Tag: Enabling

• How Scripture Can Help You to Be a Better Parent

  

  Making “parenting” my focus this week means I’m either way behind, since today is Mother’s Day, or I’m way ahead, since Father’s Day is more than a month away! 😉 I choose to frame this as being really organized and thinking ahead, though I never was great at that as a mom most days! Today […]

  BethSteffaniak

  May 10, 2020

  About Me, Accountability, Affairs, Apologies, Attraction, Bad Habits, Balance, Betrayal, Bible Study, Blended Family, Boundaries, Christ-Centered, Commitment, Communication, Confession, Conflict, Confrontation, Counseling, Courage, Deception, Desires, Discouragement, Enabling, Encouragement, Faith in God, Honest/Trustworthy, Infatuation, Insight for 2020 Series, Love, Love for God, Marriage, Motherhood, Parenthood, Parenting Inventory, Positive Focus, Prayer, Priorities, Self-deception, Self-Protection, Self-Reflection, Sex & Sexuality, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Practices, Truth, Unity

  Affairs, Children, Deception, Discipline, Enabling, Faith in God, Love, Mentoring, Parenting, Salvation, Spiritual Growth

• How to Be Generous Instead of Selfish in Your Marriage

  

  I just knew that looking into this week’s focus—selfishness—would hurt! That’s because, when push comes to shove, I’ve often chosen to be selfish rather than generous with my mate. It would be easy for me to point to my upbringing as the somewhat spoiled youngest in my family. My parents yielded to my way an […]

  BethSteffaniak

  March 8, 2020

  About Me, Bible Study, Bonding, Boundaries, Choices, Christ-Centered, Connection, Enabling, Encouragement, Expectations, Faith in God, Forgiveness, Generous/Sacrificial Inventory, Insecurity, Insight for 2020 Series, Love of God, Marriage, Positive Focus, Prayer, Realistic Expectations, Resentments, Self-awareness, Self-Protection, Self-Reflection, Self-sacrifice, Selfishness, Spiritual Growth, Support, Surrender

  Bible Study, Doormat, Enabling, Generous, Giving, God’s Love, Love, Loving, Obligation, Prayer, Sacrifice, Sacrificial

• How Enabling Your Mate Controls ‘You’

  

  I want to discuss one more way that our mates can sometimes control us … through the ever-tempting avenue of enabling them. The reason I say this is “tempting” is probably because I feel this draw as a woman and mother perhaps a bit more than men generally do. Enabling actually springs up from a […]

  BethSteffaniak

  January 30, 2016

  About Me, Acceptance, Anger, Balance, Boundaries, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Codependency, Confrontation, Control, Discouragement, Enabling, Faith in God, False Beliefs, Fear, Forgiveness, Negative Self-Talk, Negotiation, Pride, Realistic Expectations, Resentments, Responsibility, Self-Protection, Self-Reflection, Selfishness, Togetherness, Trust, Worry

  Balance, Confrontation, Control, Enabling, Fear, Negotiation, Responsibility, Worry

• Peacemaker or Peacekeeper? And WW Linkup

  

  Since my post last week encouraged the extending of grace to our mates, I felt it was important to explain the difference between giving grace (peacemaking) and enabling unhealthy behavior (peacekeeping). After all … [Tweet ” Enabling and extending grace are two very different things that often get mistaken for each other.”] I’ve provided a […]

  BethSteffaniak

  July 7, 2015

  Acceptance, Anger, Avoidance, Boundaries, Codependency, Communication, Confessional Culture, Conflict, Confrontation, Control, Counseling, Enabling, Friendship, Grace, Positive Focus, Prayer, Resentments, Self-Protection, Wedded Wednesday

  Communication, Conflict, Confrontation, Enabling, Forgiveness, Grace