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- Christian Relationship Help: What Does It Mean to Suffer for Good in Relationships? - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2012 from Karla DowningAre you looking for Christian relationship help that will enable you to understand what it means to suffer for good in your relationships? Misunderstanding regarding this teaching leads to unhealthy choices in relationships. First Peter 3:17 says, "It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer ...
Views: 1245 - Christian Boundaries - 7 Reasons Why Setting Boundaries Is Difficult for Christians - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2012 from Karla DowningHaving good Christian boundaries is something we need to work on all the time in every area of our lives, yet setting boundaries isn't easy and is a cause of confusion in our relationships. These are the seven reasons why it is difficult for many Christians to ...
Views: 1236 - Releasing Your Prodigal Child God's Way - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2012 from Karla DowningIf you have a prodigal child, releasing isn't your first response. Your first response is to hold on tighter and try to force change any way possible. God has prodigal children too. He feels the same about them as you do yours. Releasing your prodigal child God's way is healthier than holding on ...
Views: 1232 - Christian Relationship Help: Jesus' Model for How to Deal With Difficult People - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2012 from Karla DowningIf you are looking for Christian relationship help, you are probably dealing with difficult people and wondering how God would want you to respond to them. Jesus dealt with many difficult people. Here are three principles he put into practice: Know the person. Jesus always knew who he was ...
Views: 1228 - Christian Relationship Help: Answers to Questions About Dealing With Alcoholism - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2012 from Karla DowningThis Christian relationship help gives you answers to questions about dealing with alcoholism. There are many dilemmas you deal with when someone you care about that drinks too much. Proverbs 20:1 says, "Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise" (NIV). It is ...
Views: 1222 - Four Christian Misbeliefs That Negatively Impact Your Self-Image - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from Karla DowningIf you hold any of these four Christian misbeliefs, they will negatively impact your self-image. Beliefs underlie the way you view the world. The belief you hold about a thing determines what you think, how you feel, and how you act. Here are the four misbeliefs: Christians shouldn't have ...
Views: 1212 - Christians and Boundaries: Six Questions to Guide You in Setting Biblical Relationship Boundaries - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2012 from Karla DowningIf you are struggling with being a Christian and having boundaries, then these questions will guide you in setting biblical relationship boundaries. One of the reasons boundaries are hard to figure out is because they are different for each person and circumstance. Difficult relationships have ...
Views: 1196 - Dysfunctional Family Christmas: The Serenity Prayer For The Holidays - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2012 from Karla DowningThis Christian marriage help will enable you to take back your power to change your life whether your husband or wife changes or not. The problems in your marriage are real and the changes you want your spouse to make are most likely reasonable. The dilemma that you have is that you can't make ...
Views: 1195 - Christian Relationship Help: Is Perfectionism Hurting Your Relationships? - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2012 from Karla DowningIs perfectionism hurting your relationships? If you know you struggle with perfectionism with yourself, there is a good chance that this character trait is also hurting the people around you. Perfectionism manifests itself in relationships in the following five ways: Discontentment with the ...
Views: 1194 - Prodigal Children - Six Things You Absolutely Must Do - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2012 from Karla DowningWatching your prodigal children make choices that you fear will cause pain and consequences and you know are out of God's will is heart-wrenching. The parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15:11-32 provides the model for six things you absolutely must do when dealing with your prodigal ...
Views: 1188 - Abuse: Five Signs That You Are Dating An Abusive Man - by Submitted on May 01, 2012 from Karla DowningAbuse in relationships is all too common. Once you are in a committed relationship with someone who is abusive, you will find that it is harder to get out of it than when you are dating. This is because you begin to experience a crisis of self-doubt and low self-esteem the longer you are in the ...
Views: 1187 - Prodigals: Components of a Healthy Parent to Adult-Child Relationship - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2012 from Karla DowningAre you wondering what your relationship should be like with your adult child? When you raise your minor children, you focus on training, discipline, and obedience. When your child becomes an adult, the relationship between you changes. If your child is a prodigal because he/she is doing things ...
Views: 1180 - Speaking The Truth In Love - To Speak Or Not To Speak - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2012 from Karla DowningDo you struggle with speaking the truth in love in your relationships? If you answered yes, this biblical truth and tip will help you. One of the misconceptions people have is thinking that they have to speak their truth. They don't. Wisdom is needed in deciding who to talk to and what to ...
Views: 1162 - Christian Relationship Help: What to Do With Five Common Alcoholic Dilemmas - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2012 from Karla DowningThis Christian relationship help will tell you what to do with five common alcoholic dilemmas. When someone you care about drinks, you naturally want to make him/her stop. Drinking isn't good for the person or your relationship. People who care about a drinker can get too caught up in rescuing, ...
