Category Archives: ADMIT: Accept and admit that my life is out of control

Articles identify with the ADMIT step of authentic recovery

Solving the Mystery of the Human Condition

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Steven Gledhill

by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project What is my problem? Why am I not happy? What does it mean to be happy? Why am I not fulfilled? What does that even mean… to be fulfilled… content… satisfied? What … Continue reading →

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Modeling Grace

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Steven Gledhill

by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project I was bothered by a post on Facebook that read, “No pastor can support same sex marriage, homosexuality, transgender, abortion and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.” No one preaching Jesus can … Continue reading →

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One Thing You Lack: Finding the Joy in Giving (until it hurts a little)

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Steven Gledhill

It’s been brought to my attention that some of what I shared in this article was rattling the chains of religious legalism that we’ve been set free from by God’s amazing grace. So, before reading this article, please know that … Continue reading →

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Why So Arrogant?

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Steven Gledhill

by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project So many people living in the United States are declaring that while Donald Trump may be the president, “He’s not my president.” Does one’s dislike for President Trump make him any less … Continue reading →

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Do the Math! (Measuring the Value of What You Want Most)

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Steven Gledhill

by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project Imagine you are in a classroom taking an exam, and you are asked the following question… How do you get more of what you want from those who can give it to … Continue reading →

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Why God? Why Not God? (If God didn’t always exist then what did?)

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Steven Gledhill

by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” —A.W. Tozer Where and when did it all begin, this thing we call life? How … Continue reading →

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Neurochemical Warfare: Moral Sabotage (Revised 2/18/17)

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Steven Gledhill

Key terms to identify for this article, according to the American Psychological Association: Neuroscience The scientific study of the brain and of the links between brain activity and behavior. Neuron A cell in the nervous system specialized to receive, process, and/or transmit … Continue reading →

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My Way or the High Way (Beware of the Idol)

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Steven Gledhill

by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your … Continue reading →

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If I Only Knew Then What I Know Now

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Steven Gledhill

by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project Regret can be quite powerful when it is a stronghold for the enemy to take advantage. Let’s take a look at Biblical accounts of people and situations when the it could be … Continue reading →

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Waging the War Within (Why Seek the Living Among the Dead?)

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Steven Gledhill

by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project But very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. So they … Continue reading →

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DUI: Desire Under the Influence

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Steven Gledhill

“What can this incessant craving, and this impotence of attainment mean unless there was once a happiness belonging to man, of which only the faintest of traces remain, in that void which he attempts to fill with everything within his … Continue reading →

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Power of the Least Interested Party… When Love Isn’t Fair

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Steven Gledhill

by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project Ever wonder why it seems someone usually has the upper hand in a relationship? Between spouses? Between friends? Between teacher and student, employer and employee? Between parents and their children? Who has … Continue reading →

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And Justice for All… When Love Isn’t Fair

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Steven Gledhill

by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project The words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him. Ecclesiastes 10:12 (HCSB) Why is it that it tends to be so difficult to … Continue reading →

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Pop Goes the Weasel… Managing Conflict, Anger, & Resentment

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Steven Gledhill

by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project “We will sacrifice anything on the altar of our anger, the rage that is slowly building from a lifetime of thwarted desire—our marriages, our child’s self-esteem, someone’s very life. —John Eldredge, author, The … Continue reading →

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Root Dug Deep That Thorny Weed (Resentment Recovery)

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Steven Gledhill

by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project We tend to be the most vulnerable with the ones we love the most. With vulnerability comes risk. With risk comes suspect expectation. With failed expectations comes disappointment. With disappointment comes pain. … Continue reading →

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Are You Under the Influence?

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Steven Gledhill

by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project “I can to some extent control my acts. I have no direct control over my temperament. If what we are matters even more than what we do—if indeed if what we do … Continue reading →

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“I Hate Myself… or Do I? (Restoring Self-Esteem)

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Steven Gledhill

by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project Often central to the war within the mind is the notion that feeling unworthy and undeserving of love reflects the absence of self-love. The reality is that if we did not love … Continue reading →

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Depression Obsession (Finding the Right Road to Freedom)

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Steven Gledhill

by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project “Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are … Continue reading →

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Heaven, Hell, Three-foot Forks, and My Problem with Hank

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Steven Gledhill

by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom from MEdom Project See that no one pays back wrong for wrong, but at all times make it your aim to do good to one another and to all people. Be joyful always, pray at … Continue reading →

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Trapped in a Life on Fire! (and still playing with matches)

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Steven Gledhill

by Steven Gledhill for FREEdom for MEdom Project There are many among us not fully comprehending their need of God. There may be days when you or I do not fully realize our need for God. The following message was … Continue reading →

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