"Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you" (Isaiah 43:4). On a scale of 1 to 100%, 1 being "not at all" and 100 being "completely," how much do you love and accept yourself? It is interesting because the Lord tells us to love one another as we love ourselves. But over the years of leading small groups and doing individual counseling, I have been amazed at how few love and accept themselves. In fact, once women really start to be honest, we discov

Sadly, when we make choices to give into lies and temptations, not only are we affected, but many around us are impacted as well. Having come from an abusive background, the enemy knows to try to bring back old memories to tempt me to stumble. For a long time, I thought it was harmless and served to relieve stress and bring me comfort. As time passed, the Lord helped me discover that this dependence on impure thoughts was a barrier in my relationship with God. He alone wants

Satan's primary attacks upon us are to speak out lies about us, about God, about God's Word, and about God's will. Once we start entertaining doubts about God, we become "sitting ducks" to Satan's temptations. We see these three kinds of temptations in Genesis 3:6. "When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it." The enemy's temptations are powerful and specifically chos