John Townsend

The relationship hurt my pride and my sense of trust. But even more, I began doubting myself.

we choose people based on outward appearance, and then experience the inside of them.

This is one of the marks of a truly safe person: they are confrontable.

When one person is in control of another, love cannot grow deeply and fully, as there is no freedom.

We allow ourselves to get pushed beyond certain limits and then become resentful or

“It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery” (Galatians 5:1

Before I married Tom, I was so caught up in my own insecurities and fears to really even know who I was.

Remember, where there is no freedom, there is slavery, and where there is slavery, there will be rebellion.

As Paul says, “Each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body” (Ephesians 4:25).

, people in denial are deaf to words of truth.