faced with something else to deal with and suddenly feel the pain starting all over again. I encourage you to keep your faith in God because through everything that you’re experiencing, He is growing you in different areas of your life. It doesn’t feel good when you are in the midst of a storm and you may want to give up on “whatever” is causing you to struggle. Don’t lose heart because a brighter day is coming. [Read more…]

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Staying Committed to Your Purpose

I understand that sometimes it may get difficult to stay committed to our purpose. Whenever we are doing something to benefit others, we will always run into resistance because we are doing the work of God. Because Satan does not want to see us succeed, it takes diligent effort to keep from becoming frustrated in our purpose.

In the midst of us living out our purpose, Satan always has a way of causing frustration, confusion, disappointment, hindrances, and setbacks. Do you see how these words have a negative connotation? That’s Satan doing his job of stealing, killing, and destroying (John 10:10) what we’re purposed to do.    Satan’s purpose is to kill, steal, and destroy our purpose, walk with God, and relationships, everything God has planned for us. Satan has no intention of allowing us to succeed without him planting doubt, fear, and hindrances into our journey. God wants us to focus on His will, His way, and His Word to receive the benefits of maneuvering through Satan’s schemes. God desire is to give us an abundant life (John 10:10b). He wants to see us have fulfilled lives, filled with His glory. Each one of us has a specific purpose we are to complete in this one life we are given.

3 things to remember:

* God’s purpose for your life;

* Your vision; and

* Your heart’s desires. [Read more…]

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Unfinished Prayer: Garden of Gethsemane

Garden of Gethsemane
Jerusalem

“My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
(Matthew 26:39 NLT)

                    Jesus prayed this prayer as He was facing crucifixion and was full aware that God could change the situation, but that was not God’s will. Matthew 26:37 tells us that Jesus became anguished and distressed and in verse 38 He states: “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death.” With these versus we are reminded that there is nothing that we experience that Jesus hasn’t already felt before us. True, what we deal with is on a much smaller level than the crucifixion, but nothing that we are feeling, dealing with or go through is unimportant to God. He is concerned about every part of our being.

            As I sat in the Garden of Gethsemane listening to the pastor teach a lesson on Unfinished Prayer my heart continued to be heavy as I reflected on a prayer that I had been seeking an answer. At the beginning of the year, I started having the desire to move and teach at a university and I began seeking God for answers. Before submitting the first application, God told me to have the realtor come to my home and have a discussion about options of renting versus selling. He also instructed me to have the wallpaper that was peeling in the upstairs bathrooms removed and the walls painted while I was in Israel. My natural instinctive questions were “why speak with a realtor and have the bathrooms painted before submitting applications and receiving an offer?” I kept feeling that it would be a swift transition when the time came for me to move and I needed to have things in order. With this in mind, I also began the process of donating items that I no longer used or needed to keep. [Read more…]