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  • 10 Biblical Steps to Success in Overcoming Procrastination

    10 Biblical Steps to Success in Overcoming Procrastination

    At the start of 2014 how can you and I avoid the detrimental emotions associated with the "decay of delay?" Consider the following steps to strive toward completion in all aspects of life, leading to greater personal fulfillment, greater blessing to others and greater glory to God!

  • 4 Sources of Angry Inferno in the Heart

    4 Sources of Angry Inferno in the Heart

    Just a single flame in the wrong place and at the wrong time can quickly turn into a blazing inferno. Anger, too, hidden deep in the heart can work the same way. When hurt, injustice, fear or frustration smolder followed by the dry, hot winds of disappointment or stress, an angry inferno can quickly develop. If you find yourself losing your cool frequently, examine your heart to see if a deeper wound exists that gives rise to your anger. Fires of anger normally rise from …

  • Acts of Senseless Violence: What Causes Them and What Does God Have to Say?

    Acts of Senseless Violence: What Causes Them and What Does God Have to Say?

    Violence rises from a deep desire to seize control, satisfy needs, and solve problems through force, coercion, and destruction. Those who are violent presume that their deep inner needs will be fulfilled through violent actions. They erroneously believe, I have the right to use violence to do what I want or to get what I want. Using force makes me feel significant, important, and in charge.

  • The Silver Lining of Suicide

    The Silver Lining of Suicide

    The most essential lifeline you can provide to a suicidal struggler is HOPE. Hope steadies and undergirds, as Scripture describes . . . "We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure" (Hebrews 6:19 NIV 2011). The following acrostic contains pertinent information on how to respond effectively to someone with suicidal tendencies.

  • Mass Murder of Children at Christmas: New Phenomenon ... or Not?

    Mass Murder of Children at Christmas: New Phenomenon ... or Not?

    Around the Christmas holiday, we picture silver bells, red balls and bright lights. We hear stories of a brilliant star, traveling wise men and angels serenading shepherds. But there is another Christmas story, most often ignored and forgotten, because it is a story of horror, cruelty, and violence.

  • How to Help Children Following Trauma

    How to Help Children Following Trauma

    Because Hope for the Heart is a biblical counseling ministry, we have continued to receive many requests for real answers. Children need you physically close to them to feel they are safe and to believe you are there for them.

  • Suicide Prevention: 3 Stages to Watch Out For

    Suicide Prevention: 3 Stages to Watch Out For

    Kim Ruocco hung up the phone in her home in Massachusetts and dashed to the airport to board a last-minute flight for California.1 She had a bad feeling after speaking with her husband, Mike, who was preparing for his second deployment to Iraq. Mike told his wife that he planned to ask for help with some troubling issues while at Camp Pendleton where he was stationed. By the time Kim's plane touched down, her husband was dead.

  • 10 Steps to a Suicide Prevention Plan

    10 Steps to a Suicide Prevention Plan

    Imagine: Jovan is on top of the world – athletic football star, first string starter for the Kansas City Chiefs, father of a beautiful three-month-old daughter. But a rash decision during a heated argument forfeits it all. And today, two lives are tragically snuffed out – a young, new mother violently murdered and a hotheaded "hero" … by suicide.

  • What Is the Duty ... Following Infidelity? (Pt. 2)

    What Is the Duty ... Following Infidelity? (Pt. 2)

    Righting the course after sliding down the slippery slope of infidelity is a difficult but necessary choice that requires a series of steadfast decisions. Vital to remember is that there can be both hope and healing after an AFFAIR. If you are suffering the damaging consequences of adultery, allow the following seven steps below to help you restore honor to your marriage and regain a sense of true commitment to your mate.

  • A Tale of Two Davids: Petraeus and the Biblical King (Pt. 1)

    A Tale of Two Davids: Petraeus and the Biblical King (Pt. 1)

    When you think about "King David," what words come to mind? For starters, how about: bold risk taker, popular leader, military hero. All true ... but precisely which King David are we referring to? Realize, many Iraqis admiringly called General David Petraeus – "King David."