Podcast

Many times it is difficult to discern if dissociative identity disorder (DID) is part of the issue with a friend or a client. Dr. Alaine suggests several clues to look for. https://helpingthosewithdid.buzzsprout.com/1917881/11449959-is-it-did

Dr. Alaine deals with a lighter topic than usual, teaching us a very useful skill – that of turning Scripture into a conversation with God. This will help our clients as they interact with Scripture. https://helpingthosewithdid.buzzsprout.com/1917881/11249724-a-conversation-with-god

In this podcast, Dr. Alaine begins by answering some important questions: What is healing? What is worship? What is the role of worship in our lives as counselors? She gives some practical suggestions to help us focus on the One who is called “The Wonderful Counselor.” https://helpingthosewithdid.buzzsprout.com/1917881/11030709-the-role-of-worship-in-healing

As you counsel, you or your client may experience spiritual opposition. Alaine provides insight into  understanding and confronting these attacks in a Biblical manner. https://helpingthosewithdid.buzzsprout.com/1917881/10971899-spiritual-warfare-in-the-counselor-s-office

In part two of “The Bride in Combat Boots” Dr. Alaine zeros in on the questions “Can Christians have wicked spirits?” and “What does it mean to be sealed by the Holy Spirit?” “How does satan gain advantage in a person’s life?” https://helpingthosewithdid.buzzsprout.com/1917881/11030747-the-bride-in-combat-boots-pt-2

Dr. Alaine reminds us that as the bride of Christ, as we are called in the Bible, we are behind enemy lines. There is a spiritual battle raging. She gives three perspectives on spiritual warfare and defines the difference between wicked spirit possession and wicked spirit oppression.  https://helpingthosewithdid.buzzsprout.com/1917881/11038806-the-bride-in-combat-boots-pt-1

One of the pitfalls to being a “Barnabas” is that our hidden objective is to meet a need in our own lives — Look over this list and see if you identify with any of the false beliefs here. • Not being spiritually healthy or emotionally mature ourselves. Belief: If we minister, God will love Read More

(A possible perspective of a mother on her little girl’s abuse by the father) You probably hate me. I know I do. Everything is so upside down. . not the way it was supposed to be. Nobody is to know. I have to be sure of that. Nobody knows . . . but I do. Read More

Finishing well. . . I’ve been asking the Lord what that looks like. Recently a friend and fellow minister announced his ministry’s 25th year anniversary. He got me to thinking. For those of us who have been “in the trenches” just as Paul says, we have “fought wild beasts at Ephesus” so to speak as Read More

Prayer. I’ve been thinking this morning about how easy it is, on the surface, to have prayer as a core of our ministries to the shattered. But I came to a point in LDM where I had to ask myself, “Is prayer REALLY the core of our ministry?” I remember positive answers to prayer. Like Read More