Views: 1158 - Christian Relationship Help: How to Love in a Difficult Relationship - by Submitted on May 21, 2012 from Karla DowningAre you looking for Christian relationship help to know how to love in a difficult relationship? As Christians, we are commanded to love our neighbors, families, friends, and enemies. Love in a healthy reciprocal relationship is hard enough, but love in difficult relationships is even harder. ...
Views: 1151 - Speaking The Truth To Someone Who Will Use Your Words to Hurt You - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2012 from Karla DowningDo you struggle with speaking the truth in love in your difficult relationships? If you answered yes, this biblical truth and tip will help you. It is important to speak the truth, but we need to use wisdom in deciding who we should speak to and what we should say, so we can protect ...
Views: 1090 - Christian Marriage Help: What Submission Is and Isn't - by Submitted on May 15, 2012 from Karla DowningAre you looking for Christian marriage help? Are you wanting to know what submission is and isn't? Then, this article will answer your questions. Ephesians 5:22-24 says, "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord" (NIV). Sounds simple, but what does that really mean in a marriage? Some ...
Views: 1081(1 vote) - Christian Relationship Help: How Anxiety in Difficult Relationships Contributes to the Dysfunction - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2013 from Karla DowningAre you looking for Christian relationship help to enable you to understand how anxiety in difficult relationships contributes to the dysfunction? Then this article will help you. Anxiety is a sense of disquiet or dis-ease that is experienced as mental or emotional distress. Anxiety isn't ...
Views: 1079 - Speaking The Truth In Love - Timing Matters - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2012 from Karla DowningDo you struggle with speaking the truth in love in your relationships? If you answered yes, this biblical truth and tip will help you. Speaking at the wrong time can sabotage your communication. Timing does matter. Like it or not, there is wisdom in using timing to your advantage. You've ...
Views: 1079 - Christian Relationship Help - Speaking The Truth Even When Others Disagree - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2012 from Karla DowningAre you looking for Christian relationship help because you struggle with speaking the truth in your relationships? Then, this biblical truth and tip will help you. It is especially problematic to communicate your perceptions, feelings, choices, needs, and beliefs to difficult people. One of the ...
Views: 1047 - Christians And Divorce - How To Enjoy Being Alone - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2012 from Karla DowningChristians divorce as much as non-Christians. Regardless of whether or not you wanted your divorce, one of the most difficult things to deal with is being alone. Here are some things you can do to cope better with your "alone time." View this as an opportunity to develop a "new you." There ...
Views: 1019 - Christians and Divorce - Make Your Life Yours By Changing Your Environment - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2012 from Karla DowningChristians find divorce to be a painful experience even when they wanted the divorce. One of the most painful aspects is letting go of the old life and starting a new life. There are thousands of reminders of your life with your ex. You need to figure out how to make a new life for ...
Views: 1018 - Christian Relationship Help - How To Face Your Fears In Difficult Relationships - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2012 from Karla DowningHow can you face your fears in difficult relationships? By answering the questions offered in this Christian relationship help. It isn't unusual to have many fears in difficult relationships. When people are doing things that we find upsetting and are not making responsible choices, things can ...
Views: 1015 - Christians And Divorce - Grieve The Loss Of The Good Stuff - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2012 from Karla DowningOne of the things Christians need to do when they divorce is to grieve the loss of the marriage. Whether you wanted the marriage to end or not, it wasn't all bad. Your ex-spouse has some good qualities. You have some good memories. You've lost the intact family and even if it wasn't perfect, it ...
Views: 1007 - Christian Relationship Help: Understand How Fear Affects Your Difficult Relationships - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2012 from Karla DowningAre you looking for Christian relationship help to enable you to understand how fear affects your difficult relationships? This article will provide you with some answers. If your loved one is acting in ways that are risking his/her health, safety, financial, spiritual or relational security, ...
Views: 997 - Speaking the Truth in Love - Keep It Short - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2012 from Karla DowningDo you struggle with speaking the truth in love in your relationships? If you answered yes, then this biblical truth and tip will help you. One of the mistakes we make is that we get caught up in the desire to convince the other person that we are right and as a result, we use too many words. ...
Views: 992 - Marriage Help for Christians - Four Things You Can Do To Change Your Difficult Marriage - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2012 from Karla DowningAre you looking for marriage help for Christians to guide you in deciding whether to stay in your difficult marriage? Before you decide to leave, make sure you have tried these four things: 1. Improve your own life. Other than dating, what would you be doing if you weren't married? How much ...
Views: 976 - Christians and Divorce - The Grief Process Applied to Divorce - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2012 from Karla DowningChristians divorce as much as non-Christians. Divorce is one of the most painful experiences people go through. It is like having gangrene and being told by the doctor that you have to cut off your arm. You don't want to, but you know you have no choice. You do what you have to do and yet the ...
