Category: Resurrect Me Series

• How Grief and Humility Can Set You Free

  

  Early on in my marriage, when we were full-throttle in the messes of our own making, the last thing I wanted to do was admit my part in those messes. And the more I ran from taking responsibility and the more I pointed the finger of blame at my husband for “driving me to make…

  BethSteffaniak

  April 26, 2016

  About Me, Addictions, Anger, Authenticity, Blaming, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Confesional Culture, Confession, Control, Desires, Faith in God, Grace, Grief, Humility, Jesus’ Sacrifice, Marriage, Negative Self-Talk, Pride, Resentments, Responsibility, Resurrect Me Series, Self-awareness, Self-Reflection, Surrender, Truth, Vulnerability, Wedded Wednesday, Workaholic

  Addictions, Bad Habits, Confession, Freedom, Grief, Humility, Pride

• How to Replace an Addiction or Bad Habit And WW Linkup

  

  Today we are continuing the “Resurrect Me” series by delving into what it means to surrender and replace our addictions and habitual sins. I’ve been using a passage in James as our roadmap throughout this series. So let’s look at what’s next . . . “Submit yourselves, then to God. Resist the devil, and he…

  BethSteffaniak

  April 19, 2016

  Accountability, Addictions, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Commitment, Confession, Denial, Desires, Expectations, Faith in God, Love of God, Marriage, Perseverance, Positive Focus, Prayer, Resurrect Me Series, Self-awareness, Self-deception, Self-Reflection, Spiritual Warfare, Submission, Surrender, Truth, Wedded Wednesday

  Addictions, Bad Habits, Change, Commitment, Idolatry, Love of God, Spiritual Warfare, Submission, Temptation

• Call it what it is—Adultery! And WW Linkup

  

  I have a confession to make … I’m an adulterer. 😦 Sadly, I have sins in my life that have moved from a one time offense, to a habit, to a compulsion, to an addiction. I mentioned some of those in my last post that you can read here. In fact, we all need to…

  BethSteffaniak

  April 12, 2016

  About Me, Addictions, Betrayal, Choices, Christ-Centered, Confession, Desires, Faith in God, False Beliefs, Grace, Jesus’ Sacrifice, Love for God, Love of God, Priorities, Resurrect Me Series, Self-deception, Self-Reflection, Surrender, Wedded Wednesday

  Addictions, Adultery, Christ’s Bride, Habitual Sin, Idolatry, Surrender, Temptations

• When Addiction is Subtle And WW Linkup

  

  Today I want to move forward in our “Resurrect Me” series on the addictions, compulsions and bad habits we ALL have in our lives by focusing on the next verse in our key passage (James 4:1-10), verse 3 … “When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may…

  BethSteffaniak

  April 5, 2016

  About Me, Addictions, Choices, Christ-Centered, Comfort, False Beliefs, Pain, Resurrect Me Series, Self-awareness, Self-deception, Self-Reflection, Truth, Wedded Wednesday

  Addictions, Bad Habits, Compulsions, Desires, Pain, Pleasure, Suffering

• Resurrect Me from the Pull of My Desires And Linkup

  

  In my new series—Resurrect Me—I want to explore all the ways you and I let addictions, compulsions and bad habits drag us back to the “grave” of our former selves (Rom. 7:22-25). This unbridled and relentless hunger can be especially destructive in marriage—making it so very messy and ugly. There’s an important passage in James…

  BethSteffaniak

  March 29, 2016

  About Me, Addictions, Anger, Attitude, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Communication, Conflict, Desires, Emotions, Faith in God, Grace, Humility, Negotiation, Resentments, Respect, Resurrect Me Series, Selfishness, Surrender, Unity, Validation, Wedded Wednesday

  Addictions, Anger, Arguing, Bad Habits, Communication, Conflict, Desires, Selfishness