https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points daily 0.75 2021-09-29 https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points/the-pain-of-rejection monthly 0.5 2020-08-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f10b74584f39d55ec47218b/1594931026492/ Starting Points - The Pain of Rejection https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points/freedom-in-forgiveness monthly 0.5 2020-08-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f10dc90a64029712969fd09/1594940584859/lady+with+hand+up Starting Points - Freedom in Forgiveness https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f10dcf3194e3c617624488a/1594940668251/ Starting Points - Freedom in Forgiveness https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points/breaking-ungodly-soul-ties monthly 0.5 2020-08-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f10b47d12545e5cdfea61cc/1595016955108/atik-sulianami-0ujNS9PMFhM-unsplash.jpg Starting Points - Breaking Ungodly Soul Ties https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points/why-is-sin-such-a-big-deal monthly 0.5 2020-08-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f10ae60256d3235b4cdbbe6/1594928763374/Hand+holding+apple Starting Points - Why is Sin Such a Big Deal? https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points/the-cold-hard-facts monthly 0.5 2020-08-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f1224482605dd0a8c5cf472/1595024477431/ Starting Points - The Cold Hard Facts https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points/the-fear-of-abandonment monthly 0.5 2021-09-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6155065835f811767dc18757/1632962155417/unsplash-image-jCo9Wv14Q1w.jpg Starting Points - The Fear of Abandonment - Sadly, many people get wrong ideas about God because of pain that they go through in life. When we experience abandonment from significant people in our life, it programs our view of God in a faulty way to think that he, too, will abandon us. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f08e9c5b7e70d0ea171c4df/1594419684879/Man+looking+out+window Starting Points - The Fear of Abandonment https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points/sober-news-for-nice-folks monthly 0.5 2020-08-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f08f2d4f02f315b7c9933af/1595014797656/Woman+praying Starting Points - Sober News for Nice Folks https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points/take-the-big-step-toward-god monthly 0.5 2021-09-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f10ef9c20bd0c26d0e959fa/1597099654445/ Starting Points - Take the Big Step Toward God! Photo Credits: Unsplash.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f11fa33bd8ee05af6bb7b92/1595013702988/istockphoto-144963561-612x612+String.jpg Starting Points - Take the Big Step Toward God! https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points/the-joy-of-mentoring monthly 0.5 2020-08-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f1200285f0e8f05fec2d470/1595015227492/old-lady-talking-to-young-lady.jpg Starting Points - The Joy of Mentoring https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points/yoked-together-pt-1-be-smart monthly 0.5 2020-07-19 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f12033f030bd76dad4e48de/1595016009745/Oxen-8.jpg Starting Points - Be Equally Yoked! https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points/yoked-together-pt-2-what-now monthly 0.5 2020-08-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f12059297bb3268f73480d5/1595016606322/ Starting Points - Unequally Yoked: Now What? https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points/characters-to-emulate-in-keeping-kyla monthly 0.5 2021-09-29 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f120e375dd537057ad4a380/1595018816452/107752309_3143937552319665_8959126059774911049_n.jpg Starting Points - Characters to Emulate in Keeping Kyla https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points/forgiving-your-parents monthly 0.5 2021-10-14 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/615398dcd1baa83c49aa4983/1632869714707/BOYDOCKunsplash-image-uNNvGTSwFtw.jpg Starting Points - Forgiving Your Parents https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/615394fe5e8c4b40d4d8d965/1632868131731/SADCHILDunsplash-image-Qc0kNcRR61M.jpg Starting Points - Forgiving Your Parents - When the same hurt comes around enough times, we begin to expect it! And we begin to expect it from certain people. We’ve made subtle judgments in our hearts. As we grow, we begin to project our negative experiences onto others—onto bosses, teachers, law enforcement, etc. All the way into our adulthood! But we need to be careful, for the Bible says in Romans 2:1 that whenever we judge someone, we do the same thing! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6153906abdf0d80ee337c83a/1632867222965/unsplash-image-a1-f7gG_x5s.jpg Starting Points - Forgiving Your Parents - If you’ve read my books, you will see that one of my consistent themes is the importance of forgiving our parents for all the ways that they might have failed us. Let’s look at why this is so important! https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points/forgiving-the-big-hurt-pt-2 monthly 0.5 2021-09-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6154d0b282817b215286fcdc/1632948441718/unsplash-image-LETdkk7wHQk.jpg Starting Points - Forgiving the Big Hurt - Hurt often comes with a voice. Listen carefully to what it says. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6154befc609b283fdc0076ff/1632943913125/BRONZEJESUSunsplash-image-nP7C3F9nD2M.jpg Starting Points - Forgiving the Big Hurt - Ask God for help to forgive. Even Jesus cried out to his Father in the Garden of Gethsemane for the strength to go to the cross. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6154cd9d9d536a77b9f03c43/1632947627540/unsplash-image-yy3GonY48N0.jpg Starting Points - Forgiving the Big Hurt - Pray something like this: Father, in Jesus’ name, I make a conscious choice to forgive (insert name) for (insert what he/she did). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6154cf05752e6221f6e1f3e6/1632947980741/unsplash-image-dNsT2xA67YQ.jpg Starting Points - Forgiving the Big Hurt - Decide to grow. Be an overcomer, not a victim. Everyone can learn something from pain. God can turn the bitter into sweet. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6154cbc1d9a3e71b46a2de52/1632948317527/unsplash-image-hL7zduBu8ks.jpg Starting Points - Forgiving the Big Hurt - What happened? Objectively tell or write out what happened to you. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6154c0a7f8fe325e1b194fe9/1632944318762/unsplash-image-gPQfaOxxZeM.jpg Starting Points - Forgiving the Big Hurt - Humble yourself. Recognize that you, too, are a sinner undeserving of God’s forgiveness. https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points/the-big-hurt monthly 0.5 2021-09-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6154d7af58ee7c09b408675f/1632950272429/unsplash-image-dBl-tI7SBtE.jpg Starting Points - The Big Hurt - There’s a period of time after we go through a hurtful situation when our emotions are heightened and raw. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6154ddf80b239c24d2aa2934/1632951822305/unsplash-image-fk3XUcfTAvk.jpg Starting Points - The Big Hurt - As Leah withheld forgiveness, her walk with God stalled out—and naturally so, for the message of the gospel is all about forgiveness: God forgiving us through Jesus Christ, and in turn us forgiving others who are undeserving of forgiveness too. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6154da130261b9775565dc39/1632950809669/unsplash-image-a3wR5_LPJpQ.jpg Starting Points - The Big Hurt - For the sake of our health—physically, mentally, and spiritually—it’s important to truly forgive. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6154d4924e96b51de7566a09/1632949716984/unsplash-image-akT1bnnuMMk.jpg Starting Points - The Big Hurt - Unless you’ve lived your whole life out in the boonies completely isolated from people, you’ve probably had one: a big wound in your heart from someone who’s wronged you. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6154dc8358ee7c09b408ddb1/1632951450720/unsplash-image-SsZ0u7YYgKw.jpg Starting Points - The Big Hurt - For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. Matthew 6:14-15 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6154d923143d91785926bf9e/1632950573951/unsplash-image-P3rS8J1THi4.jpg Starting Points - The Big Hurt - The fork in the road: to forgive or not to forgive. https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points/generational-blessing-or-bondage monthly 0.5 2021-09-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6154e24426ca3018eeecbfbe/1632952956580/unsplash-image-J7wDrjUa4oA.jpg Starting Points - Generational Blessing or Bondage - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6154fc29b1cfd52cf040af07/1632959719258/unsplash-image-2X0Set_oSh8.jpg Starting Points - Generational Blessing or Bondage - Repeated cycles in a family—like this one in Loving Leah—are big clues that generational curses are in operation. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6154eb5c63e96a7b373b89b2/1632955236967/51vFnEn9GcL._SX330_BO1%2C204%2C203%2C200_.jpg Starting Points - Generational Blessing or Bondage https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6154fa121e3345274c92f095/1632959015085/unsplash-image-UTY4N-NU6Wg.jpg Starting Points - Generational Blessing or Bondage - “And that can stop it—the curse thing?” “Absolutely! We’re going to be specific and render it defeated at the cross!” https://www.joancrombie.org/starting-points/character-themes-in-loving-leah monthly 0.5 2021-09-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/6154e895dc901a7e72361c72/1632954536346/IMG-2847.jpg Starting Points - Loving Leah: Concepts & Characters - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.joancrombie.org/blog daily 0.75 2021-09-28 https://www.joancrombie.org/blog/rest-for-the-weary monthly 0.5 2020-08-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f175593cc11c22ada11b843/1595364763293/ Blog - Rest for the Weary https://www.joancrombie.org/blog/trustinggodsdetours monthly 0.5 2021-09-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/615247c7d4907e708df5a37e/1632782288425/unsplash-image-p2B-PQTFuwA.jpg Blog - Trusting God’s Detours - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/615241c4e540be52524f3a79/1632780804885/CARunsplash-image-HTgdOAAuR9c.jpg Blog - Trusting God’s Detours - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.joancrombie.org/home daily 1.0 2021-09-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f122ba0d8712039f0f8c5c9/1595026347230/ Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f1227c16630d43aa14e23ba/1595026802738/reduced+sunset.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f08cf4d2e139b130a240a97/1595183193718/IMG-9545.jpg Home Joan Crombie https://www.joancrombie.org/about-me daily 0.75 2021-09-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f08e7637185980e19c87275/1594419083967/IMG-9545.jpg About Me Joan Crombie https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eecfbd7c451fa00fcc9bfd9/t/5f10e737e34eb205023ec64a/1594943296312/Twins+game.jpg About Me https://www.joancrombie.org/contact daily 0.75 2020-07-17