Three Ways To Reject Entitlement and Reclaim a Heart of Abundance

I’ve never seen barns so full while hearts are so empty.Never believed one could have everything and nothing at the same time.Yet they do.We do.  

Scarcity is all around us.In the middle of a field of crops so big and wide and deep, souls everywhere are starving, empty, hopeless.

I see it in our schools.I see it in our communities.I see it in our homes.

Hearts that scream,

I want…

I need…

I deserve…

Only the best…

Give me now…

We have so much, yet we are filled so little.Like God’s telling us time and again that the only thing worth filling our souls with is the infinite presence of His love.The gift of Himself.

Most of us are less concerned with His presence and more concerned with His presents.

We are.We have become entitled. And it’s not just our kids.We grownups want to be happy, we are driven to be happy. We think the phrase, ‘happiness is next to Godliness’ is somewhere in the Bible and we settle our hearts on a never-ending claim to possess it, meanwhile throwing out any notion of searching for, leaning in, clinging on, to the One thing that will speak to us the truth .His truth.His directions for how we should live, love, lead, and work.

We merely cry out for Him to bless our mess.

And we wonder why our hearts are empty.We wonder why we don’t experience the abundance we desire so much.

Beloved, there is a difference between knowing who Christ is in our heads and knowing who He is as the Savior and Lord of our hearts.Do we even know what Lordship means?Do our kids?

We want the kinship without the Kingship.The rights of salvation without the responsibility of salvation.The life of entitlement without the way of the cross.

We live lives of abundance, but our hearts are often barren, scarce.Entitlement robs us of faith and leaves us emptied of soul and spirit.

Here are three ways we can reject entitlement in our hearts and our homes, and fill our lives with hope, abundance, and most of all peace.

Discipline our minds with truth.

We must learn to filter the thoughts in our minds that tell us lies about who we are or what we deserve.Minds filled with truth recognize our pitiful position as well as our desperate need for our Father.Minds filled with truth leave us both humbled and grateful for every good gift that comes our way.

The truth is,

I want, but I don’t need…

I need, but I can trust His hand and His timing…

I don’t deserve anything but eternal separation from God…

Only my best, is what I desire to give God and give others…

My soul waits upon the Lord.He is faithful…

2 Cor 10:5 (NIV) tells us that, We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Phil 4:8 (NIV) adds, Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

To read more about what will fill us, read, The Only Remedy For the Hole Inside Our Hearts!

Fuel our destiny with responsibility.

We have robbed our children of their God-given destiny because, in our efforts to remove their struggle, we have removed their responsibility.

We all need responsibility.Personal responsibility.We need to understand directly the consequences of our actions and feel the fire that is sparked when the work of our hands meets God’s cadence and divine destiny awakens in every cell of our being.

That, my friends, is exciting!Passion and purpose rarely strike like lightning out of nowhere.They are cultivated, nurtured, like the five virgins who carefully and wisely prepared their lamps for the Bridegroom to arrive. (Matt 25:1-13)

How are you nurturing your destiny?Are you sitting back, waiting for destiny to greet you at your door, are you blaming others for its seeming delay, or are you preparing for its arrival with hard work, faithfulness, diligence and perseverance?

Do whatever is in front of you today.  Do it well. Give God your best and your destiny will be blessed and bountiful.

Col 3:23-24 (NIV) teaches, Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

Infuse our hearts with gratitude.

A grateful heart is an abundant heart.Hearts that grumble and complain are never happy.Eyes that envy and seek their own satisfaction are rarely ever satisfied.

Wherever you are today, you can claim abundance.Want to be full?Start by listing the things for which you are grateful.Want to be rich?Start by thanking God for His gracious blessings in your life.

Do it and see what happens.

1 Thess 5:18 (NIV) encourages us to, Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

I see God reclaiming His people.I see Him pouring Himself in us and through us.I see us becoming His hands and feet to the world around us right where we are, doing His will with whatever and whoever is in front of us.I see chains being broken and lives being changed.Hearts redeemed.

I see a storehouse filled to overflowing with God’s spirit.I see barns and businesses, homes and hopes, alive, awakened…abundant.I see His presence moving in and through us like never before.

Will you believe it with me?Will you cast aside entitlement?Will you join me in rediscovering the Biblical mindset of truth, responsibility, and gratitude?  Will you help pass it down to our children?

