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April 21, 2025

April 21, 2025

My thoughts are on the message of Easter and our celebration of “Resurrection Day”!

 

Is there a day more worthy of celebration?

 

Is there a person more worthy of celebrating than Jesus?

 

The significance of Easter is not just that death was defeated once, but that we have been given the opportunity to trust in the defeat of death for ourselves!

 

There is no death for those of us who have put their trust in the Lord as believers in the gospel truth of what Jesus did for us on the cross.

 

Death does not have the last word! Jesus’ willingness to endure the cross, and suffer an agonizing death, paved the way for us to experience victory over death!

 

Is there any love so relentless as His?

April 14, 2025

April 14, 2025

Through Christ’s suffering we have victory. “Victory in Jesus” is a well known Christian phrase and hymn. The victory reflects the fact of the healing of His wounds and His resurrection from death, all of which He suffered to clear a path for each of us who put our trust in Him to bring us into His kingdom.

 

How can we not honor the Lamb who suffered in our place and was slain for us? Every day, but especially on Easter (Resurrection Day), we should concentrate on the indescribable truth that it is through His sacrifice that we are able to be healed and pardoned for our sinful ways.

 

Whatever the extent or nature of our suffering, past, present or future, Jesus has given Himself as a victory for our healing and survival beyond death itself in His invitation to live with Him in eternal life. 

 

Each of us is offered the opportunity for our suffering to be healed if we look to Him. This can be difficult when in the darkness of suffering, but if we focus on, and remember, the purpose in His suffering, there are great rewards. Our suffering and trials will likely test the strength and genuineness of our faith, but will result in praise, glory and honor for what Christ has done. 

 

As promised in the hymn “The Old Rugged Cross”, as believers, the day will come when we will exchange all of our suffering for a crown.

 

Are you up for giving thanks for His suffering, even His death, for you? 

April 7, 2025

April 7, 2025

I find that church is an ideal place for the creation and enjoyment of fellowship. Being in the company of other believers is a special experience! I have the opportunity to connect with my church family, as well as with visitors, and to make new friends, too. I’m usually curious about what is going on in the lives of my friends and appreciate sharing with others who have prayer requests as well as reports of praise. As a single Mom and ‘solopreneur’, church fellowship presents an especially significant time for me. It frequently provides the gracious receipt of face-to-face support as well as opportunities to offer support to others who need it. Being in the company of fellow believers in Christ is, by itself, an encouragement as are the opportunities to share my beliefs and joy in the Lord with others in need of a spiritual boost.

 

Sharing with clients experiences of encouragement, that seem to abound in a vibrant church community, is one of my favorite aspects of coaching. It appears that God has gifted many who are drawn to coaching with the gift of encouragement, essentially a love to encourage others and build them up! It’s a privilege to be active in a position designed to provide help to others while also striving to bring glory to God.

 

Can you use some encouragement? I’d love to help!

March 31, 2025

March 31, 2025

Having God’s wisdom and direction is a primary goal for motivating my decisions. I don’t know about you, but every time I’ve made a bad decision or “messed up”, I realize that instead of listening to the Holy Spirit, or following God’s guidance, that my motivation was self-interest or simply my own thought about what I should do at the time.

 

Last week, I talked about learning to recognize the voice of the Holy Spirit through spiritual growth. If you have recognized your need, and accepted Jesus’ offer of salvation, then God has given you the gift of the Holy Spirit. He actually moves and takes up residence inside of you! He offers to teach and guide you each day as you learn to listen for His voice. He doesn’t impose Himself on you, but is always available to respond when you seek His help, most often as you acquaint yourself with His Word in the Bible.

 

We need to ask the Lord each day to give us the wisdom that we need to handle the challenges and difficulties that we face and to make the right choices. The Bible instructs us to “get wisdom” (Proverbs 4:5) and tells us that if we ask in faith, God will be generous in giving His wisdom (James 1:5-6).

 

As we move ahead in the process of spiritual growth, we begin to recognize that we can depend on the Holy Spirit to guide us and to help us to put into practice the wisdom that God provides as we ask in trust and faith. 

 

Have you arrived at a place where you can ask God for His wisdom and guidance with the assurance that the Holy Spirit will disclose it to you and guide you?

March 24, 2025

March 24, 2025

There’s nothing like being able to pick up messages that the Holy Spirit wants you to hear!

 

Getting in tune with the Holy Spirit allows you to determine if you’re on the right path and in alignment with God’s will. It provides the confidence you need for moving forward with God’s plan for your life using the gifts and talents that He gave you, and the ability to experience true peace.

 

Developing a close relationship with the Holy Spirit is akin to improving physical fitness through exercise. It’s basically a matter of spending some time and effort that will significantly improve your spiritual growth and personal walk with God.

