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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Family Coaching: Guiding Families Toward Unity and Peace

When family feels tense instead of tender, you're not alone—and you're not without help. This guide explains how a family coach can offer biblical, practical support for healing communication, setting boundaries, and restoring peace at home. Discover what family coaching is, how it works, and why Jesus is at the center of lasting unity.

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Scripture for Fear: 12 Verses That Bring Courage

Fear can feel relentless—tight chest, racing thoughts, sleepless nights—and still you love Jesus. You’re not broken, just human. This guide to Scripture for fear offers twelve anchoring verses with practical ways to hold truth when panic strikes. Learn how to ground your body, steady your mind, and invite God’s presence into anxious moments. You don’t have to muscle through this. Courage grows where God’s Word is rehearsed—and His peace begins to guard your heart.

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Biblical Marriage: God’s Design for Unity, Love, and Covenant

Marriage doesn’t crumble all at once—it drifts in the daily stress, silence, and unmet expectations. But God’s design for biblical marriage is more than survival; it’s a covenant of unity, love, and grace. This guide offers a practical, Scripture-rooted path to rebuild connection, repair conflict, and reflect Christ in the everyday. Whether your marriage feels tender, tense, or in transition, you’re not too far gone. With humility and hope, wholeness is possible—one small step at a time.

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Mind Renewal in Christ: A Daily Path to Clear Thinking

When your mind won’t settle and your thoughts spiral on repeat, it’s easy to feel stuck or ashamed. But Scripture doesn’t condemn you—it invites you into transformation. This guide to mind renewal offers a Spirit-led path to clearer thinking, rooted in grace, not grit. Learn how to replace lies with truth, anchor your attention in Christ, and build daily rhythms that rewire your reflexes. You don’t need to win every mental battle—just return to Jesus, one thought at a time.

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Healing Coaching: From Brokenness to Wholeness Through Christ

Not every wound looks like a crisis. Sometimes it’s the heaviness that lingers, the numbness you can’t shake, the shame that quietly shapes your decisions. Healing coaching offers a gentle, Scripture-rooted path from brokenness toward wholeness—without pressure, pretense, or quick fixes. Through biblical truth, wise rhythms, and Spirit-led support, discover how to move forward without rushing healing. You don’t need to have it all together. You just need a safe place to begin.

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Biblical Purpose: How to Discern God’s Will for Your Life

Trying to discern God’s will can feel like chasing fog. One moment you’re sure; the next, you’re second-guessing everything. This guide to biblical purpose reframes the question—not as a pressure-filled quest for perfection, but as a relationship of trust. Learn how Scripture, the Spirit, wise counsel, and real-life clarity work together to reveal your next faithful step. You don’t need to see the whole map—just walk with the One who makes your path straight.

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Gospel Identity: Grace That Redefines Worth and Purpose

When identity feels fragile and shame won’t let go, the gospel offers a deeper truth. You are not your past, your pain, or your productivity—you are who Christ says you are. This guide to gospel identity explores five powerful truths that reframe your worth in grace, not performance. Whether you’re battling burnout or shame’s old lies, come rediscover who you are in the eyes of a Savior who calls you forgiven, loved, chosen, and free.

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Gospel Recovery: Why Grace Is the Foundation of Healing

Tired of white-knuckling your healing journey? You’re not broken beyond repair—you may just need a better foundation. This guide to gospel recovery invites you to stop striving and start resting in the grace of Jesus. Through Scripture, stories, and soul-deep truth, learn how identity, intimacy, and community shape real healing. When shame says “try harder,” the gospel says “come as you are.” This is recovery built on Christ—not your performance.

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Faith Transitions: When Belief Shifts and God Still Holds You

When old beliefs unravel and certainty fades, it’s easy to wonder if you’re losing your faith—or being drawn into something deeper. This guide meets you in the middle of your faith transition, offering grace, Scripture, and hope for the in-between. Whether you’re questioning theology, rethinking church, or searching for what’s real, you’re not alone. God’s not afraid of your process. He’s already there, steady and kind, holding you through every shift.

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