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Understanding the Role of Spirituality in Mental Health Recovery

By: Dr. Gregory Jantz  •  Updated: December 12, 2024

What role does spirituality play in your life? Some people may identify strongly with one religion; for example, if you’re a follower of Christ, then you might go to church every week or study the Bible. Others don’t belong to a particular church but may think a lot about the...

What is Religious OCD, and How Can You Have a Healthier Relationship With Your Beliefs?

By: Dr. Gregory Jantz  •  Updated: December 16, 2024

When people think of OCD, They tend to think of somebody who cleans a lot or likes everything to be perfectly organized. But every person with OCD is unique, and there are as many themes of OCD thoughts as there are people with OCD. One lesser known type of OCD...

Is Your Relationship Turning You Away from God?

By: Dr. Gregory Jantz  •  Updated: December 29, 2018

What do people do when it seems God is not acting according to their expectations? Validation, assurance, relief, significance, and more -- are gifts from God. 

A Prayer for Kindness

By: Dr. Gregory Jantz  •  Updated: December 11, 2024

There's something important to remember in the quest for strength and courage, and that's a spirit of kindness.  Too often we teach our children the verse, "Be kind one to another" (Eph. 4:32 RSV), and then we forget the admonition as adults.  True forgiveness and kindness are cut from the...

Accepting the Truth of Your Life

By: Dr. Gregory Jantz  •  Updated: December 13, 2021

Acceptance is an interesting word. It involves both the act of accepting as well as the fact of being accepted.  In this way, it's kind of a two-way street.  One of the corollary definitions of accepting is "to be able or designed to take hold, as in something added or...

The Keys to Emotional Equilibrium

By: Dr. Gregory Jantz  •  Updated: December 13, 2021

It is vital for your emotional equilibrium that you counterbalance anger, fear, and guilt with optimism, hope, and joy.

Identifying Spiritual Abuse in Relationships

By: Dr. Gregory Jantz  •  Updated: September 30, 2015

Spiritual abuse is used as a way to manipulate and control, and it usurps divine authority in order to promote self, which is the opposite of what God does.

Accepting Truths in Life

By: Dr. Gregory Jantz  •  Updated: December 13, 2021

Accepting the truth in your life means you must come to accept the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. First, there comes an acceptance of the truth in your life that is causing you pain and is the source of your anger. This is the first step...

What Patience Is, and What It's Not

By: Dr. Gregory Jantz  •  Updated: December 13, 2021

Patience does not give you the power over circumstances; patience allows you to control yourself in the midst of circumstances.

In Money We Trust? What the Bible Says About Wealth

By: Dr. Gregory Jantz  •  Updated: December 13, 2021

"In God We Trust" has been engraved on our coins since 1864. But since then it seems we've shifted from trust in God to trust in the coin itself.

Resolving Anger, The Proverbs Series: Driving Out the Mocker (Prvbs 22:10)

By: Dr. Gregory Jantz  •  Updated: January 17, 2022

Proverbs 22:10 -- "Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended." Did you know that you have a "mocker" inside your head? This is that negative voice you've read about that puts you down and devalues you. This voice is fueled by all the false,...

Resolving Anger, The Proverbs Series: Protection or Destruction? (Proverbs 17:19)

By: Dr. Gregory Jantz  •  Updated: January 17, 2022

Proverbs 17:19 -- "He who loves a quarrel loves sin; he who builds a high gate invites destruction." There are women I know, probably women you know, who love a good argument. It seems they like nothing better than to fight about nearly everything. If you are one of these...

Prayer for the Power of Optimism, Hope & Joy

By: Dr. Gregory Jantz  •  Updated: January 17, 2022

Dear Father, help me to choose to live a life devoted to you, trusting you to protect me and alert me to the blessings you bring each day into my life. I want to be able to get up each morning, to say and really believe "this is the day...

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