 

As a Christian Life Coach, my training and focus is to help you to develop a plan and work on the support and encouragement that will enhance your spiritual growth and fitness.

 

If you’re listening for God’s voice in your life, I think I can help to improve your hearing!

March 17, 2025

March 17, 2025

Trust is a primary ingredient in establishing a healthy relationship! A solid foundation is needed to produce trust. The Bible tells us that Christ is our spiritual rock (1 Corinthians 10:4). As believers, we are able to build a rock-solid relationship with Him (Matthew 7:24-25). As we build our relationship with the Lord, we are empowered to build healthy relationships with family and friends. 

 

If we don’t accept God’s word that Christ is our foundational rock, we allow doubt to become our enemy! Doubt presents serious roadblocks to building healthy relationships, as well as undermining our spiritual growth. Doubt takes root when we rely on our feelings and experiences, instead of trusting in Christ to direct our path.

 

Are you putting your trust in Christ and building on the Rock?

March 10, 2025

March 10, 2025

This article and magazine appeared when unpacking a box left over from my last move twenty-five years ago!

 

In the year 2000, I fulfilled my dream to be a Maine resident. In retrospect, I believe that my move was a part of the Lord’s plan to move me toward a fulfilling profession as a Life Coach and a calling to help others resolve problems, achieve goals, move forward, experience healing, and find God’s purpose by exploring, understanding and improving a personal relationship with Him.

 

At the time, I was motivated to save the coaching articles simply because the idea of being a life coach seemed appealing to me. Actually, I knew little about the profession and its methodology at the time. After earning my B.A. in Psychology and some follow up study in a graduate social work program, along with six years working in the mental health field, my interest in becoming a therapist or other professional helpmate became more ingrained. However, a move to another state, along with a divorce and remarriage, moved my focus to employment that seemed better able to meet my financial needs at the time. It has helped me to appreciate the fact that God’s timing is always right, whether I can understand it or not.

 

Although my coaching career had a relatively late start, I now realize that I was in need of a better understanding, and some healing and resolution of my personal issues, before moving ahead with further education and acquisition of additional coaching skills. God’s timing is always the right timing!

 

Is there something that God may be whispering to you about help with your desires or your struggles and difficulties? Do you know His great love for you?

 

Talking with a Life Coach can help you toward resolution and a new lease on life!

March 3, 2025

March 3, 2025

Two primary facets of coaching involve help in finding the right direction and encouragement. A major key to providing a positive result is a willing attitude and desire on the part of the client to both receive help and to help themself. 

 

From my experience working in the mental health field, I can’t count how many times my efforts to help clients were thwarted or frustrated because the person I was trying to help did not genuinely and wholeheartedly desire change. They wanted someone (whether me or God) to wave a magic wand, or say a prayer, and presto change-o! All done!  

 

Finding the right direction and experiencing real encouragement takes desire, commitment and hard work, especially on the part of the client! There’s a correlation with the spiritual growth that occurs when a believer experiences the desire to know more about, and become a disciple, of Jesus. The desire and commitment, over time, for spiritual growth produces change. That person becomes more like Jesus when there is consistency in learning and responding to God’s direction day by day.

 

John Darby, a noted author has observed: “Spiritual growth is the Holy Spirit engraving the Lord Jesus on a man’s heart, putting Him into his thoughts, his words, and his ways, just as the Law was engraved upon stones.”

 

If you are ready for change, having a coach can help considerably. But, I invite you to first consider asking yourself a question.

 

“Do I have a desire for a relationship with Jesus Christ and for the spiritual growth that He desires for me?”  

February 24, 2025

February 24, 2025

Although honesty seems to be accepted, almost universally, as a top of the list virtue, it’s critical for achieving success in a coaching relationship.

 

Gainful insight and clarity are needed, and they both require absolute honesty. 

 

Coaching, as is true in counseling, will only work when clients are willing to be honest about the situation at hand. 

 

My clients, in addition to being honest with me, must also be honest with themselves. 

 

The #1 enemy of honesty in our relationships is denial. If a client is in denial about any aspect of the issue that we are working on, progress will come to a halt.

 

If you’re in agreement with me about the value of honesty, and you feel ready to move forward, then you are ready for coaching and some positive results!

February 17, 2025

February 17, 2025

When you understand God’s opinion of the care and attention that He put into creating you, you know that your value is off the charts!

 

You can put aside the notion that your value, in God’s sight, is measured in relation to the attributes or accomplishments of others.

 

God created you exactly as He intended. 

 

“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.”  Jeremiah 29:11 ESV

 

You are worthy because God says you are worthy. He loves you to the extent that He sent His Son to die in your place so that you could live with Him forever!

 

How can you not believe that you are God’s desired creation?