Relationships With Others

Emotions are a powerful and important part of life, but sometimes it feels like they are out of control. Mild frustration quickly turns to anger. Sadness becomes despair. Disappointment deepens into bitterness. You may begin to wonder if you control your feelings or if they control you! Amy Baker explains that our emotions don't have to run our lives. Instead, our emotions can reflect God's character even in our...

How do you answer the question: "Who am I?" Do you base your self image on your successes, failures, acceptance and/or rejections by others? Most of us do, but when we base our value and worth on external sources rather than what God says, our self-image will shift like sand, leading to an unstable and anxious sense of who we are. Experienced counselor and author Leslie Vernick shares that the answer to healing a...

Suffering from anxiety and panic attacks can feel incapacitating. One minute you feel fine, and the next your heart is pounding, your mind is racing, and your stomach is clenching. Sometimes it even feels like you might be having a heart attack. The Bible says, "Be anxious for nothing," but that feels impossible when you're even becoming afraid of being afraid! Thankfully, you have a God who does not leave you alone...

Another conversation ends in frustration or even anger. You want to communicate well and to grow deeper in your relationships, but either you can't seem to find the words or always seem to come up with the wrong ones. How can you develop greater intimacy if you can't seem to have a productive conversation? Far more than simply offering techniques for learning to communicate effectively, Rob Green offers wisdom for...

You feel betrayed. Someone close to you has hurt you deeply. You want to move past the pain and your obsession with what happened, but how? The usual strategies-trying to get even, trying to forget-just aren't working for you. Perhaps it's time for a different approach. Jack Miller unpacks the different ways that people respond to betrayal and rejection and offers a new way to respond-forgiveness rooted in the...