As we shared in our most recent blog post, we are very honored and humbled that excerpts from our book, The Missing Commandment: Love Yourself, have been shared this week by Luis Palau (http://www.palau.org) on his radio show, “Reaching Your World.” These 80-second spots have been broadcast on 1,450 radio stations reaching millions. In addition, the message of our book has been promoted by Luis Palau Ministries via iTunes, TuneIn, and his social media channels. To listen to each of these radio broadcasts, click on the following links: Monday, 9/25: Come to God Like a Little Child Tuesday, 9/26: The Value of Childlike Faith Wednesday, 9/27: God Loves You and Me Thursday, 9/28: How Parents Can
We are excited to announce the release of the 1st of 35 short video clips that address various topics from our book, The Missing Commandment: Love Yourself—How Loving Yourself the Way God Does Can Bring Healing and Freedom to Your Life. These video clips are from one to five minutes in length and are taken from a seminar we conducted in Sanibel, Florida. Titles of these clips include How does “hidden” shame show up in my life?; What in the world drives my actions?; What if I feel God has walked out of my life?; How do I climb over my loved one’s walls of shame?; “God loves me.” Why do I beat myself up? and many more. Click on the video below to view Video Clip 1: Will You Help Us Get the Wor
Everyone who wants to be fully engaged with God, self, and others, needs to ask themselves the following three questions: 1) Do I understand the Greatest Commandment and take it seriously? 2) Do I understand that I can love God wholeheartedly only if I have received, embraced, and cherished His deep love for me? 3) Do I understand that I can love my neighbors as myself only if I love myself? If you’re missing that last understanding, then the Greatest Commandment is mere theory. And, we’re definitely not alive at a heart level. Granted, we may be working hard. We may be doing our level best. Then again, let’s not kid ourselves. We’re not fully engaged. To become more fully engaged, I highly
We Resist Embracing God’s Love for Us It is not possible to do a good job of keeping the Greatest Commandment, however, if we don’t embrace God’s deep love for you and me. First John 4:19 says, “We love because He first loved us.” When God’s deep love for us results in loving ourselves and others well, then reciprocating God’s love back to Him in heartfelt gratitude comes easily. Sadly, many think God does not look on them with love, favor and delight. In their heart of hearts, they actually feel God is angry at them or, at best, distant and uncaring. This is the great disconnect that the Father wants to deal with in each one of us. Have we forgotten the most basic fact of the Good News of J
When we “love God because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19), it enables us to fulfill the greatest commandment—to “love the Lord with all our heart, soul, mind and strength, and to love our neighbor as ourselves” (Mk. 12:30-31). However, even when we know this in our mind, we may not feel God’s love in our heart. Why? Often, it is because we didn’t receive enough love, affection, belonging, and guidance growing up. During a counseling session, when we are trying to help a client identify the barriers to experiencing God’s love, we often ask, “When you were growing up, how did you know that your mom and dad loved you?” Many times we hear something like, “I don’t know. I just knew that they did
