Tag: Verses

• How to Avoid Being Distracted from Spending Time with God

  

  I recently conducted a survey evaluating people’s “Time with God” that revealed three main ways we get distracted in this all-important pursuit.  For today’s post, I’ll be focusing primarily on the top way we’re distracted since it’s probably the most obvious offender. I bet you could even guess what it is since you likely struggle […]

  BethSteffaniak

  February 28, 2021

  Bible Study, Bible Study Tools, Christ-Centered, Encouragement, Make Time for God Series, Marriage, Perspective, Positive Focus, Prayer, Priorities, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practices, Support, Truth, Worship

  Bible, Bible Study, Distracted, Distractions, Encouragement, Make Time for God, Scripture, Spiritual Growth, Support, Verses

• How to Stop Hiding and Improve Your Life and Marriage

  

  When I was a little girl, my way of dealing with sadness or the sins I had committed was to crawl under my bed and hide. This provided a soothing escape among the dark shadows that seemed to mirror my state of mind. No one but the shoes next to my head knew the tears […]

  BethSteffaniak

  September 6, 2020

  Abandonment, Alienation, Avoidance, Bible Study, Bible Study Tools, Christ-Centered, Confession, Connection, Denial, Discouragement, Emotions, Encouragement, Failure, Faith in God, Fear, Forgiveness, Guilt, Love of God, Marriage, Marriage Battle Strategies, Positive Focus, Prayer, Self-awareness, Self-Protection, Self-Reflection, Shame, Spiritual Practices, Spiritual Warfare, Withdrawal

  Bible, Confession, Conflicts, Forgiveness, Guilt, Hiding, Marriage, Responsibility, Shame, Sin, Verses

• Feel like God Doesn’t Hear You? Think Again!

  

  I’m pulling out an old post from the vault and dusting it off for you, my friends, today! If you’ve ever been in a time of crisis, whether in your marriage or in some other area of your life, then I think you’ll relate to what I’m sharing below . . . Recently, I was […]

  BethSteffaniak

  August 3, 2020

  Abandonment, About Me, Alienation, Brokenness, Christ-Centered, Comfort, Depression, Discouragement, Encouragement, Faith in God, Grief, Hope, Love of God, Marriage, Motherhood, Pain, Parenthood, Perspective, Positive Focus, Prayer, Spiritual Growth, Trials, Trust, Weakness, Worry

  Bible, brokenhearted, Brokenness, Discouragement, Encouragement, Inspirational, Marriage, Prayer, Quotes, struggles, Trials, Troubles, Verses

• Do You Need to Trust Your Spouse More?

  

  I’m writing this post to help you gain insight into how wise you’re being and how well you’re doing on trusting your spouse. It’s always necessary to have certain boundaries and biblical principles in mind when granting trust, especially if your spouse has consistently acted in untrustworthy ways. No where in Scripture does God expect […]

  BethSteffaniak

  March 22, 2020

  About Me, Acceptance, Accountability, Alienation, Anger, Apologies, Attitude, Authenticity, Betrayal, Bible Study, Boundaries, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Confession, Conflict, Confrontation, Conversation, Courage, Deception, Discouragement, Encouragement, Expectations, Faith in God, Grace, Guilt, How Trusting? Inventory, Humility, Insight for 2020 Series, Marriage, Negative Self-Talk, Openness, Pain, Patience, Perfectionism, Positive Focus, Prayer, Realistic Expectations, Respect, Responsibility, Safety, Security, Self-awareness, Spiritual Practices, Trust, Truth, Validation, Vulnerability, Wisdom/Insight, Wounds

  Betrayal, Bible, Boundaries, Encouragement, Faith in God, Inspiration, Openness, Quotes, Rebuild Trust, Trust, Trusting, Truth, Verses, Vulnerability, Wisdom

• How Forgiving are You? Take the Inventory to Find Out!

  

  Years ago, I grew very interested in the subject of forgiveness, mostly because I realized how much I needed it in my marriage! So I committed to continuing education and training, as well as applying the principles to my own life with God’s help. This not only profited me with a new coaching niche, but […]

  BethSteffaniak

  February 2, 2020

  About Me, Acceptance, Alienation, Anger, Apologies, Attitude, Bible Study, Boundaries, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Confession, Conflict, Confrontation, Criticism, Discouragement, Emotions, Empathy, Encouragement, Faith in God, Forgiveness, Forgiveness Inventory, Grace, Insight for 2020 Series, Jesus’ Sacrifice, Love of God, Marriage, Negative Self-Talk, Patience, Peace, Perspective, Positive Focus, Prayer, Resentments, Responsibility, Self-awareness, Self-Reflection, Spiritual Practices, Surrender, Withdrawal, Wounds

  Anger, Bible, Bitterness, Forgiveness, Grace, Insight, Inventory, Prayer, Resentment, Scripture, Surrender, Verses

• Gratitude in the Valley of Shadows

  

  Today, I’m honored to have Sarah Geringer—a friend that I met through the blogosphere and roomed with at She Speaks in 2017—as my guest today, speaking on how to transform our thoughts. She’s even written a book on this subject! You can find out more about that incredible resource, hot off the presses, along with […]

  BethSteffaniak

  October 20, 2019

  Acceptance, Attitude, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Comfort, Depression, Discouragement, Encouragement, Faith in God, Grief, Hope, Marriage, Pain, Peace, Positive Focus, Prayer, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practices, Thankfulness

  Bible, Discouragement, Encouragement, Gratitude, Marriage in Crisis, Meditation, Scripture, Thankfulness, Verses

• How to Apply and Integrate Your Identity in Marriage Troubles

  

  Staying in an unrelenting and difficult marriage can really take a toll on your sense of identity, making you feel as if you don’t know who you are apart from what you do.  People often try to fix this problem by doing more or different things—like exercising more so that you feel and look better. […]

  BethSteffaniak

  September 15, 2019

  Christ-Centered, Discouragement, Encouragement, Faith in God, Find Your Identity Series, Identity, Love of God, Marriage, Negative Self-Talk, Pain, Positive Focus, Salvation, Security, Truth

  Bible, Christ, Christ in You, Encouragement, finding your identity, Identity, Identity in Christ, Marriage, Troubles, Verses