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 | May 22, 2015 | brave, christian living, courage, esther, faith, fear, fight, worry
I have a memory to share: As a little girl, I remember telling my dad of a bad dream. Scared me silly. He said next time I have one of those dreams, I need to force myself to speak to the scary and say to it you’re not real. This is only a dream, and now...