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About This Community

Don't we all want a little peace?  My heart for this community is to provide just that - a needed refuge from all the burdens that weigh us down, some encouragement and inspiration to keep us weary travelers moving forward on our journeys, and some practical advice to help each of us navigate the challenges of life and relationships.  Whether in our parenting, our marriages, our faith, or the broken places in our hearts, this place is for anyone who dares to reach beyond the hopelessness that surrounds us and embrace a lifestyle of emotional abundance and peace!  

About Peace for a Lifetime

In my new book, Peace for a Lifetime, I share the keys to cultivating a life that’s deeply rooted, overflowing, and abundant, the fruit of which is peace. Through personal and professional experience as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I've discovered how to take the broken pieces of life and find indestructible peace with myself, God and with others. Through my story and other’s stories you’ll realize that you can experience the life for which you long. You can experience abundance beyond anything you can imagine. You can experience peace, not just for today, not just for tomorrow. You can experience peace —for a lifetime!

Peace for a Lifetime is available on Amazon.com.

www.lisamurrayonline.com

Book Trailer: https://vimeo.com/155392891

Ten Ways To Tell If Your Relationship Is Healthy Or Toxic

Girlfriends can be the best back-seat drivers for each other’s relationship issues. We can effortlessly diagnose any situation and tell our friend exactly what she should do, why she should do it, and when. Yet, the bravest and boldest of us can be rendered completely helpless, confused, and/or paralyzed when it comes to evaluating the health of our own relationships (or lack thereof).

Not able to see the forest for the trees, we find ourselves second-guessing our instincts, questioning our sanity, and compromising our self-respect because we long to make our relationships work.

While each relationship has a different dynamic, style, and personality based on the two individuals, there are some basic qualities in relationships that must exist for the relationship to be healthy, for it to be a haven where two people can thrive.

I’ve put together a list of qualities to help us begin to identify healthy qualities versus toxic qualities so that you can begin to assess the health of your relationships.

Here are ten qualities that can help you tell if your relationship is healthy:

Safety

Healthy relationships are safe places where two people with two different personalities, backgrounds, can come together and enjoy their differences. We all need to feel safe – physically safe and emotionally safe. Safe to share our thoughts and feelings. Safe to share our fears and wounds. Safe to share our hopes and dreams for the future.

Safe people accept us, they support us, they listen to our thoughts and feelings, they encourage us on our journey. They don’t listen to correct, criticize, or condemn. They never belittle, call us crazy, or make us feel less-than. There is no manipulation or intimidation. Relationships with bullies are never safe relationships.

Trust

Trust is the single greatest factor in determining relationship success or failure. Trust, according to Merriam Webster Online Dictionary is, firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.

Trust allows us to listen and accept each other’s words and actions based on a consistent pattern of faithfulness, reliability, and respect. Trust allows us to be vulnerable with our spouses as well as to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Are you able to give your spouse the benefit of the doubt? If not, why? Do you have faith in their words and/or actions? Is your partner trustworthy?

If you answered no to any of these, there is some level of toxicity in your relationship. Seek out professional help to work through these areas and resolve them so that you can grow in your trust for your mate.

Good Communication

Good relationships usually have good communication. Bad relationships almost always have terrible communication. You and your partner should be able to share your thoughts, feelings, wants, and needs, both openly and effectively. Neither of you should feel timid about asserting yourselves in calm, respectful, appropriate ways.

As much as it involves speaking, healthy communication also involves listening. Active listening always means that you are curious to know, to hear, to understand what your partner is saying, what their viewpoint is, whether you agree with them or not. Listening well doesn’t always mean agreeing. We can have vibrant relationships and learn to enjoy each other while respecting our differences.

Communication in toxic relationships tends to escalate quickly and easily. There is no room for differences. Messages can be caustic, unkind, disrespectful, and blaming. Admiration, kindness, and gratitude are rarely spoken, but messages of criticism, contempt, and ridicule are rampant. Issues are rarely resolved in this kind of toxic environment.

Psalm 19:14 (NIV)May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

Proverbs 17:27 (NIV) A truly wise person uses few words; a person with understanding is even-tempered.

Proverbs 12:18 (NIV)Some people make cutting remarks, but the words of the wise bring healing.