Views: 969 - Christian Codependency: Four Things That Will Make You Enjoy Your Life - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2012 from Karla DowningAre you feeling overwhelmed with the pressures, stresses, and demands of life? Christian codependency will rob you of the ability to enjoy your life by keeping you overwhelmed, stressed, unable to say no, and unwilling to take care of yourself, because it convinces you that you have no choice ...
Views: 937 - Speaking The Truth In Love - Keep Your Cool - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2012 from Karla DowningDo you struggle with speaking the truth in love in your relationships? If you answered yes, this biblical truth and tip will help you. Speaking when you feel panicky, anxious, or emotionally reactive and thinking you have to make IT (your reason for speaking) happen NOW will sabotage your ...
Views: 937 - Overcoming Christian Codependency - Four Truths To Determine When To Put Yourself Before Others - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2012 from Karla DowningWhen overcoming Christian codependency, how do you know when you should put your needs or the other person's needs first? By applying these four truths: 1. You have to stay emotionally, physically, spiritually, and mentally healthy. Ephesians 5:29 ...
Views: 922 - Speaking The Truth In Love - Know Your Truth First - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2012 from Karla DowningDo you struggle with speaking the truth in love in your relationships? If you answered yes, this biblical truth and tip will help you by helping you to know your truth first. Is it possible to speak too soon? Yes. If you aren't fully convinced of your stance, beliefs, and perceptions, then you ...
Views: 916 - Speaking The Truth In Love - Don't Let Your Truth Be Invalidated - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2012 from Karla DowningDo you struggle with speaking the truth in love in your relationships? If you answered yes, this biblical truth and tip will help you. One of the major pitfalls to avoid is allowing yourself to be easily invalidated by the other person's defensiveness, abuse, arguments, disagreement, denial, and ...
Views: 914 - Christians and Divorce - How to Take Care of Yourself After Your Divorce - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2012 from Karla DowningChristians divorce just as much as non-Christians but often feel as if they have failed God and don't deserve a good future. That is not true. God understands that sin causes broken relationships. He hates divorce, but He loves you. Regardless of what happened in your marriage that led to the ...
Views: 900 - Christian Relationship Help - Accept The Things You Cannot Change And Make Choices With The Options - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2012 from Karla DowningThis Christian relationship help will enable you to accept the things you cannot change and make choices with the options you have. The key to surrender is accepting the facts of the situation. While I was in Hawaii on vacation, a three-year-old girl was in the Jacuzzi. Her mom was standing ...
Views: 890 - What to Do If You're a Victim of Domestic Violence - 5 Sources of Help - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2012 from Karla DowningWhat should you do if you are a victim of domestic violence? You should get help, even if you are not sure you are ready to leave the relationship. Here are five sources of help that are available to you, each of which has various benefits. 1. Friends and Family: Friends and family offer you ...
Views: 890 - Christian Relationship Help: 5 Questions to Find Out If You Are In A Difficult Relationship - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2012 from Karla DowningAre you looking for Christian relationship help to determine whether or not you are in a difficult relationship? Answer the following five questions to find out if your relationship with your child, parent, spouse, sibling, friend, co-worker, or other relative is difficult. 1. Do you spend ...
Views: 883 - Eight Things You Can Do To Get Your Husband To Do What You Want - by Submitted on May 02, 2012 from Karla DowningDo most of your attempts to change your husband not only fail but result in distancing him from you and making your marriage worse? If so, you will benefit from the following eight things you can do to get your husband to do what you want: Ask if it is a good time to talk. If you don't ...
Views: 842(1 vote) - Christians and Boundaries: Five Causes of Weak Boundaries - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2012 from Karla DowningChristians need boundaries but often don't have them in their relationships. Here are five causes of weak boundaries: 1. You were raised in a dysfunctional home where boundaries weren't modeled. As a result, you don't know what healthy boundaries are and don't recognize that you need ...
Views: 817 - Speaking The Truth In Love - Don't Take Personalities Personal - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2012 from Karla DowningDo you struggle with speaking the truth in love in your relationships? If you answered yes, this biblical truth and tip will help you by showing you how not to take personalities personal. Taking the person's response personal will hinder you in speaking your truth. Instead, DETACH! DETACH! ...
Views: 808 - Signs Your Relationship Needs Professional Help - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2012 from Karla DowningRelationships aren't easy and all relationships have rough spots, disagreements, and adjustments. That said, there are times you need to get help to work things out. Here are seven signs your relationship needs professional help: 1. You have the same argument over and over that isn't ...
Views: 764 - How to Decide Your Boundaries When You're Asked to Help - Christian Codependency - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2012 from Karla DowningHere's an important tool in overcoming Christian codependency: When you are asked to help, you can decide what your boundaries are by considering these five things rather than thinking you have to do everything you are asked to do and becoming resentful. Halley decided to lend her sister money ...
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