Share The Struggle Blog

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Each week we bring you resources, insights, and stories that illuminate the path to mental and spiritual flourishing, guiding you on your journey towards wholeness and healing.

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Renewed Mind in Christ: Daily Habits That Transform Thinking

You love Jesus, but your thoughts still spiral. This blog helps you shift from mental chaos to gospel clarity, offering daily habits that support the renewal of your mind. With Scripture, neuroscience, and practical rhythms, learn how to interrupt shame, reframe fear, and speak truth that sticks. Renewal doesn’t happen in a flash—it’s formed in quiet moments. One verse, one breath, one rewired thought at a time.

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Healing From Trauma as a Christian: Faith and Therapy Together

Trauma doesn’t disqualify your faith—and healing doesn’t mean you have to choose between Jesus and therapy. This blog walks with you through five anchors for Christ-centered trauma recovery, from nervous system safety to Scripture-based grounding. If you’ve felt stuck in shame, fear, or survival mode, there’s grace here. You’re not too broken. You’re deeply seen. And healing is not only possible—it’s holy.

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Prayer Coaching: Learning to Pray With Power and Consistency

You want to pray, but distractions win or words won’t come. That’s not failure—it’s an invitation. Prayer coaching meets you there, offering grace-based support to build a rhythm of honest, sustainable connection with God. Whether you feel stuck, numb, or overwhelmed, this blog helps you relearn prayer as presence, not pressure. With Scripture, silence, and small steps, you’ll find that real prayer doesn’t demand perfection. It just asks for you.

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Christian Communication: Speaking Truth With Love

Words are powerful—and sometimes, they feel like weapons. If you’ve ever left a conversation wishing you’d spoken with more grace, clarity, or courage, this guide is for you. Learn five gospel-rooted principles for communication that heals, not harms—whether you're navigating conflict, setting boundaries, or speaking truth in love. Jesus didn’t avoid hard conversations, but He never used words to wound. With Scripture, humility, and Spirit-led rhythms, you can too.

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Kingdom Purpose: Living Beyond Career and Into Calling

Mornings don’t wait. Before you even get out of bed, the noise starts—emails, schedules, responsibilities. But peace isn’t something you chase. It’s something you receive. This guide to morning prayer offers simple, Scripture-rooted ways to begin your day in God’s presence—not in panic. With short prayers, verses, and a five-minute routine, learn how to start with stillness instead of striving. No perfection needed. Just breath, honesty, and a moment to remember who holds your day.

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Gospel Therapy: Why Grace Is More Transformative Than Self-Help

Loving Jesus doesn’t mean you never feel overwhelmed. In fact, Christian stress often hides behind serving, striving, and spiritual guilt. This guide offers practical, Scripture-based habits to help you move from anxious hustle to grounded peace. Learn how to breathe, pause, and reconnect with God in the middle of the pressure—not after it’s gone. If your soul feels stretched thin, you’re not alone. There’s grace here for your stress, and rhythms that lead you home.

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Christ Worth: Seeing Your Value Through the Cross

Busy doesn’t always mean fruitful. If your body is tired, your mind won’t stop, and your soul feels numb, it’s time to reimagine rest. This guide to rest rhythms offers practical, grace-filled ways to recover your peace—without waiting for life to slow down. Through daily pauses and weekly sabbath practices, learn how to stop striving and start receiving the rest Jesus already promised. You don’t need a vacation. You need rhythms that restore you from the inside out.

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Gospel Worth: Resting in Grace Instead of Comparison

Comparison is sneaky. It dresses up as motivation, but leaves you exhausted, ashamed, and striving. This gospel-centered guide helps you name the lies, shrink the measuring stick, and remember where your worth really comes from: the cross, not your performance. If you’re tired of wondering if you’re enough, here’s the truth—Jesus says you are. Not because you’ve earned it, but because He already did. Rest isn’t laziness. It’s living like grace is actually true.

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Morning Prayer That Fuels Your Day With Peace

Mornings don’t wait. Before you even get out of bed, the noise starts—emails, schedules, responsibilities. But peace isn’t something you chase. It’s something you receive. This guide to morning prayer offers simple, Scripture-rooted ways to begin your day in God’s presence—not in panic. With short prayers, verses, and a five-minute routine, learn how to start with stillness instead of striving. No perfection needed. Just breath, honesty, and a moment to remember who holds your day.

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