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Empathy Scale
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sstoddard
I am currently writing a training manual based off biblical principles to help counsel and heal others. The area on empathy spoke volumes to me and I hope it will to you too. Let’s say something is hurting you, or you need help in some area. I want you to stop for a minute…
Put the glass down
By
sstoddard
A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the ” half empty or half full” question. Instead with a smile on her face, she inquired: “How heavy is this glass of water?” Answers called out ranged from 8…
In the Middle of the Mess
By
sstoddard
Sheila Walsh has such a way with words, words that get right down into our hearts, breaking away the wielded iron that perhaps surrounds. I am beyond excited that she will be coming to my church with this much needed and powerful message, It’s okay not to be okay! Here is an excerpt of her…
Audience of One
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sstoddard
We were created with desires for acceptance, purpose, and love. Even from infancy we are needy beings looking for anything that will satisfy our wants and needs. We want things that will make us happy, healthy and complete. As children we thought it was the latest gadget, bike or doll. And as adults we think…
I JUST KNOW
By
sstoddard
Having a personal experience with God will change you in an instant. It could happen really anyway God chooses to get your attention. For me, it is happening more frequently and still leaving me with a longing for more of Him. See, God wants to talk to His children, he wants to have intimacy with…
Selfie
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sstoddard
Self awareness is a God thing. “Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes…
The Air Above
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sstoddard
Have you ever had something so devastating, so challenging happen to you that you were brought to your knees, crying out for help? We are born into this world, all are born Some have parents to care for them, other have caretakers We have a home, some big, some very small We go to…
Savior? Lord and Savior?
By
sstoddard
For over 100 years, all freshman Harvard Law Students were required to read all of Romans from the Bible. The assignment did not have anything to do with theology but the fact that Paul was the greatest debater. Oftentimes God uses pain in our lives so that we cleave to Him. Tough times set the…
Awakening, Honesty & Action
By
sstoddard
I asked God this morning, what do you want me to write about and this is where He led me. Not going to lie, felt convicted as I laid this all out. If we only have the love part and not the truth too, then it really isn’t love at all. If you were to…
Move, girlfriend
By
sstoddard
It’s all going to be okay…. wait not okay… Who wants just okay? I sure don’t. I want all that God has for me and let me assure you He’s a big God with a Big imagination. There is simply nothing that He cannot do. I am sorry to disappoint you if you have been…
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