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Jeff Gauss

Real Life. Real Faith. Real God.

May 29, 2020May 27, 2020

How to Experience God’s Peace

Worry can hang like a dense fog in our lives, weighing us down and keeping us from seeing what’s really there. When we look at our problems, all we see is this huge, dense fog covering everything, clouding our view.
Here are two practical ways to dissipate the fog of worry.

Posted in Faith, Family, Fear, Leadership, mental health, Money, spirituality. Tagged Anxiety, Fear, Peace, Worry. Leave a comment
May 27, 2020May 26, 2020

Why We Can Have Peace in the Midst of Uncertainty

Being worried about the legitimate threat of harm is understandable. That’s why God’s peace exceeds anything we can possibly understand. It’s natural to worry. It’s supernatural to be at peace.

Posted in Faith, Fear, mental health. Tagged Anxiety, Fear, Peace, Worry. 1 Comment
May 25, 2020May 24, 2020

The Debilitating Power of Worry

Worry is a state of anxiety and uncertainty over actual or potential problems that many people live in. When we worry, we allow our minds to dwell on the difficulties and troubles, whether real or perceived. This can have disastrous affects on all aspects of our health.

Posted in Faith, Fear, mental health. Tagged Anxiety, Faith, Fear, Peace, stress, Worry. 2 Comments
May 22, 2020May 22, 2020

How to Make a Difficult Decision (Part 5): It’s Personal

The decision to wholeheartedly seek God’s will and obey is the best decision we can ever make.

Posted in Faith, Family, Leadership, Work. Tagged decision-making, discernment, God's will, obedience, trust. Leave a comment
May 21, 2020May 19, 2020

How to Make a Difficult Decision (Part 4): Four Practical Things to Do When You Can’t Decide

Here are four practical things to do when you can’t decide.

Posted in Faith, Family, Leadership, Work. Tagged decision-making, discernment, Gods will, obedience, trust. 1 Comment
May 20, 2020May 22, 2020

How to Make a Difficult Decision (Part 3)

We don’t really want to know God’s will in all we do. We want to know God’s will for our lives. It’s a subtle difference between discerning God’s will in every situation and trying to discern God’s will for me in every situation, but the resulting consequences are monumental.

Posted in Faith, Family, Leadership, Work. Tagged decision-making, discernment, God's will, obedience, trust. 2 Comments
May 19, 2020May 20, 2020

How to Make a Difficult Decision (Part 2)

If I’m waiting until I fully understand what, why, where, and how before I make a decision, I will drive myself crazy with endless “what-ifs” and never translate a single conceptual idea into a concrete reality.

Posted in Faith, Leadership, Parenting, Work. Tagged decision-making, Gods will, obedience, trust, understanding. 3 Comments
May 18, 2020May 18, 2020

How to Make a Difficult Decision (Part 1)

Our family has been praying about and wrestling with a big decision for the past year and a half. Our prayers almost always focus on clarity. We want to know for sure what we should do, which way we should go. Yet, after nearly 18 months of praying, it seems the waters are more muddied than ever before.

Posted in Faith, Leadership, Parenting, Work. Tagged decision-making, God's will, trust. 5 Comments
May 10, 2020May 8, 2020

Hope for Dysfunctional Families

Whatever your level of family dysfunction is, we can all find hope in this story of family redemption.

Posted in Family, Parenting. Tagged Family, Mothers Day, Parenting. Leave a comment
May 7, 2020May 6, 2020

How to Walk Through Fire and Not Get Burned

Do you feel like the heat is on? Like you’re in the pressure cooker and the steam is about to blow? Is your faith being tested? This story from Daniel shows us three ways we can walk through the fires of life and not get burned.

Posted in Culture, Faith, Fear, Leadership, spirituality. Tagged Faith, Fear, Fire, Friendship. Leave a comment

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