Mutuality

Mutuality means that two people are mutually invested in the relationship. In healthy relationships, there is a certain level of commitment to each other and to the relationship as well as an equitable balance of giving and receiving.

Tina Tessa, PhD., LMFT, states,

Mutual love, however, means you can feel secure that you both love and are loved equally, and are approximately equal in your energy for staying together. 

If either you or your partner is always ready to check out for a better opportunity, someone is probably not prioritizing the relationship. If the relationship road always seems to run one way leaving you to draw the short end of the stick, the other person is potentially not as emotionally invested as you, which may be a signal that the relationship is toxic.

Respect

Love without respect can be dangerous. It means that one person must abandon themselves to the wants/needs of the other. It is consuming, depleting, and toxic to the individual as well as to the relationship.

Respect allows both people in the relationship to see the other as a separate entity —with a unique identity, thoughts/feelings, beliefs and values, wants and needs. If a relationship is respectful, we are able to see the other person as a person, not an extension of ourselves, nor a possession or a reflection of us in any way. Healthy relationships are fertile environments where thoughtfulness, kindness, and consideration for our spouse abounds.

Healthy people listen to their spouse’s needs, desires, and concerns. They offer empathy to their partner instead of trying to fix their partner or change them. Learning to speak words of acknowledgment, appreciation, and gratitude not only for what your partner does, but for who your partner is, shows the ultimate respect for them and for the relationship.

Matthew 7:12 (ESV)

So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Romans 12:10 (ESV)

Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.

Philippians 2:3 (ESV)

Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

Shared Power

While a relationship doesn’t have to be exactly 50/50 in order to be healthy, it should have a balanced power differential. Trying to control or dominate your spouse through subtle or not-so-subtle maneuvers reveals a toxic dynamic that can destroy a relationship.

Instead of focusing your energy on seeking power over to having power with will build strength, safety, and trust.  Interestingly, research shows that shared decision making between partners actually leads to better decisions.

Relationships should be safe places where both parties can be heard, considered, where decisions are shared. Scripture describes mutual submission, sacrificial love, not dictatorial commands.

Why else would husbands be commanded to love their wives as Christ loved the church? (Ephesians 5:25, NIV) The best relationships are ones where there are two excited yeses to whatever decisions need to be made. Period.

Openness, honesty, and accountability

Are there secrets in your relationship? Hidden areas, accounts, technology, or places where you or your spouse have no access? If so, you are in the danger zone.

My Momma used to tell me, People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. If you or your partner is withholding information, if they are secretive, vague, or deceptive in their communication to you, there is usually a reason. And it is usually not good.

Openness, honesty, and accountability create a solid foundation for a couple to build safety, respect, and trust with each other so they can work through life’s challenges successfully. If you or your partner have a hard time admitting mistakes, can never own responsibility for words and actions, or have a hard time apologizing, your relationship is likely toxic.

Colossians 3:9 (ESV)

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices.

Proverbs 11:3 (ESV)

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

Individuality

Healthy relationships have room for both partners to grow and flourish as individuals. Shared interests and common recreational activities are necessary for a relationship to grow, yet, if there is only room for the relationship, both partners will wither and the relationship will suffocate.

One article in Psychology Today tells couples, Feeling and demonstrating interest in each other's growth and development as individuals builds greater connection and sustained energy -- emotionally, relationally, sexually, and spiritually.  All are intertwined.

Explore individual hobbies and interests. Allow your partner to engage in their own interests as well. Avoid getting lost in the relationship or cultivating a dependence on the relationship to fill needs that God and/or you were meant to fill. Our relationships are a beautiful part of our lives. They simply cannot be all of our lives.

Cooperation

In an age of ‘me-first’ attitudes, cooperation can be a rare commodity in relationships. One of the most beautiful pictures to me of marriage is the metaphor Scripture uses of being yoked. With a yoke, two partners are joined together side-by-side. One is not ahead, the other not behind. In order to move forward effectively, they must work things out and cooperate if they are going to pull together.

Cooperation is a natural extension of mutuality. Each partner wants the best for the other. Each works to find healthy compromises, and better still, to collaborate together on win-win solutions to the challenges they face. If you or your spouse has a demanding, entitled attitude, if tempers explode any time someone doesn’t get their way, if either wants the other to lose in order to win, the relationship is likely toxic.

