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August 8, 2018

Published by Gwen Lara on August 8, 2018

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How to Lose Weight

Control Versus Discipline

Many people—under the guise of righteous self-discipline—try to run not only their lives but others’ lives as well, because they think they can. These people try to mix WeighDown and their diet and call themselves “successful dieters,” but the fruit of this strained life is barren...

July 29, 2018

Published by Gwen Lara on July 29, 2018

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How to Have a Relationship with God

The Allure Of Sympathy

The conversation or thought process of many people who want to make the choice of depression is predictable. They want to think that others can get out of depression, but that they cannot. They put themselves in a category that cannot repent, for “others have not had as hard a life as I have,”...

July 28, 2018

Published by Gwen Lara on July 28, 2018

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How to Have a Relationship with God

How Do You Repair a Relationship?

How do you break a relationship? You disobey. How do you repair a relationship? You repent and then you obey. If you are alive and can read this and you have even the slightest holy fear, then respond while you have a chance...

July 27, 2018

Published by Gwen Lara on July 27, 2018

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How to Have a Relationship with God

Turning Guilt And Depression Around

What we have learned so far is that guilt-depression is real and it hurts. However, the choice of sympathy from self-pity, victimization, and projection take you off the true path and simply numb the guilt, so the only option is to eradicate the initial guilt..

July 25, 2018

Published by Gwen Lara on July 25, 2018

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How to Have a Relationship with God

How to Deal with a Dysfunctional Family History

As we have discussed before, the world’s first family was dysfunctional: Cain killed his brother with a rock! Any sin in a family member affects the other family members. All have sinned, therefore all families are dysfunctional. We must no longer continue to let the label “dysfunctional” serve as an excuse for our behavior...