Mark DeJesus
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8 Lies You Believe When You Don’t Experience God’s Love
When people share about their faith-walk in an honest way, too often, they reveal a lack of love connection to God. There isn’t a firm blueprint of His love as a Father written in their hearts. This is often because our father lens needs healing and reconstruction. The earthly examples we received have not aligned …
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Secrets to Breaking Your Frustrating Discouragement Spirals
For so long, I would respond to discouragement with emotional spirals, where they became unproductive times of victim thinking and pity. Meanwhile, I would just remain stuck. Yet in learning to love myself, I discovered the power of loving myself through the pain and into what is possible. For more help, get your copy of …
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This Is Why Your Wife Feels More Like Your Roommate
Is your marriage struggling to be what it can be? Many times our ability to communicate powerfully can hold us back from the intimacy that is possible. If a married couple doesn’t know how to communicate effectively, then over time, the relationship becomes more like that of roommates. True, honest and vulnerable communication can lead …
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You Can’t Afford Not To Be Driven in This Area of Your Life
One of the buzzwords in business and success talk is hustle, emphasizing a life of constant focus and drive. The intention behind this is not all bad. Dedication, consistency and hard work need to be emphasized in order for a person to live an effective life. To be successful, we are taught to have an unrelenting driveness …
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Unpacking the Secrets to Spirit-Controlled Emotions
Ask 10 Christians about how we should deal with our emotions. Most likely you will get 10 different answers from all kinds of perspectives. The reality is, we have not been trained in a healthy and biblical ways about how to approach the subject of emotions. So then we don’t know what to do with …
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Have You Noticed These 14 Warning Signs of Spiritual Abuse?
I’ve spent years helping people recover from abusive situations. They range from abusive marriages, homes and even abusive church environments. Over the years, there has grown an awareness of how church and ministry environments can misuse their influence and authority in a way that damages the spiritual and emotional life of people. This has become …
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Your Next Step to Healing From Spiritual Abuse
One of the biggest issues that comes our way has to with the subject of spiritual abuse. Masses of people are coming for help because of abuse they have experienced from someone in church or a ministry, be it a spiritual leader, pastor or someone of influence in their life. The repercussions are intense. For …
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Creative Habits That Can Spiritually Transform Your Family
What does it look like for a family to experience transformation together? We can talk about all kinds of spiritual things regarding our homes, but what does that look like on a day-to day-basis? We have many couples and families who are looking for very practical ways to engage very spiritual matters. What does that …
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This Toxic Stronghold May Be Stunting Your Spiritual Growth
Everyone is born with questions that need to be answered in a healthy manner. When these questions are not answered in a healthy and solid manner, a rejection mindset forms within us. These two questions are: Who am I? and Who loves me? Safety and Security Love addresses our sense of safety. Do you feel loved in relationships? …
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6 More Toxic Stages of Performance-Focused Christianity
Note: This is part two of a two-part series. For part one, click here. Getting free of performance-based Christianity will revolutionize your life, but I have found that many people need to untangle themselves from the cycle this kind of living produces. Unfortunately, the toxic thread of performance has woven itself into every almost every fabric of …
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4 Toxic Stages of Performance Based Christianity
Getting free of performance-based Christianity will revolutionize your life, but I have found that many people need to untangle themselves from the cycle that this kind of living produces. Unfortunately, the toxic thread of performance has woven itself into every almost every fabric of people’s lives. Getting free is possible and life-changing, but it takes intentional recognition and …
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This Seemingly Spiritual Habit Is Actually False Humility in Disguise
Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Humility is the highway for spiritual growth, but too many counterfeits are in action. In fact, there is a false humility on the loose that is giving people the wrong model of what it looks like to walk in true humility. Real humility is not something …
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3 Toxic Assumptions That Kill Your Relationships
God works His greatest power in and amongst our relationships. Yet personal relationships are often the greatest place of battles that people face. Relationships can be incredibly challenging, but are worth the investment if we go into them with healthy mindsets. Yet we all have relationships that become incredibly toxic. We look to get away …
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The Divine Revelation Every Man Needs From Holy Spirit
For those overwhelmed at times by their own insecurity, you are in good company. This struggle is a world-wide plague. Even those you may admire have areas they wrestle with. Trust me, they do. The main differentiation is between those who recognize their need for healing and those who cover it up. The second party …
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Learning to Hear Father’s Voice Tell You Who You Really Are
When did you find out who you really are? If so, who was the person most responsible for communicating that to you? Most honest people have no answer to this question. That is because identity is meant to be spoken, confirmed and validated from those in our tribe. It should begin with our parents and …
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