Proverbs 14:29  (NIV)

Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.

Ecclesiastes 7:8-9 (NIV)The end of a matter is better than its beginning,and patience is better than pride. Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

Fun

Relationships need fun in order to flourish. While there will always be responsibilities and needs to attend to, healthy couples find time to play together, to laugh together.

It’s not easy. The stresses of life and irritations within the relationship can always leave us sidelined, if we allow them. Still, we can be intentional with date nights, with walks together, with getaway weekends. When one person always finds an excuse to avoid alone time and rarely makes time for their partner, to relax and unwind, it will lead to distance and disconnection.

The truth is, there is no perfect relationship. Most likely, there are areas that are strengths in your relationship and areas of weakness or growth. Yet, if you identify multiple areas that are toxic, I highly recommend you seek out a professional Christian therapist that can help you and your spouse work through these areas.

Even if your mate is not willing to see a therapist, go by yourself anyway. Any steps of health are ultimately steps toward health. You will gain support, encouragement, tools, direction, and strength for your journey.

Our relationships are the canvas for each of us to learn and grow. Don’t ignore the warning signs. We can make choices for health that will bless our relationships and make them the best they can be.

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About This Community

Don't we all want a little peace?  My heart for this community is to provide just that - a needed refuge from all the burdens that weigh us down, some encouragement and inspiration to keep us weary travelers moving forward on our journeys, and some practical advice to help each of us navigate the challenges of life and relationships.  Whether in our parenting, our marriages, our faith, or the broken places in our hearts, this place is for anyone who dares to reach beyond the hopelessness that surrounds us and embrace a lifestyle of emotional abundance and peace!  

About Peace for a Lifetime

In my new book, Peace for a Lifetime, I share the keys to cultivating a life that’s deeply rooted, overflowing, and abundant, the fruit of which is peace. Through personal and professional experience as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I've discovered how to take the broken pieces of life and find indestructible peace with myself, God and with others. Through my story and other’s stories you’ll realize that you can experience the life for which you long. You can experience abundance beyond anything you can imagine. You can experience peace, not just for today, not just for tomorrow. You can experience peace —for a lifetime!

Peace for a Lifetime is available on Amazon.com.

Book Trailer: https://vimeo.com/155392891

How to Walk Away From Your Pain, and Embrace a Life of Peace

It was the tipping point. The beginning of the fall. No, it wasn’t a crash, a sudden impact dive that you didn’t see coming. I saw this coming. I could feel it making its way toward me and yet, I was entirely helpless to stop it.

It was a slow, distinct unraveling. That moment where you can feel the wheels teetering ever so slightly out of balance until the whole thing comes unhinged. My heart, that is.

This was the season of my undoing.

I was quite certain I had never planned for this. My life was a well-structured agenda of fortitude, perseverance, accomplishments. They needed me in some misconstrued way, yet I needed them more.

From my earliest memories, I can recall that feeling, deep in my bones, that insane and horrific gnawing that I was not enough. That I would have to prove myself. I needed to be special. I needed to feel worthy. Loved.

I heard people say, If you try hard enough, you can accomplish anything.

I believed them.

So I set my face like flint against the wind, I measured my sails, and I set out to prove my worth to the world.

Whatever it takes, that was my motto.

Whether that meant hours of studying or practicing to be good enough. Whether it meant endless miles running wrapped in plastic wrap to be skinny enough, I did it. That was me.

In seventh grade, I was voted Most Likely To Succeed in my class. It felt good. The awards felt good. Just not quite good enough.

I kept going. I thought there was some point where I would arrive. Where I would attain. Where I would be enough.

Yet, inside I knew there was something adrift. If I was quiet enough, I could hear the tremors begin to quake. I felt the muffled pangs just beneath the surface.

I wanted to be healed. I longed to know what wholeness felt like. I craved peace more than anything I could imagine.

That must be for someone else, I thought, but it must not be for me.

