When you start to see signs and symptoms in someone, it can take a while to find the willingness to confront them. Confronting someone about an issue that you’ve noticed is not easy. First and foremost, it is important to recognize that if your main goal is to help somebody break the behaviors of whatever they’re dealing with, you probably won’t get very far. Instead, the goal that God wants them to get to is finding healing and freedom in their heart. Continue reading “Starting the Conversation” →

It is so clear throughout Scripture that God is concerned with our hearts. He doesn’t need us merely have behavioral changes or get everything right–He needs our heart to be changed and transformed. This is what we need to be after.

I often think about the difference between good and great. With behavior modification, some things in your life will change, and it could be good. But God is not interested in good or okay, He wants great. He wants wholeness. He wants freedom. Continue reading “Overcoming Behavioral Modification” →

In 2011, Leslie was addicted to drugs and alcohol and worked at a strip club. In her words, “I had so little hope. I was kind of just numbing myself to the world around me.” Then she came to Mercy. You won’t believe her life today! Click on the video below to watch her story!

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