by Doris Swift | Feb 18, 2020 | anxiety, Chrisian living, Dr. Michelle Bengtson, Encouragement for Women, Fierce Calling Podcast, hope, Hope Prevails
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:31 — 31.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: RSS | MoreIn today’s episode, God Never Wastes Our Pain: Hope for Your Journey, I’m talking with my friend Dr. Michelle Bengtson. Dr. Michelle knows pain and despair...
by Doris Swift | Oct 7, 2015 | anxiety, anxious, Encouragement for Women, Overwhelmed
What overwhelms you today? We know God wants us to hang on to hope, but truth is, some days we feel we’re hanging on by a thread. Can you relate? Recently my hubby suffered from a severe back injury. Self-employed means you write yourself a paycheck, which...
by Doris Swift | Sep 26, 2015 | anxiety, Overwhelmed
How do we weed out what overwhelms us? Our own coping mechanisms may satisfy for a time, but most wind up causing more stress than good. Like eating an entire pizza (ok, maybe six pieces out of eight). Perhaps for you, it’s eating nothing at all, or snapping...
by Doris Swift | Aug 25, 2015 | anxiety, burdens, fear, worry
We don’t have to live in fear. Isn’t that great news? Yes, if only. In a previous post, “How Do We Fight the Fear?” we touched on specific types of fear. But really, when it comes down to it, fear is fear. Ever feel like this: Fearfulness and...
by Doris Swift | Feb 21, 2015 | anxiety, encourage, encouragement, Prayer, worry
“I don’t care anymore, do what you want. I’m done worrying about it. I’m done.” She clicked the disconnect button on the cell, missing those old phones you could slam down hard on the cradle. Somehow a finger tap wasn’t enough. Raw...
by Doris Swift | Nov 5, 2014 | anxiety, burdens, christian living, encourage, hope
Have you felt discouraged lately? Hanging on like an Autumn leaf, fearing the slightest breeze could send you plummeting? Guess what? You’re not alone. This word discouraged. Seems it’s been a common thread running through conversations over the last...