I often felt like the woman in Scripture reaching out, desperate to touch the threads that lined the hem of Jesus’ robe. Surely if I could touch Him, she must have thought, then I would be healed. (Mark 5:21-34)

I understood the longing of the blind man, who day after day, hoped and prayed that he would one day see. How could he have known his Savior, his Healer would come with a little clay and a little spit near the pool of Siloam and give him everything he’d ever hoped for. How? (John 9:1-12)

I could see myself like Peter, shivering in the waves and wind as he stepped out of the boat onto the Sea of Galilee. If only I had enough fortitude to keep my eyes on Jesus, I could have walked on water without sinking beneath the waves of doubt and fear that pulled me under. (Matthew 14:22-33)

And then my healing came. Not in the way you’d expect. Jesus ushered me into a sacred place. A sacred season. Jesus led me to this season of healing and He never let go.

I heard Him whisper to me, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV)

I needed rest.

Each week, in my season of healing, Jesus faithfully sat with me as I unpacked the weight of burdens that had become too heavy for me to carry. I could feel His hand resting on the back of my aching hand as I connected stories of my past, my wounding. He held me in His arms as I wept for the broken things that had drained any measure of hope in my soul. I felt Him. I found rest in Him.

As I learned new ways of being, new ways of believing, like a proud parent, He lovingly coaxed and cheered me on as I took my first measured, stumbling steps.

Jesus sat with pride as He watched me rebuild the foundation of my life. He nurtured the roots of our relationship well. I felt my worth for the first time. I saw His delight in me.

I was building and living a life of peace. It was all I had ever hoped for. Longed for. To breathe. To feel solid and sure. To experience wholeness. To experience abundance. Physical abundance, spiritual abundance, emotional abundance.

In John 10:10b (NKJV) Jesus shares, I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Psalm 29:11 (NIV) adds, The Lord gives strength to His people.  The Lord blesses his people with peace.

The Hebrew word for peace, shalom, refers to wholeness, completeness, safety, soundness and fullness. I believe that God’s desire for each of us as individuals is to experience that kind of abundance in our lives, both spiritually and emotionally.

The Peace Pilgrimage

As I’ve counseled thousands of individuals and couples during my career as a Professional Therapist —or desert guide, as I like to describe my profession —the one thing that my clients universally long for is not money, not success, not even happiness. The one thing they desire more than anything else is peace.

Peace isn’t some elusive feeling. Peace is not a holy grail of emotionalism. Peace is simply the by-product of a life built on a foundation of Emotional Abundance.

Emotional Abundance is built from the ground up. Emotional Abundance is something that can be cultivated and embraced, that will alter everything about how we experience God, ourselves, and those with whom we are in relationship.

Thomas Merton poignantly portrayed, “We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.”

I’ve discovered three ways we can walk away from our pain, and embrace a life of peace.

1. By Examining Our Lives from the Bottom Up

We will only experience true peace as we first experience peace with God. Peace with God is the foundation of a solid, stable life, filled with richness and beauty and meaning. We were created as spiritual beings, in His image.   We were created to have a connection, a deep and vital relationship with the God of the Universe. We were not meant to be ships anchored unto ourselves, tossed by the whims and waves of life. We were designed to be ships anchored into something powerful, something larger than ourselves that steadies and strengthens us for the journey.

1. By Discovering The Man (or Woman) In the Mirror

Peace with God is what allows us to come face to face with ourselves and cultivate peace within the interior spaces of our beings. We cannot begin to own our emotional identity if we do not own our spiritual identity as the beloved of our Father. We cannot learn to be kind or compassionate with ourselves if we have not grasped hold of God’s great hand of compassion that is always reaching toward us. To find, discover, lay hold of His safe refuge that allows us to be authentic and strong, passionate and purposeful is perhaps our most transcendent blessing.

1. By Cultivating Healthy, Thriving Relationships

As Merton describes, we are only capable of attaining peace in our relationships if we have laid the foundation of peace with God and peace with ourselves. How could we believe that we could experience abundant relationships if we had never experienced an abundant self? Yet, as we discover peace with ourselves, we are able to enjoy and celebrate true abundance, true peace in our relationships. We are able to be more emotionally honest, more centered and stable. We are able to breathe life and freedom into our relationships.

Life doesn’t change. We change.

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In my book, Peace for a Lifetime– Embracing a Life of Hope, Wholeness, and Harmony through Emotional Abundance, I walk with readers through whatever season of life they are in, and lay out simple, practical life-steps that will help them find healing and will nurture Emotional Abundance in every area of their lives.

Is peace something that has always eluded you?

Is peace something you have always wanted in your relationships, but have never managed to experience, at least not for any length of time?

