Regulate Your Emotions With SOZO

SOZO Living With Joy      Session 1 – Welcome To SOZO Anxiety, depression, workaholism, anger, sadness, addiction, ADD, perfectionism, lack of focus, people-pleasing or abusing, procrastination, grief, trauma, marital dysfunction, eating disorder, motivational concerns, relational issues, spiritual apathy, chronic pain, parental/parenting difficulties, OCD, psychological disorders, sexual issues, financial worries, shame, fears:  No matter what your [...]

Count It All Joy?

The book of James in the New Testament is one of the mostdown-to-earth books in the Bible. If James was alive today, he would have probably said, “Keep it real!” His letter is very practical and pulls no punches on how we should be about SOZO.          James was a brother to Jesus (Really half [...]

The Gift of A Do Over

Do-Over How many times have you wanted to do something over? “If I could just take back what I said”. “If I could take the test again.” HERE’S MY FAVORITE – “If I had ONE MORE CHANCE!” In Golf it is the MULIGAN! In monopoly it is the “GET OUT JAIL FREE” card. On Wheel [...]

Healed Healer

“God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.” II Corinthians 1:3-4 I love the term “wounded healer.” It was coined by [...]

What Do You Do When Discouragement Makes You Sick?

 The Bible says that “Hope deferred makes the heart sick.” It’s true, if unchecked discouragement can literally make you physically and emotionally ill. There are many things that we get discouraged about. There is our appearance, finances, status, job, achievements, pain, sickness, disabilities, family situations, suffering, grief, just to name a few. What can you [...]

Contentment In Your Life

Contentment is one of the core values in a healthy life. It is a settled place deep in the soul that brings peace, joy and health. Yet for many of us contentment is evasive contantly beyond our reach. What can we do to have contentment in our life? Susan was a devout Christian. She had [...]

PRAYING THE WORD! Overcoming Bitterness and Forgiveness

PRAYING THE WORD! – For Emotional and Spiritual Wholeness This is part one in a series of scripture prayers on various emotional issues. If we are to change, if we are going to make any forward movement against toxic emotions then we must spend time refocusing ourselves. Retraining our thinking and re-establishing truth about ourselves and God. Todays session [...]

It’s What Is Inside That Will Kill You

Did you know that negative emotions can adversely affect your health? Depression, anger, guilt, condemnation, low self-esteem-these are only a few of the lethal toxins that threaten body and spirit. In his classic book, Deadly Emotions,  Dr. Don Colbert shares about all the diseases that are caused by our emotions. Offering a clear definition of [...]

The Father’s Love

The more I am in the people helping profession, the more I am coming to understand that a lot of what hurts us, what causes turmoil in our bodies, is actually a heart issue. I am not talking about the pump that pushes the blood through our veins, I am talking about that emotional, soulish [...]

Welcome To Sozo

Sozo is a beautiful word. It is the Greek word that Matthew used when he wrote, “And she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name Jesus: for He shall Sozo (save) His people from their sins. Matthew also writes, “For the Son of man is come to Sozo (save) that which [...]