Today Mary DeMuth (The Wall Around Your Heart) concludes her discussion of ten ways we joyfully can escape Satan’s relational traps. 6. Realize you’re not the only one. Mary states that Satan would like you to believe that you are the only one with your specific problem. Our individual pain is not unique. We’re not alone […]
Author Mary DeMuth continues Chapter 10 of The Wall Around Your Heart by listing and discussing ten ways we joyfully can escape Satan’s relational traps. The first five are presented today. 1. Let go of busyness. Satan dangles overactivity in front of us as a tempting way to avoid dealing with our pain, Mary states […]
“Blessed is he whose help is in the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God.”- Psalm 146:5 Today Mary DeMuth concludes Chapter 10 of The Wall Around Your Heart with the final three temptations to avoid. 3. The temptation to defend ourselves. Mary states that when she’s been wronged she’s lived […]
Mary DeMuth begins Chapter 10 (“And Don’t Let us Yield to Temptation: Dare to Engage Anyway”) of The Wall Around Your Heart by reminding us that when someone hurts us, we’re tempted to build an impenetrable fortress around our hearts in an attempt to protect ourselves from further pain. The unintended result, however, is isolation. […]
Today author Mary DeMuth continues her discussion of nine surprising things about forgiveness in Chapter 9 of The Wall Around Your Heart. 4. Forgiveness fosters empathy. We must believe that God’s grace is big enough to cover the sins of those who have hurt us. As Mary notes, grace extends to us as well as […]
In Chapter 8 (“And Forgive Us Our Sins: Be Repentant”) of The Wall Around Your Heart, Mary DeMuth opens by stating that when we’ve been hurt, it’s much easier to zero in on someone else’s heinous sins than to be aware of our own and confess those sin patterns. Yet, a healthy perception of our own […]
As Mary DeMuth concludes Chapter 5 of The Wall Around Your Heart, she states that because Jesus perfectly obeyed the Father, His actions model how we are to “navigate the infested waters of heartache”. It is important for us to maintain a minute-by-minute realization that Jesus dwells in our hearts and loves to direct us. […]
Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.”- John 4:34 In Chapter 5 (“May Your Will Be Done on Earth: Respond Like Jesus”) of The Wall Around Your Heart, author Mary DeMuth begins by admitting that when she’s happy and content with her life […]
“O Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief . . . . Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground. For your name’s sake, O Lord, bring me out of trouble.”- Psalm […]
“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”- John 10:10 In today’s post, Mary DeMuth (The Wall Around Your Heart) concludes her presentation of the five kingdoms we build on earth by discussing The Survivor Kingdom. On the surface the Survivor Kingdom might seem to be relatively harmless, since we’re not beating ourselves […]
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me […]
“We can’t imagine the freedom we find from the things we leave behind.”- Michael Card (“Things We Leave Behind”) In Chapter 4 of The Wall Around Your Heart, author Mary DeMuth looks at four types of kingdoms we build on earth that keep us living stalemated by the past. Today Mary discusses the Woe-Is- Me Kingdom. […]