Why Self-Hatred Is Such A Deadly Peril

“To hate oneself is to walk alongside oneself.” Leanne Payne There are those who will openly admit to hating themselves, but for many it comes up in more subtle ways. It may be a dislike of your name, or a jealousy over the life of another, or something about your appearance that displeases you, or […]

Imaginative Prayer: Inner Healing

In the last post, I tried to explain how using our imaginations could help us experience Jesus in the present and future. In this post, I want to go the opposite direction: experiencing His presence in our past. This form of imaginative prayer is called inner healing. But what possible benefit could there be in […]

How Christ’s Presence Heals Men

In the first post of this series on Christ’s presence, I looked out how His presence is the game changer in a man’s life. Now I want to dig further into this, starting with how Christ’s presence heals men. But I must begin by stating something obvious, yet often missed. The Reality of His Presence […]

Christ’s Presence — The Game Changer

Through the month of February, I am going take up the topic of Christ’s presence in terms of our healing, initiation, and empowerment as men. His presence is not just an interesting side note to our lives. It is to be front and center stage. To move analogies from the theatrical to the athletic, Christ’s […]

Five Points About Inner Healing Prayer

For a video version of this post, click here. It happened recently. A man came to me in distress about a traumatic memory that has surfaced, one he has run from his whole life. We prayed together and asked Jesus to come into that memory. What happened next was astonishing. It was a breakthrough he […]