Mark DeJesus
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Confronting the Sins in Your Family Line
There are very few in Christianity who disagree with the fact that we are born with what is referred to as a “sin nature.” Yet, many fail to recognize this is not only just a generalized sin nature at work. We must understand that many sin battles in our lives we have inherited. Some of the…
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How God Healed Me From Acid Reflux and Stomach Pain
For years I had to take the purple pill to alleviate the pain I experienced while eating the foods I enjoyed. The spicier, the better. Being half-Hispanic, I loved foods with rich spices, but I also had a terrible time afterwards, often experiencing incredible abdominal pain. In addition, I inherited what I often call a…
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A Key to Facing Your Fears and Overcoming Them
As you desire to face fear and overcome it, God wants you to become intimately acquainted with who He is in the Godhead. The Godhead is one, but also plural. Within the Godhead are the Father, the Son, who is God the Word, and the Holy Spirit; they operate in perfect unity. We must draw…
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The Missing Ingredient From Our Perspective About Past Relationships
Everyone has relationships that don’t work out for the long haul and relational pain that came out of those connections. In my journey of growing and helping others experience transformation, I have found that so many people carry deep relationship frustration; combustion that turns into deep resentment and bitterness. The Missing Ingredient Yet over and…
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Practices That Can Bring Healing to the Heart
In a world that often values surface image more than spiritual heart health, attention to matters of the heart must be something we daily pursue and steward. We must be intentional about this. Our hearts not only need healing, but regular nurturing and tending to. In doing so, here are some daily practices you can put…
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Breaking Agreement With the Junk in Your Life
Agreement is not necessarily something where we have consciously said, “I agree with that.” Agreement primarily comes through tolerating and allowing the many forms of counterfeit thought to accumulate within. If we struggle with fear, then we have agreement with fear in our thinking. If we battle with being easily resentful, then we are in agreement…
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Encouraging Yourself in Tough Times When No One Else Can
Most of us have not been given the tools on how to flourish during adversity, so we all need help to grow. One of the greatest aids that we need during challenges is encouragement. No person on the planet is exempt from needing it. I don’t even need to be going through adversity to value…
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4 Sources of Your Thoughts and How to Manage Them
Have you ever gone through a day and said, “Where in the world did that thought come from?” Or maybe you exclaimed, “Wow, that thought came out of nowhere!” We’ve all experienced that that from time to time, but most do not realize that thoughts do not just jump out of thin air. For the most part, we…
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These 6 Daily Thoughts Can Make You Healthier
You are what you think. The Bible teaches that as we think, so are we. Our bodies respond to the kind of thinking that takes place within us. Negative, toxic, doubting, unbelieving, hopeless, fear-based and unloving ways of thinking are detrimental to your health and sanity. But God has created our bodies to thrive in…
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8 Eye-Opening Reasons Worry Is a Waste
Excessive worry is a habit that will drive a person into an anxiety disorder. Talk to most people, and the negativity they express often carries large threads of worry in it. Worry empowers a hopeless lens on life. Because of it, we as a culture have become bound by this incessant habit that need not be a…
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11 Signs You May Operate as a ‘Hater’
I am deeply concerned that in the current tension of world events and election cycles, people do not know how to have relationship with each other. Our interactions seem to become more intense, very reactionary and without much self-control. It’s like we forgot how to talk with each other. Actually, I’m not sure we ever…
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One Thing Can Stop God’s Power Dead in its Tracks
Fasting is seen in the Bible in both the Old and New Testaments. Jesus Himself fasted 40 days prior to beginning His ministry. So what is the purpose of fasting? For a start, fasting jars your body into “waking up.” Just as our spirit must be cleansed (1 Thess. 5:23) and our soul renewed, our…
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Detoxify Yourself of Negativity With This Challenge
Most studies show that most habits can be formed within 30 days. Personally, I use 30-day experiments to cultivate new habits, mindsets and behaviors. I have found if I put my heart into it, I can do almost anything for 30 days. It gives me a chance to see what helps and adds value to…
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The Danger of an Overused Stress Response
One of the best ways to promote healing in a person’s mind and body is to stabilize and restore a healthy stress response. In our modern-day culture, most people are walking around with an overused and depleted stress response and it is working against their overall health and well-being. What was designed to be used in temporary…
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The Success of Your Walk With Christ Could Depend on This Part of Your Body
Neurological peace is our body’s response to us being at peace within our thoughts, emotions and our overall state. Our entire nervous system is tied to how well we are living at peace and maintaining healthy thinking within. More specifically, we want to examine the autonomic nervous system, a critical part of the central nervous…