Do you, too, feel so alone in your brokenness that hope simply seems beyond your reach?

You don’t have to keep trying so hard to prove your worth. You don’t have to keep pushing, hoping that everything will turn out okay. Healing isn’t just for someone else. Healing is for you.

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Jesus is whispering to you, Come to me…

Will you come to Him today? Will you accept the peace He has for you? Will you let Him walk you from your season of pain right into His peace?

You can experience the love for which you long.

You can experience abundance beyond anything you can imagine.

You can experience peace, not just for today, not just for tomorrow.

You can experience peace —for a lifetime.

Blessings,

Lisa

About This Community

Don't we all want a little peace?  My heart for this community is to provide just that - a needed refuge from all the burdens that weigh us down, some encouragement and inspiration to keep us weary travelers moving forward on our journeys, and some practical advice to help each of us navigate the challenges of life and relationships.  Whether in our parenting, our marriages, our faith, or the broken places in our hearts, this place is for anyone who dares to reach beyond the hopelessness that surrounds us and embrace a lifestyle of emotional abundance and peace!  

About Peace for a Lifetime

In my new book, Peace for a Lifetime, I share the keys to cultivating a life that’s deeply rooted, overflowing, and abundant, the fruit of which is peace. Through personal and professional experience as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I've discovered how to take the broken pieces of life and find indestructible peace with herself, God and with others. Through my story and other’s stories you’ll realize that you can experience the life for which you long. You can experience abundance beyond anything you can imagine. You can experience peace, not just for today, not just for tomorrow. You can experience peace —for a lifetime!

Peace for a Lifetime is available on Amazon.com.

www.lisamurrayonline.com

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Twitter: @_Lisa_Murray

Book Trailer: https://vimeo.com/155392891

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We reached #5 on Amazon Best Sellers in Christian Counseling!!!

When I wrote Peace For A Lifetime, I knew the message of healing was needed. 

I knew this material could help thousands of people overcome the chaos and broken places in their lives, and finally discover a new way of living with courage, clarity, and abundance.

Yet I never expected this. On Friday, we reached #5 on Amazon’s Best Sellers in Christian Counseling List!

I’ve been so amazed by your support and response, I have decided to extend the $57 worth of FREE BONUSES for another week, to allow more of you to take advantage of this incredible offer.

Once you purchase, send me your receipt using the form at LisaMurrayOnline.com, and I’ll send you $57 worth of gifts, including beautiful scripture printables, the pdf of the ‘Peace For A Lifetime’ Emotions Chart, the pdf of ‘Promises for Peace,’ and our exclusive Emotional Abundance Quiz.

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Peace For A Lifetime isn’t just another self-help book, it is a journey —toward a life of hope, wholeness, and harmony that will allow you to get off the roller-coaster of pain and disappointment, and embrace a new way of living.

I cannot tell you how grateful I have been for your support this week, as I launched this book with an amazing launch party!

And as I have seen the 5-star rating and 30-plus reviews that have come in…

But it has been your personal notes have meant the world to me…

Can I just say I LOVED this book, and though I've never met the author, I've come to adore her through this book. Lisa offers healthy insight on how to discover peace in your everyday life. She is transparent and welcoming, she comes across as a friend you've known for a while, just the two of you sitting down over coffee, but through it, you learn so much about your emotional wounds and the healing you CAN receive to ultimately get you to a peace-filled life. It's a great read, I promise you will very much enjoy it. And if you don't think you need it, think again! That's what I thought at first, but while reading the book I uncovered areas of my life that needed healing. I would have never known if not for Lisa. Crystal

So order your copy today from Amazon. Then, go claim all the great bonuses at LisaMurrayOnline.com, and know I am SO excited about the lifetime of peace that awaits you as you embark on this journey!

Blessings,

Lisa

P.S. I want to see pictures of you with your book! Share your pictures on Facebook, or Twitter. Tag me and include the hashtag #PeaceForALifetime. Each post enters you to win and you can post as many times as you like. On March 26, I’ll draw a winner and award a $100 Amazon gift card!

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Imagine if... we traded brokenness for healing, emptiness for abundance, chaos for peace? In my new book, Peace for a Lifetime, I share the keys to cultivating a life that’s deeply rooted, overflowing, and abundant, the fruit of which is peace.

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